Methods: A cross-sectional survey was administered to 426 patients at three dental hygiene clinics in New York City over a period of four months. The survey questionnaire was based on the decisional conflict scale measuring personal perceptions; with zero indicating extremely high conflict to four ...
RISK OF CROSS-INFECTION IN DENTAL CLINICS One of the most important findings of the COVID-19 outbreak is the detection of SARS-CoV-2 in saliva (25). Sabino-Silva et al. suggested at least three different pathways to explain this relationship: 1) from the lower and upper respiratory tract...
A detailed understanding of melatonin-treated DPSCs both in vitro and in vivo will be beneficial for future MSC therapy and maxillofacial bone reconstruction in clinics. Therefore, the present study (1) evaluated the effects of different concentrations of melatonin on the proliferation, osteogenic ...
Dental education in both dental clinics and preclinical laboratories has been affected by the virus [6]. Recently, traditional face-to-face classroom educational activities with undergraduate and postgraduate dentistry students were found to be interrupted nearly worldwide [7]. Dental professionals are ...
Guideline implementation has been an ongoing challenge in the dental practice setting. Despite this, there are no reviews summarising the existing evidence regarding effective guideline implementation strategies in this setting. In order to address this,
Despite the progress of implant treatment, peri-implantitis is becoming an increasingly frequent concern in dental clinics. Peri-implantitis is an inflammatory lesion caused by periodontal disease bacteria that infect the area around the implant [6,7,8]. Chronic infections, similar to chronic periodont...