The purpose of this study was to identify differences in usage trends for 2 specific pulpal therapy treatments in pediatric patients during an 11-year period from January 1, 2010, through December 31, 2020.
As a society, we continued to face myriad issues surrounding the global COVID-19 pandemic in 2022 while striving to transition toward a more socially engaged lifestyle. National and international meetings of scientific and health care organizations moved forward with a variety of platforms. Some groups canceled their programs altogether. Air travel remained challenging with people …
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The association between clinicopathologic characteristics and the relapse of fibrous gingival hyperplasia is unknown.
This narrative review addresses dental restorative materials with sustained antibacterial action, especially those containing quaternary ammonium compounds. Secondary caries occurs around restorations, causing further loss of mineral and breakdown of the restoration. Lesions adjacent to restorations account for more than 40% of needed restorations. Restorative materials with antibacterial properties will potentially solve this problem.
The focus on dying and death has revived. In early 2022, the Dutch idealistic advertising foundation SIRE launched the national campaign “Death. Talk about it, don’t change the subject.”1 The campaign aims to encourage people to reflect on the value of talking about death, as conversations about death enrich and connect.1 Around the time the …
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The clinical and radiographic effectiveness of 38% silver diamine fluoride (SDF) with and without potassium iodide (KI) was tested and compared with resin-modified glass ionomer cement (RMGIC) in indirect pulp capping of deep carious lesions in young permanent molars.
The goal of the study was to identify secular trends in dental service delivery between dental therapists and dentists in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta region of Southwest Alaska, the first area of the United States to authorize dental therapy practice.
Q: Some of my colleagues are using social media platforms like TikTok to create short videos to appeal to a larger patient population, to build their practice bases, and to educate patients. Some of these videos can be shared in the form of duets whereby other dentists can opine on the post. So, if 1 …
Q: Several months ago, a colleague received an emergency call from a new patient regarding pain in her left maxilla. Although Sarah was not a patient of record, her husband, sisters, and other extended family members were all patients within the practice. My colleague agreed to see Sarah but soon learned through a phone call …
The International Caries Consensus Collaboration (ICCC) has published recommendations on carious tissue removal to treat cavitated carious lesions in a manner that preserves hard tissue and retains teeth long term. This study quantifies The National Dental Practice-Based Research Network dentists’ use of selective caries removal.
