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Periodontics (8):
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In the thesis 'Barriers to effective periodontal care, published in 1984, an investigation was described on professional periodontal care lagging behind the development of periodontology. The objectives of the investigation were to assess whether dentists were treating periodontal disease as a behav...
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PMID: 21158193
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This cross-sectional study was designed to document the methods utilized by North American graduate periodontics programs in assessing their residents' surgical skills. A survey of clinical skills assessment was mailed to directors of all fifty-eight graduate periodontics programs in Canada and the...
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PMID: 20679456
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Eastern Mediterranean health journal = La revue de sante de la Mediterranee orientale = al-Majallah al-sihhiyah li-sharq al-mutawassit (16)7 2010
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The aim of this study was to report on dental visit patterns and their association with periodontal health among young Saudi Arabian students. A representative sample of 3090 students was randomly selected. The students' dental visit patterns were assessed with a questionnaire. Clinical examinations...
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PMID: 20799540
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This study evaluated the reliability of assessing visually the facial gingival biotype of maxillary anterior teeth with and without the use of a periodontal probe in comparison with direct measurements. Forty-eight patients (20 men, 28 women) with a single failing maxillary anterior tooth participat...
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PMID: 20386780
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Dental update (37)5 2010
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We aim to highlight the importance of these when making a diagnosis and the necessary treatment undertaken in general dental practice before considering referral to specialist services. We also provide guidelines to assist the referral of patients for periodontal treatment in specialist care setting...
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PMID: 20669710
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This project aimed at documenting the surgical training curricula offered by North American graduate periodontics programs. A survey consisting of questions on teaching methods employed and the content of the surgical training program was mailed to directors of all fifty-eight graduate periodontics...
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PMID: 20516301
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The management of periodontal tissue defects that result from periodontitis represents a medical and socioeconomic challenge. Concerted efforts have been and still are being made to accelerate and augment periodontal tissue and bone regeneration, including a range of regenerative sur...
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PMID: 19860551
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The management of periodontal tissue defects that result from periodontitis represents a medical and socioeconomic challenge. Concerted efforts have been and still are being made to accelerate and augment periodontal tissue and bone regeneration, including a range of regenerative sur...
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PMID: 19860551
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Both groups presented attachment loss immediately after instrumentation; however, the thin tip resulted in statistically higher immediate clinical attachment loss than the traditional tip (0.85 and 0.15 mm, respectively; P < .0001). However, both groups showed a similar healing after the ultrasonic...
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PMID: 20213026
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l Orthodontie Française (81)1 2010
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Before any orthodontic treatment can begin, it is essential that the patient's periodontium be in sound condition, capable of responding to the movement of teeth in a healthy fashion. Inspection of the dentition, palpation of tissues, and careful study of adequate X-Rays are all necessary for establ...
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PMID: 20359444
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Eastern Mediterranean health journal = La revue de sante de la Mediterranee orientale = al-Majallah al-sihhiyah li-sharq al-mutawassit (16)2 2010
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To investigate the influence of smoking on the response of nonsurical periodontal treatment, at prospective study was carried out on 65 smokers and 68 nonsmoker controls. Both groups were examined periodontally for plaque, bleeding and loss of attachment, before and after a course of treatment with...
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PMID: 20799568
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Recently, implant surgery has been introduced into postdoctoral prosthodontic programs; however, efficient training models to teach this have not been described to date. For training models to be effective and acceptable to all parties, a mutually beneficial situation must be created, and guidelines...
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PMID: 20657871
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l Orthodontie Française (80)3 2009
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After the loss of funding, there was a 31% decrease in the number of specimens submitted from practitioners in private practice, with the greatest drop noted in submissions from endodontists. CONCLUSION: Despite the immediate decrease in the number of biopsies submitted after the introduction of fee...
