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Tackling Inequalities in Oral Health: Bone Augmentation in Dental Surgery through the 3D Printing of Poly(ε-caprolactone) Combined with 20% Tricalcium Phosphate

Biology, 2023
The concept of personalized medicine and overcoming healthcare inequalities have become extremely popular in recent decades. Polymers can support cost reductions, the simplicity of customized printing processes, and possible future wide-scale expansion ...
Nicola De Angelis, Andrea Amaroli, Maria Giovanna Sabbieti, Alessia Cappelli, Alberto Lagazzo, Claudio Pasquale, Fabrizio Barberis, Dimitrios Agas   +7 more
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Comparative Evaluation of the Marginal Sealing Ability of two Commercially Available Pit and Fissure Sealants [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2016
Introduction: The occlusal surfaces of the teeth usually have pits and fissures which provide a good environment for demineralization with minimal salivary access and make them caries prone.
Lakshmi Priya Sridhar, Joyson Moses, Bollam Nammalwar Rangeeth, Subramanian Sivakumar   +3 more
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Single Cell RNA Sequencing Reveals Deep Homology of Dental Cell Types Across Vertebrates

Frontiers in Dental Medicine, 2022
Like most mammals, humans replace their teeth once throughout their lives and have limited regenerative capabilities. In contrast, mice continually renew tissues lost due to gnawing through a well characterized population of stem cells on the labial ...
George W. Gruenhagen, Talha Mubeen, Chinar Patil, Joseph Stockert, Jeffrey T. Streelman   +4 more
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Analysis of Deciduous and Permanent Teeth of Children from Brno of 1-15 years of Age with the Focus on Frequency of Dental Caries and Teeth Eruption

Česká Stomatologie a Praktické Zubní Lékařství, 2012
Introduction: Dental caries experience is a very common disease, which needs to be prevented even at children's age. Aim: The aim of the retrospective, epidemiological, sectional study is to conduct a survey on teeth eruption and dental caries experience
J. Huták
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Robust age estimation of southern sea otters from multiple morphometrics

Ecology and Evolution, 2020
Reliable age estimation is an essential tool to assess the status of wildlife populations and inform successful management. Aging methods, however, are often limited by too few data, skewed demographic representation, and by single or uncertain ...
Teri E. Nicholson, Karl A. Mayer, Michelle M. Staedler, Tyler O. Gagné, Michael J. Murray, Marissa A. Young, Joseph A. Tomoleoni, Martin Tim Tinker, Kyle S. Van Houtan   +8 more
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Morphological convergence in a Mexican garter snake associated with the ingestion of a novel prey

Ecology and Evolution, 2017
Morphological convergence is expected when organisms which differ in phenotype experience similar functional demands, which lead to similar associations between resource utilization and performance.
Javier Manjarrez, Constantino Macías Garcia, Hugh Drummond   +2 more
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Tooth Removal in the Leopard Gecko and the de novo Formation of Replacement Teeth

Frontiers in Physiology, 2021
Many reptiles are able to continuously replace their teeth through life, an ability attributed to the existence of epithelial stem cells. Tooth replacement occurs in a spatially and temporally regulated manner, suggesting the involvement of diffusible ...
Kirstin S. Brink, Joaquín Ignacio Henríquez, Theresa M. Grieco, Jesus Rodolfo Martin del Campo, Katherine Fu, Joy M. Richman   +5 more
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Diagnostic yield of dental radiography and digital tomosynthesis for the identification of anatomic structures in dogs

Frontiers in Veterinary Science
IntroductionThe purpose of this study was to evaluate the use of a novel imaging modality, digital tomosynthesis (DT), for identification of predefined anatomic dental and maxillomandibular structures in dogs.MethodsDT images were compared to ...
Tanner May, Milinda Jean Lommer, Boaz Arzi, Stephanie Lynne Goldschmidt, David C. Hatcher, Maria M. Soltero-Rivera   +5 more
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Correlation of Facial Skin Colour and Melanin Pigmentation in the Gingiva of Children in Primary, Mixed and Permanent Dentition: An Observational Study

Advances in Human Biology
Introduction: Physiologic oral pigmentation is a typical finding in paediatric dentistry. Gingival pigmentation has a wide range of occurrence rates depending on race, country and the influence of genetics.
Pooja Vishwanath Bane, Anshula N Deshpande, Bhavna H Dave, Seema S Bargale, K S Poonacha, Pratik B Kariya   +5 more
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Hypodontia in the permanent dentition: a study of its prevalence in Malaysian children

Australasian Orthodontic Journal, 1989
An investigation of the prevalence and distribution of hypodontia was carried out in Malaysian children between the ages of five to fifteen years. Hypodontia occurred in 2.8 per cent of these children.
Nik-Hussein Nik Moriah
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