Exploring the Association Between Parenting Styles, Dental Anxiety, and Dental Caries Experience Among Children Attending a University Dental Clinic: A Cross-Sectional Study [PDF]
Background: Parenting style may influence children’s oral health behaviours and responses to dental care, but its joint relationship with dental anxiety and caries has rarely been examined.
Vivek Padmanabhan +6 more
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Foot self-care knowledge and behaviors among adults with diabetes mellitus: a cross-sectional survey in Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates [PDF]
BackgroundDiabetic foot complications are a major cause of morbidity, disability, and amputation worldwide, yet many complications are preventable through effective self-care. Limited evidence is available on foot self-care knowledge and behaviours among
Rose Ekama Ilesanmi +13 more
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Shorter Versus Prolonged Systemic Perioperative Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Clean Orthopedic Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis [PDF]
Background and Objectives: Surgical-site infection remains a major complication of clean orthopedic surgery, particularly when implants or instrumentation are used.
Mohamedanas Mohamedfaruk Patni +8 more
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Oxidative stress and antioxidant pathways in the pathogenesis of periodontitis and peri-implantitis: mechanistic insights and therapeutic potentials [PDF]
BackgroundPeriodontitis and peri-implantitis are chronic, immune-mediated inflammatory diseases characterized by progressive destruction of tooth- and implant-supporting tissues.
Nada Tawfig Hashim +10 more
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Incident and Adverse-Event Reporting in Undergraduate Dental Education: A Scoping Review of Educational Evidence, Curricular Integration, Perceptions, and Barriers [PDF]
Incident and adverse-event reporting is an important component of patient safety and provides opportunities for risk reduction and organizational learning.
Vivek Padmanabhan +4 more
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Infantile Sandhoff disease with ventricular septal defect: a case report
Background Infantile Sandhoff disease is a rare inherited disorder that progressively destroys nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord, and is classified under lysosomal storage disorder.
Jamal Khaled Sahyouni +5 more
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Development and evaluation of a cream containing solid lipid nanoparticles loaded with Vitamin E
Solid lipid nanoparticles (SLNs) have several potential applications in the topical drug delivery. The current project aimed to prepare and characterize SLNs loaded with vitamin E for topical administration and incorporating the prepared SLNs in a cream ...
Fasiha Shah +4 more
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Background Streptococcus mutans is a major cause of dental caries. Its capacity to produce biofilm is fundamental in the pathogenesis of this ubiquitous condition.
Zehdi Eydou +5 more
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Occlusion and occlusal characteristics of the primary dentition in Emirati schoolchildren
Background: The prevalence of occlusion and various occlusal characteristics differ between populations. Major contributions to these different types of occlusion and occlusal features include ethnic, genetic and environmental factors.
Vivek Padmanabhan +2 more
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Background: Complete Congenital Heart Block (CCHB) is a rare disease of the newborn that carries significant morbidity and mortality. CCHB can be diagnosed early or late in life.
Mahmoud A. Kiblawi +4 more
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