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Oral lesions in HIV infected individuals from Ribeirão Preto, Brazil [PDF]

, 2008
Objectives: The aim of this study was to diagnosis oral lesions related to HIV infection in individuals followed in the General Hospital of the School of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Brazil.
Figueiredo, Luiz Tadeu Moraes, Lourenço, Alan Grupioni   +1 more
core  

Confidence Among Graduating Dental Students on Their Competencies During the COVID‐19 Pandemic

Journal of Dental Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To assess the confidence of graduating dental students affected by the COVID‐19 pandemic's clinic closure and restrictions and again after their first year of practice. Methods Previously validated online surveys were sent to the University of Toronto classes of 2021 (n = 118, “21S”) and 2022 (n = 120, “22S”) at graduation and after ...
Neena L. D'Souza, Eszter Somogyi‐Ganss, Jack D. Gerrow, Michelle Wong   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Laser Disinfection Acts as Biofilm‐Disrupter in Periprosthetic Joint Infection (PJI)

Journal of Orthopaedic Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Infections after joint arthroplasties represent a devastating and progressively escalating complication with increased morbidity and mortality. The eradication of biofilms from infected implants is still an unsolved challenge. The erbium‐doped yttrium aluminum garnet (Er:YAG) laser, which delivers high‐energy light for rapid tissue ablation ...
Lukas K. Kriechbaumer, Christian Deininger, Alexander Planitzer, Marian Mitterer, Wolfgang Happak, Sylvia Nürnberger, Patrick Marko, Sebastian Filipp, Gerhild Thalhammer, Stephan Frenzel, Laura Hruby, Gundobert Korn   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fabrication and numerical analysis of non-metallic orthopedic prostheses using ultrasound techniques for reducing infection in sports-related injuries

Ain Shams Engineering Journal
Joint replacement has garnered considerable attention as a medical intervention for addressing sports-related joint injuries, offering the potential to restore sports activities and enhance quality of life.
Ran Yin, Shunxin Zhang, Dheyaa J. Jasim, Soheil Salahshour, S. Eftekharmanesh   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Frontiers in the Management of Orthopaedic Periprosthetic Joint Infection

Journal of Orthopaedic Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) is a devastating complication of total joint arthroplasty (TJA), one of the most frequently performed surgical procedures worldwide. Management of acute PJI commonly involves debridement, antibiotics, and implant retention (DAIR), though failure rates remain high due to antibiotic‐tolerant biofilms. Chronic
Michael F. Shannon, Victoria R. Wong, Samuelson E. Osifo, Timothy Edwards, Himanshu Rao, Jewelia Rempuszewski, Andrew J. Frear, Shaan Sadhwani, Neel B. Shah, Kenneth L. Urish   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

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, Abdelahhad Barbour, Chunxiang Sun, Howard C. Tenenbaum, Michael B. Goldberg, Michael Glogauer   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Unveiling the link: highly porous tantalum-augmented implants and periprosthetic joint infection in revision total knee arthroplasty—a systematic review and meta-analysis

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
Background The trend of the literature suggests that tantalum (Ta) may possess antibacterial properties. However, no consensus has been reached on Ta's preventive role in periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) in patients undergoing revision total knee ...
Peyman Mirghaderi, Mohammad Mirahmadi Eraghi, Reza Mirghaderi, Payman Rahimzadeh, Seyed Mohammad Javad Mortazavi   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Radical cystectomy and unrinary diversion : is there a role for bowel in the fuuture? [PDF]

, 2011
Bladder transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) is the most frequent malignancy of the urinary tract, and its incidence is rising. The gold standard treatment of invasive TCC is radical cystectomy with configuration of urinary diversion with bowel; the need ...
Cosentino, Marco, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Cirurgia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Facultat de Medicina   +2 more
core   +1 more source

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, Eran Gabay, Eli E. Machtei, Eli Regev, Ofir Ginesin, Zvi Gutmacher, Jacob Horwitz, Luigi Canullo, Jamil Awad Shibli, Hadar Giladi Zigdon   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

The detection of bacteria and matrix proteins on clinically benign and pathologic implants [PDF]

, 2019
Adams, Adams, Albesharat, Arrecubieta, Barbieri, Bartsich, Bowden, Brown, Burkhardt, Cohen, Constantine, Deva, Deva, DiEgidio, Dolen, Drinane, Drinane, Ellis, Flores-Mireles, Flores-Mireles, Flores-Mireles, Flugstad, Galdiero, Gerlach, Giordano, Giot, Hieken, Hu, Jacombs, Jacombs, Kalas, Kane, Moser, Moyer, Paek, Paharik, Pajkos, Perez, Poppler, Prantl, Rieger, Rieger, Rosen, Sabaté Brescó, Samen, Spaulding, Tamboto, Urbaniak, Urbaniak, Walker, Wolfram, Xu, Zdolsek   +52 more
core   +2 more sources