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Failure of non-vacuum steam sterilization processes for dental handpieces [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Background: Dental handpieces are used in critical and semi-critical operative interventions. Although a number of dental professional bodies recommend that dental handpieces are sterilized between patient use there is a lack of clarity and ...
Kirk, B.   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Using the surgical guide for impression-free digital bite registration in the edentulous maxilla—a technical note

open access: yesInternational Journal of Implant Dentistry, 2019
Studies reporting on the application of digital bite registration for fully edentulous patients rehabilitated with dental implants are scarce. This article describes a technique for intraoral digital registration of the occlusal vertical dimension in a ...
George Michelinakis   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

CAD/CAM implant surgical guides: maximum errors in implant positioning attributable to the properties of the metal sleeve/osteotomy drill combination

open access: yesInternational Journal of Implant Dentistry, 2018
Background The purpose of this study is to provide the relevant equations and the reference tables needed for calculating the maximum errors in implant positioning attributed to the properties of the mechanical parts of any CAD/CAM implant surgical guide,
Dimitrios Apostolakis, Georgios Kourakis
doaj   +1 more source

Quality of Information Regarding Repair Restorations on Dentist Websites: Systematic Search and Analysis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Background: Repairing instead of replacing partially defective dental restorations represents a minimally invasive treatment concept, and repairs are associated with advantages over complete restoration replacement.
Büttcher, Amelie Friederike   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Patients’ general satisfaction with the appearance of anterior maxillary teeth [PDF]

open access: yesVojnosanitetski Pregled, 2017
Background/Aim. Dental appearance plays an important role in practically all personal social interactions. The main factors that define the dental appearance are tooth colour, shape and position, quality of restoration, and the general position of the ...
Lajnert Vlatka   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Can virtual nature improve patient experiences and memories of dental treatment? A study protocol for a randomized controlled trial [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Background Dental anxiety and anxiety-related avoidance of dental care create significant problems for patients and the dental profession. Distraction interventions are used in daily medical practice to help patients cope with unpleasant procedures ...
Andrade, J   +10 more
core   +4 more sources

Digital Approach for the Rehabilitation of the Edentulous Maxilla with Pterygoid and Standard Implants: The Static and Dynamic Computer-Aided Protocols

open access: yesMethods and Protocols, 2020
A full-arch rehabilitation of the edentulous upper jaw without grafting procedures exploits the residual alveolar or the basal bone, with the necessity of long implants placed with a particular orientation.
Alessio Franchina   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cross infection control measures and the treatment of patients at risk of Creutzfeldt Jakob disease in UK general dental practice [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
AIMS: To determine the suitability of key infection control measures currently employed in UK dental practice for delivery of dental care to patients at risk of prion diseases.
A Smith   +22 more
core   +1 more source

Evaluation of canonical correlations between masticatory muscle orientation and craniodentofacial morphology in 10-17 year-olds

open access: yesJournal of Dental School, 2019
Objectives Different theories have been suggested to define factors involved in skeletal and craniofacial morphology. Many of these theories explain that the bone morphology is the result of the bone tissue capability to adapt in response to ...
Vahid Zand   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparison of Bond Strength in the Different Class of Resin Cements to Cast and CAD/CAM Co-Cr Alloys

open access: yesInternational Journal of Dentistry, 2021
Objectives. Despite the widespread use of resin cements in cementing dental restorations, their bond strength to CAD/CAM base metal alloys is not widely studied.
Leyla Sadighpour   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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