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Protective Effects of Er:YAG Laser and PRG Pro‐Care Gel on Enamel Demineralization

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives Bioactive surface pre‐reacted glass‐ionomer (S‐PRG) technology and high‐power laser irradiation have been investigated as promising preventive approaches. S‐PRG particles exhibit multifunctional bioactive glass properties, with the ability to release and recharge ions.
Joice Pequeno‐da‐Silva, Felipe Fabrício Farias‐da‐Silva, Ana Cecília Correa Aranha, Carolina Steiner‐Oliveira   +3 more
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The Legacies of Lockdown: Moral Logics of Exchange and Mistrust in Postpandemic China

Economic Anthropology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT When Shanghai entered an extended lockdown under China's Zero‐COVID policy in spring 2022, residents found themselves confined within their residential compounds, cut off from conventional supply chains, and dependent on improvised systems of local provisioning and state rationing. From the perspective of economic anthropology, such conditions
Erika Kuever
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The 5T Paradox of Triclosan: From Toiletries to Toxic Trash, a Growing Threat to Humanity

Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Triclosan (TCS) persists as a contaminant of concern in the Anthropocene, despite regulatory actions. Environmental dissemination continues through wastewater effluents, biosolid application, and improper disposal practices. This narrative review synthesizes current evidence regarding triclosan's environmental fate, transformation pathways ...
Temitope Aribigbola, Mauro Ricardo Souza da Luz, Sunday Amos Onikanni, Marjorie Dardis Murucci, Oluwatosin Stella Olayinka, Rodrigo Soares Fortunato, Rômulo Sperduto Dezonne, Omolola Esther Amos, Sara Gemini Piperni, Denise Pires de Carvalho, Leandro Miranda‐Alves   +10 more
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Oral microbiome and homeostatic regulation of periodontal health: From dysbiosis to precision intervention

VIEW, EarlyView.
Periodontal homeostasis is maintained by coordinated interactions between the oral microbiome and host. Dysbiosis disrupts this ecological balance and contributes to periodontal disease, whereas multi‐omics, artificial intelligence, and microbiome‐based interventions provide emerging opportunities for precision diagnosis, ecological restoration, and ...
Xu Liu, Lei Meng, Wenzhu Song, Peiyu Wang, Bin Liu, Shihui Liu, Qi He, Bing Sun, Wanheng Li, Zhiwei Guan, Rui Dong, Qiang Feng   +11 more
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The Lessons from 1970s Price Controls

The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract There has been a recent revival of interest in both voluntary and mandatory controls of prices to reduce the impact of inflation on low‐income groups. This article reviews the use of voluntary schemes of price restraint by the 1974–9 Labour government, in particular the ‘red triangle’ scheme in operation between February and August 1976.
Wyn Grant
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Investigating the Impact of a Chronic Disease Management Protocol on Reducing the Need for Dental General Anaesthesia for Treating Early Childhood Caries in Australia

Australian Dental Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background An increasing number of children are being admitted to hospitals for dental general anaesthesia (GA). This study investigated the effects of a chronic disease management (CDM) protocol on rates of dental treatment under GA for Early Childhood Caries (ECC).
Harleen Kumar, Shanika Nanayakkara, Carrie Tsai, Angel Rauniyar, Alice Kucera   +4 more
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Understanding the Type 2 Immunity: An Evolving View Beyond Allergic Diseases

Allergy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Type 2 (T2) immunity is classically associated with defense against helminths and environmental threats, from a physiological perspective, and with allergies and eosinophilic inflammatory diseases, in a pathological sense. However, growing evidence reveals that T2 pathways also support other essential homeostatic functions, including tissue ...
Rodrigo Jiménez‐Saiz, Salvador Iborra, Carlos Blanco, Ruperto González‐Pérez, Emilio Nuñez‐Borque, Can Zeyneloglu, Huseyn Babayev, Ozlem Göksel, Tuncay Göksel, Musa Khaitov, Dmitry Kudlay, Yadong Gao, Mustafa Sevim, Marie‐Charlotte Brüggen, Oral Alpan, Ming Wang, Luo Zhang, María J. Torres, Mohamed Shamji, Mübeccel Akdis, Kari C. Nadeau, Ismail Ogulur, Cezmi A. Akdis   +22 more
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Economic Evaluation of the RETURN Intervention to Increase Routine Dental Attendance Among Disadvantaged Adults: Net Health Benefit (QALYs) and Patient Cost Outcomes From a Randomised Controlled Trial

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives Routine dental attendance is associated with better health outcomes, yet those from disadvantaged backgrounds are more likely to seek problem‐driven, episodic care. The RETURN intervention, a brief behavioural intervention delivered by dental nurses in urgent care, was designed to support urgent care users to take up planned dental ...
Tayamika Zabula, Victoria Lowers, Dan Howdon, Rebecca Harris   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

From Control to Elimination: Making the End of Dental Caries Thinkable

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Dental caries remains one of the most prevalent noncommunicable diseases worldwide despite decades of clinical and behavioural interventions. Persistently high prevalence suggests that current approaches are better organised for ongoing disease management than for preventing new disease occurrence.
Habib Benzian, Manu Raj Mathur, Eugenio Beltrán‐Aguilar   +2 more
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Using Role Substitution to Improve Oral Health of Dependent Older People Residing in Care Homes and Assisted Living Settings in the United Kingdom

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives To determine whether Dental Therapists and Dental Nurses could reduce plaque levels of dependent older adults residing in care homes and assisted living settings, when compared to ‘treatment as usual’. Methods A two‐arm pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial over a 6‐month period was undertaken based on an a priori assumption
Paul R. Brocklehurst, Gerry McKenna, Zoe Hoare, Alison Jenkins, Rachel Evans, Saif Sayeed Syed, Michelle Harvey, Ivor G. Chestnutt, Sarah R. Baker, Craig J. Smith, Ciaran O'Neill, Annie Hendry, Anup Karki, Kirstie Moons, Fiona Sandom, Michael Donaldson, Caroline Lappin, Karen Shepherd, Lorraine Morgan, Georgios Tsakos   +19 more
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