Aim: To determine the factors that influenced treatment choices in patients presenting with non –vital teeth. Methods: A descriptive cross- sectional study was carried out among patients presenting with a non-vital tooth at the Dental Centre, University of Benin Teaching Hospital...
The smear layer is the accumulation of mineralized and organic matter during endodontic therapy. The history of smear layer, its effect and approaches for removal are described in this review. The approaches for removal of smear layer include chemical removal, ultrasonic removal,...
Aims: To discuss the properties, strengths and weaknesses of each luting agent for dental professionals to choose an appropriate luting agent for each unique clinical situation. Background Information: One of the factors that determine the success of long-term fixed prostheses is...
Coronal fracture of the anterior teeth is a common form of dental trauma. If the initial tooth fragment is maintained following fracture, reattachment of the broken fragment to the remaining tooth may offer higher and durable esthetics, a positive psychological response and could...
Introduction: Tooth loss affects speech, eating, social wellbeing as well as the quality of life of an individual. Determining the subjective effect of prosthetic treatments makes it possible to identify the needs of patients with dentures and also evaluate their prosthetic adapt...
Background: Corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-2019) is caused by a novel virus which belong to a family of corona virus. It is highly infectious and transmissible disease. First case of COVID-19 was reported in china on 31st December 2019 and on March 11, 2020 it was declared pand...
Carolina Yoshi Campos Sugio, Amanda Aparecida Maia Neves Garcia, Vinícius Carvalho Porto & Karin Hermana Neppelenbroek·Asian Journal of Dental Sciences·2021
The objective was to report a therapeutic method for denture stomatitis (DS) with the relining of the maxillary complete denture (CD). Patient JN, male, 70 years old, came to the clinic for rehabilitation treatment with new ones. On clinical examination, precarious condition of o...
Background: Tooth loss though preventable is still considered as a natural consequence of senility as it limits a person's esthetics, function and psychosocial well-being. In order to restore these deficits, dental prosthetics are needed. The objective of the current study was to...
Aim: As a reference for cases related to smokeless tobacco use, its management and also states about the importance of proper and early diagnosis of tobacco pouch keratosis. Presentation of Case: A 45 year old male complained of a rough surface with burning sensation occasionally...
Objective: To find out the frequency of patients with oral diseases presented to medical professionals, type of oral symptoms/conditions and where were these patients referred? Materials and Methods: A convenient sample size of 100 participants was decided. The questionnaire of t...
M. N. Patrick Sekele, I. Jacques Bolenge, Nzudjom Foche Adelin Baudouin, S. Willy Lusasi, Koto-Te-Nyiwa Ngbolua & I. B. Jean-Paul Sekele·Asian Journal of Dental Sciences·2021
Aim of the Study: To determine the level of adherence of periodontal patients at the University Clinics of Kinshasa (CUK). Methodology: A cross-sectional study on adherence of periodontal patients to supportive therapy was conducted at CUK from 2016 to 2019. Patients who have suf...
Orofacial injuries vary in complexities and affects people of all age group. Dental trauma in sports is the major linking channel between sports and dentistry. Sports dentistry is the prevention of oral/ facial athletic injuries and related oral diseases and manifestations. The p...
AIM: To evaluate the antibacterial and antifungal efficacy of Moringa oleifera and Sesbania grandiflora against S. mutans and C. albicans. Settings and Design: The study design involves an in-vitro study. Subjects and Methods: The microbial strains Streptococcus mutans and Candid...
Introduction: Preservation of natural dentition is the primary goal of dentistry. Patients, today, not only value their teeth, but also express a desire to save their natural dentition in favour of extraction whenever possible. Hemisection is one of the alternative conservative t...
Aims: The primary objective of this study was to evaluate the level of knowledge and attitude of schoolteachers in Brunei towards emergency dental trauma management. A secondary objective was to investigate the association between knowledge and attitude of schoolteachers towards...