A Plaque Test for Redundancies in Relational Data [Extendend Version] [PDF]
Inspired by the visualization of dental plaque at the dentist's office, this article proposes a novel visualization of redundancies in relational data. Our approach is based on a well-principled information-theoretic framework that has so far seen limited practical application in systems and tools. In this framework, we quantify the information content
arxiv
The Nature and Frequency of Medical Emergencies in Dental Offices of Karachi, Pakistan
Background: Medical emergencies are an unfortunate part of the dental practice, to which the dentist must have the required knowledge and means to counter them.
Ayesha Niaz
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A Study on Patient Behaviors Towards Dental Visits and Oral Health during COVID-19 Outbreak
Background Investigating the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on oral health and patient attitudes towards a dental visit is essential to improving access to oral health care during the pandemic.
Marriam Mahmood
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A Multi-Disciplinary Review on the Aerobiology of COVID-19 in Dental Settings
The COVID-19 pandemic pushed dental health officials around the world to reassess and adjust their existing healthcare practices. As studies on controlled COVID-19 transmission remain challenging, this review focuses on particles that can carry the virus
Darya Dabiri+12 more
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A review of dental informatics : current trends and future directions [PDF]
Dental informatics is a rapidly evolving field that combines dentistry with information technology to improve oral health care delivery, research, and education. Electronic health records (EHRs), telehealth, digital imaging, and other digital tools have revolutionised how dental professionals diagnose, treat, and manage oral health conditions.
arxiv
Background: Medical emergencies are a series of clinical events that occur during/after dental procedures accidentally or due to patients’ systemic problems.
N. Khanjani+3 more
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Self-Supervised Learning with Masked Image Modeling for Teeth Numbering, Detection of Dental Restorations, and Instance Segmentation in Dental Panoramic Radiographs [PDF]
The computer-assisted radiologic informative report is currently emerging in dental practice to facilitate dental care and reduce time consumption in manual panoramic radiographic interpretation. However, the amount of dental radiographs for training is very limited, particularly from the point of view of deep learning.
arxiv
Semantic decomposition Network with Contrastive and Structural Constraints for Dental Plaque Segmentation [PDF]
Segmenting dental plaque from images of medical reagent staining provides valuable information for diagnosis and the determination of follow-up treatment plan. However, accurate dental plaque segmentation is a challenging task that requires identifying teeth and dental plaque subjected to semantic-blur regions (i.e., confused boundaries in border ...
arxiv
Dental waste management among dentists of Bandar Abbas, Iran
This study investigates dentists' knowledge and practiced dental waste management in public and private dental clinics and dental offices in Bandar Abbas.
Parvin Lakbala
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Generative Adversarial Networks for Dental Patient Identity Protection in Orthodontic Educational Imaging [PDF]
Objectives: This research introduces a novel area-preserving Generative Adversarial Networks (GAN) inversion technique for effectively de-identifying dental patient images. This innovative method addresses privacy concerns while preserving key dental features, thereby generating valuable resources for dental education and research.
arxiv