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Laser‐Assisted Processing and Modification of Bioactive Glasses: A Review

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Laser technologies provide powerful tools to process and transform bioactive glasses for advanced biomedical applications. This review discusses laser‐matter interaction mechanisms, laser surface engineering, and laser‐assisted fabrication of scaffolds and nanofibers.
Antonio Riveiro, Mario González‐Quintas, Mónica Fernández‐Arias, Jesús del Val, Félix Quintero, Rafael Comesaña, Fernando Lusquiños, Julian R. Jones, Juan Pou   +8 more
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Dental awareness and oral health of pregnant women in Poland

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health, 2015
Objectives: The level of dental awareness of a pregnant woman affects the sanitary condition of her own teeth and the health of the child to be born. Poor oral health is considered to be a probable risk factor for the pre-term birth or low birth weight ...
Ewelina Gaszyńska, Justyna Klepacz-Szewczyk, Elżbieta Trafalska, Anna Garus-Pakowska, Franciszek Szatko   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Impact of Continuing Education on Clinicians' Self- Reported Knowledge of Tobacco Dependence and Tobacco Control Interventions [PDF]

, 2018
Purpose: To assess a tobacco cessation continuing education (CE) program for Indiana dental and medical providers. Methods: A 26-item immediate post-CE survey and a 19-item 3-month follow-up survey assessed changes in participants’ self-reported ...
Coan, Lorinda, Romito, Laura M.
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Socio-demographic disparity in Oral Health among the Poor: A Cross Sectional Study of Early Adolescents in Kilwa District, Tanzania. [PDF]

, 2010
There is a lack of studies considering social disparity in oral health emanating from adolescents in low-income countries. This study aimed to assess socio-demographic disparities in clinical- and self reported oral health status and a number of oral ...
Mashoto, Kijakazi O, Astrom, Anne N, Skeie, Marit S, Masalu, Joyce R   +3 more
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Flash Assembloids: A Rapid Biofabrication of a Platform for Modeling Early Glioblastoma Invasion at the Glioblastoma–Brain Organoid Interfaces

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This study presents a bioengineered assembloid (ASM) system combining glioblastoma (GBM) cells in oxidized alginate (OA) microgels with dorsal organoids (DOs). This model simulates brain tumor‐host interactions, revealing enhanced GBM invasion, altered gene expression, and aggressive infiltration patterns, demonstrating ASM as a valuable platform for ...
Chao Liang, Henry Robert Howard, Shihui Chen, Won‐Young Choi, Summer Cao, Arthur Chien, Kevin Zou, Michael Kassiou, Fabien Delerue, Ho Sang Jung, Yeonju Park, Young Mee Jung, Yong‐Dae Kwon, Karrie M. Kiang, Gilberto Ka‐Kit Leung, Ryohichi Sugimura, Ann‐Na Cho, Sang Jin Lee   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

Design and Synthesis of Peptide‐Polyester Conjugates for Cell‐Mediated Scaffold Degradation

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This work describes polycaprolactone (PCL)‐based biomaterials engineered to degrade in response to cell‐secreted proteases. A fast‐degrading peptide (Fast) sequence is integrated into a PCL conjugate backbone to produce a biomaterial that is selectively degraded by multiple cell types compared to its scrambled control (ScrFast).
Korina Vida G. Sinad, Natasha K. Hunt, Srujan Singh, Kelly B. Seims, Yingjie Wu, E. Thomas Pashuck, Warren L. Grayson, Lesley W. Chow   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Demand for Dental Care in Household Mothers in Yazd, Iran

Journal of Community Health Research, 2012
Introduction: Oral health is an important public health issue that influences general health and quality of life. Mothers are key persons in families paying attention to whom not only guarantees their oral health, but also the oral health of the family ...
Mohammad Ali Morowatisharifabad, Ahmad Haerian-Ardakani, Tahereh Kamalikhah, Abbasali Dehghani_Tafti, Samira Hassanpour, Narjes Rajaee-Behbehani, Fereshteh Rezaee   +6 more
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Adults’ dental caries burden through the DMFT index: Tanzanian national pathfinder survey

BMC Oral Health
Background Dental caries remains the most prevalent chronic disease globally. The DMFT (Decayed, Missing, and Filled Teeth) index is a key metric in oral epidemiology to quantify the prevalence and severity of dental caries. This study aims to assess the
Kasusu Nyamuryekung’e, Hawa Mbawalla, Matilda Mlangwa, Joyce Masalu   +3 more
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Characterization of unscheduled dental visits in the Venezuelan population consulting at a teaching-service institution in the city of Medellin, Colombia

Revista Facultad de Odontología Universidad de Antioquia
Introduction: This study aimed to characterize unscheduled dental care in the Venezuelan migrant population at the Facultad de Odontología, Universidad de Antioquia, during the period 2017-2022.
Daniel S. Gil-Medina, Isabela Martínez-Guerra, Laura V. Otálvaro-Rada, Yully A. Rivera-Cardona, Paula M. Herrera-Arango, Andrés A. Agudelo-Suárez   +5 more
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Orthodontic treatment need and prevalence of malocclusions in the Orthodontic Unit of "Sapienza - University of Rome" : a six - year clinical experience [PDF]

, 2019
AIM The objective of this epidemiological survey was to investigate the dental-skeletal features of subjects attending the Public Dental Service in U.O.C. (Orthodontic Department of “La Sapienza University of Rome) and compare them with the existing body
Giordano, Alessandra
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