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PMID: 20695080
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The majority of the studies analyzed showed no beneficial effect of a pulsed Nd:YAG laser compared to conventional therapy (ultrasonics and/or hand instrumentation) in the initial treatment of patients with periodontitis. The pulsed Nd:YAG laser was assessed as monotherapy and as an adjunct to non-s...
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PMID: 19563283
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT: This Editors' Consensus is supported by an educational grant from Colgate-Palmolive, Inc., New York, New York, and is based on a meeting of the authors held in Boston, Massachusetts, on January 9, 2009. DISCLOSURE: Dr. Friedewald has received honoraria for speaking from Novartis, Eas...
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PMID: 19563277
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A review of the 2006 and past American Dental Association (ADA) studies on the distribution of dentists provides information on the evolving number of periodontists. Despite an overall increase in the number of periodontists, major differences continue in practitioner/population ratios in different...
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PMID: 19405820
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Minerva stomatologica (58)3 2009
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Authors have concluded that in case of chronic inflammation of peri-implant tissues, the probe reaches the bone pick, allowing the clinician to have reliable information on the actual bone resorption....
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PMID: 19357614
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The objectives of this study were to investigate periodontal treatment and referral patterns and the considerations used in the process of dentists who make no periodontal referrals, relatively few referrals, or more referrals. Specifically, the role of disease characteristics, patient- and provider...
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PMID: 19234076
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We conclude from the study that Canadian orthodontic residents are satisfied with the didactic, clinical, and research aspects of their programs. They receive comprehensive instruction with the opportunity to complete a significant number of patients, employing a variety of treatment approaches....
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PMID: 19234075
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It has been known for some time that relationships exist between periodontal disease and other medical conditions such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, kidney disease, and rheumatoid arthritis. Recent research is demonstrating that periodontal disease is the result of host inflammatory reaction...
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PMID: 19537479
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We learn to stop doing; the most valuable patient may be the one that is never presented to one's colleagues. This story recounts what a young periodontist learned, in preparing for boards, about how unproven and overly aggressive treatment need to be tempered with common sense and fundamental conce...
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PMID: 19928363
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AIM: The aim of this report is to review the status of the use of surgical microscopes and microsurgery and their clinical application in the field of periodontics. BACKGROUND: The use of magnification systems and periodontal microsurgery are part of a broad movement in dentistry toward the use of m...
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PMID: 19838615
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Operative Dentistry (34)2 2009
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The accurate diagnosis of non-cavitated occlusal caries is generally considered problematic. Induced fluorescence quantified by the DIAGNOdent device (KaVo) gives a reading from 0-99, which may help in the caries diagnostic process. There is some controversy around the implication of increased sever...
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PMID: 19363968
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Mean bone loss around the test implants in group A (thin mucosa) was 1.61 +/- 0.24 mm (SE; range, 0.9 to 3.3 mm) on the mesial and 1.28 +/- 0.167 mm (range, 0.8 to 2.1 mm) on the distal. Mean bone loss in test group B (thick mucosa) implants was 0.26 +/- 0.08 mm (range, 0.2 to 0.9 mm) on the mesial...
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PMID: 19885413
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Number of patients assigned to dental residents, course of treatment and number of various technical tasks performed as described in the Reports on Clinical Training of Dentists published by the Department of General Dentistry, Tokyo Dental College Chiba Hospital since its establishment in 2002 were...
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PMID: 20179396
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Evidence-based health care seeks to base clinical practice and decision-making on best evidence, while allowing for modifications because of patient preferences and individual clinical situations. Dentistry has been slow to embrace this discipline, but this is changing. In the Graduate Periodontolog...
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PMID: 19215739
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British Dental Journal (205)11 2008
The teaching of implant dentistry in undergraduate dental schools in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
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The teaching of dental implants in the UK and Ireland has increased since the time of previous surveys. It would seem prudent for this theme of teaching to further increase in order to best prepare graduating students for independent clinical practice....
