Objectives To provide contemporary, national population-based estimates of complete tooth loss of older adults by English language proficiency. Methods We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of the 2017 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey among participants ≥50 years of age (n=10,452, weighted=111,895,290). Results The prevalence of complete tooth lo...
Published in Lebende Sprachen
Titles play an important role in genre analysis. Cross-genre studies show that research paper and thesis titles have distinctive features. However, thesis and dissertation titles in the field of dentistry have thus far received little attention. Objective: To analyze the syntactic structures and their functions in English-language thesis and disser...
Published in Heliyon
Dentistry; Evidence based medicine; Materials safety; Immune response; Dental surgery; Dental materials; Oral medicine; Latex, Gloves, Allergy, Nitrile, Dental dam.
Published in Journal of dental research
This study evaluates contributions of jaw injury and experimental pain sensitivity to risk of developing painful temporomandibular disorder (TMD). Data were from the Orofacial Pain: Prospective Evaluation and Risk Assessment (OPPERA) nested case-control study of incident painful TMD. Injury and subsequent onset of painful TMD were monitored prospec...
Published in Clinical oral investigations
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a lifelong heterogeneous psychiatric disorder that represents a challenge for dentists. The aim of this retrospective study was to analyse ASD patients' dental needs and to investigate key factors influencing the behavioural management. One hundred eighteen ASD subjects (levels 2 and 3 of the DSM-5), adults and chi...
Published in Heliyon
Dentistry; Sleep; Quality of life; Respiratory system; Dental surgery; Dental materials; Prosthetic dentistry; Eye-Ear-Nose-Throat; OSAS; Sleep apnea; Bimaxillairy advancement; Osteotomy; Edentulous; MMA; Maxillomandibular advancement.
Published in Oral Oncology
This article aims at collecting all information needed for dentists regarding the COVID-19 pandemic throughout the world by reviewing articles published by now. In late 2019, a pneumonia outbreak of uncertain etiology happened in Wuhan, China. There were many reports related to a live-animal and seafood market, supporting that the pathogens were tr...
Published in BMC Veterinary Research
BackgroundSpecific behaviors associated with pain in cats with oral disease have not been consistently studied. The aim of this exploratory study was to identify pain-induced behaviors in cats before and after treatment of oral disease using video assessment. Twenty-four cats (6 ± 3.3 years old; 4.9 ± 1.7 kg) were included in a prospective, blinded...
Published in Journal of Dental Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
During dental treatment, a dentist usually applies the local anesthesia. Therefore, all dentists should have expertise in local anesthesia and anesthetics. Local anesthetics have a neurotoxic effect at clinically relevant concentrations. Many studies have investigated the mechanism of neurotoxicity of local anesthetics but the precise mechanism of ...
Published in Heliyon
Cancer surgery; Clinical research; Dental surgery; Dentistry; Oral medicine; Pharmacology; Antiresorptive agents; Drug holiday; Holidays; MRONJ; Osteonecrosis of the jaw; Oral surgery; Tooth extraction.
