Trust and Distrust in Dental Professionals: Patient Perceptions and Experiences
Journal of Dental Education, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Purpose To investigate factors that contribute to trust in dentists among patients with socioeconomic barriers and explore how these factors influence patient decisions to undergo dental treatment. Methods Patients at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Dentistry, participated in one‐on‐one semi‐structured interviews, answering open‐ended ...
Ken He +3 more
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Using Enamel Matrix Derivative to Improve Treatment Efficacy in Periodontal Furcation Defects [PDF]
, 2018 Purpose Furcations are complicated periodontal defects. Untreated furcations lead to loss of the involved teeth and supporting tissues. It has been demonstrated that regenerative biomaterials are beneficial in reconstruction of the bone surrounding ...
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Evaluation of telomerase expression in chronic periodontitis
Indian Journal of Dental Research, 2010 Background : Human telomerase is a multi subunit ribonucleoprotein enzyme concerned with telomeric lengthening and homeostasis in man. This enzyme has been found to be elevated in inflammatory conditions like rheumatoid arthritis and silica injury lung ...
Balaji T +3 more
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Chronic periodontitis, inflammatory cytokines, and interrelationship with other chronic diseases [PDF]
, 2017 Periodontal diseases, such as chronic periodontitis, share common inflammatory risk factors with other systemic and chronic inflammatory disorders. Mucosal tissues, such as oral epithelia, are exposed to environmental stressors, such as tobacco and oral ...
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Prognostic utility of oral neutrophil counts in high‐risk periodontitis: A retrospective study
Journal of Periodontology, EarlyView.Abstract Background Oral polymorphonuclear neutrophil (oPMN) levels are potential biomarkers for differentiating between stages and grades of periodontitis. We compared the diagnostic utility of oPMN levels with bleeding on probing percentage (BOP%) and microbial load in high‐risk patients with periodontitis.
Braedan R. J. Prete +5 more
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Effect of smoking over one pack daily on implant healing and health: A cohort study
Journal of Periodontology, EarlyView.Abstract Background This prospective cohort trial examines the effects of heavy smoking on peri‐implant marginal bone loss (MBL) and implant survival rates over 15 months. Methods Thirty subjects, categorized as either smokers (more than 20 cigarettes daily for over 5 years) or non‐smokers, were initially recruited with pocket depths ≤ 5 mm and at ...
Yaniv Mayer +9 more
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Features of periodontal microcirculation in extraoral oncopathology
Эндодонтия TodayINTRODUCTION. In the literature there are numerous data on the issues of microcirculation in normal and periodontal diseases. Structural and functional microcirculatory changes in tissues observed in chronic generalized periodontitis cause fluid ...
O. A. Uspenskaya +4 more
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Tannerella forsythia as one of severity degree predictors for chronic generalized periodontitis [PDF]
Клиническая практикаBACKGROUND: Chronic generalized periodontitis takes the second place by the occurrence rate worldwide among the diseases of the maxillofacial area. High significance of preventing and early diagnostics for chronic generalized periodontitis is defined by ...
Nadezhda B. Yashnova +3 more
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Interleukin-17AGene Variability in Patients with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus and Chronic Periodontitis: Its Correlation with IL-17 Levels and the Occurrence of Periodontopathic Bacteria [PDF]
, 2016 Petra Bořilová Linhartová +8 more
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