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PMID: 19079107
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This survey showed that implant dentistry has become an integral part of the postgraduate prosthodontic curriculum. The trends to incorporate implant placement into the postgraduate prosthodontic curriculum were already evident prior to 2004. To address the demand for implant treatment in patient ca...
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PMID: 18761568
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Journal of Periodontology (79)12 2008
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Clinical overall (facial and palatal) maxillary SOG dimensions for zones 1, 2, and 3 were 3.66, 3.82, and 4.19 mm, respectively. Overall SOG measures for maxillary teeth varied by tooth type (P <0.001). Similarly, site-level SOG measures varied by tooth type (P <0.02), except for mesial-facial SOG m...
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PMID: 19053916
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Journal of Periodontology (79)12 2008
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Diabetes & Metabolism (34)5 2008
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Twenty-five studies, involving 976 subjects altogether, were included in the present systematic review. Of these, nine studies, involving a total of 485 patients, were controlled trials and were included in the meta-analysis. The standardized mean difference in HbA(1c) with the treatment of periodon...
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PMID: 18948050
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The aim of this study was to ascertain knowledge on current teaching of implant dentistry in the undergraduate curriculum of Dental Schools in the UK. Information on the teaching modalities, including year of introduction of implant dentistry into undergraduate curriculum, departments involved in te...
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PMID: 19021725
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Repeated measures ANOVA (alpha = 0.05) showed a significant difference of the sum scores of the ratings between test and control group (P = 0.004). The participants educated in communication skills improved significantly (Delta = +14.9; P = 0.004), whereas in the control group no accretion of practi...
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PMID: 19021727
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Journal of Periodontology (79)10 2008
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This paper aims to promote discussion about dental specialties and post-graduate dental education in the European Union (EU). Previously, dental educators have concentrated their efforts of seeking Pan-EU convergence in undergraduate dental education. However, the impact of the enlargement of the EU...
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PMID: 18666894
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Journal of Dentistry (36)8 2008
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The initial search identified 37 articles. Ten studies met the initial eligibility, but eight were excluded after thorough analysis. The results from those two selected studies showed that the average variance and the absolute mean difference of CAL measurements for both types of probes cannot be co...
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PMID: 18534736
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These results showed that complete root coverage following root coverage procedure is perceived as the most successful outcome by patients, dentists, and periodontists....
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PMID: 18505458
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In 1987, the Dutch Society of Periodontology (NVvP) made it possible for dentists to be recognized as specialists in periodontology. This recognition lasts for 5 years after which, on the basis of an evaluation of the Consilium Parodontologicum of the NVvP, continuation of the recognition for anothe...
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PMID: 18686563
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In order to determine whether the quantity of bacteria in saliva and the degree of periodontal infection influence the speed of de novo plaque formation in periodontitis patients, 23 patients rinsed with 10 ml sterile saline. All teeth were then supragingivally and professionally cleaned, after whic...
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PMID: 18686564
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The relationship between periodontal disease and systemic disease has gained much attention in recent years in the dental profession and from national health care agencies. Two third-party providers are now modifying their dental reimbursements for patients who have periodontal disease and are pregn...
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PMID: 18519597
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In all age groups, the number of edentulous individuals decreased dramatically and the number of teeth increased. Oral hygiene improved considerably. Over the 30 years, the proportion of periodontally healthy individuals increased from 8% in 1973 to 44% in 2003 and the proportion of individuals with...
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PMID: 18433384
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Dental education in the United States and Canada is currently experiencing a crisis with respect to faculty recruitment and retention. The major reasons for the status of dental and specialty education are lower salaries and lack of interest. To make up for this deficit in the specialty of periodont...
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PMID: 18451081
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Dentists who worked with hygienists acknowledged their contribution to increasing practice profitability, efficiency and accessibility of dental services to patients. Hygienists and employers supported increasing the scope of dental hygiene practice, however the majority of non-employers opposed any...
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PMID: 18304244
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