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Intermediate Restorative Materials

Kon Jia Yee & Shahid Mitha · Asian Journal of Dental Sciences · 2021

Introduction: Intermediate restorative materials are materials that are intended to be used for temporary restoration that usually lasts up to a year. During treatment that requires multiple appointments, intermediate restorative materials can be used to cover the tooth structure...

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Decision Making for Restoration of Teeth Following Root Canal Treatment: A Narrative Review

Chu Sae Chiau, Jagjit Singh Dhaliwal & Malissa Siao Yun A. S. · Asian Journal of Dental Sciences · 2021

Objectives: The decision-making process is extremely important in the field of dentistry, including the field of endodontics, particularly in the selection of materials to be used for restoration. This review paper aims to summarize the factors to be taken into account before cho...

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Is There a Correlation Between Radiographic Presentation of Multilocularity and Aggressive Histology of Unicystic Ameloblastomas. – Report of Two Cases and Review of Literature

Sunil Sidana, Prachi Goyal, Srivalli Natarajan, Shilpa Patel, Niharika Swain & Padmakar Baviskar · Asian Journal of Dental Sciences · 2021

Conventional or Solid/ Multicystic Ameloblastomas (SMA) are conventionally treated with resection while Unicystic Ameloblastoma (UA) is usually treated conservatively.  Mural variety of UA has shown to be more aggressive and behaves similar to conventional ameloblastoma and is th...

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Knowledge, Attitude and Practices (KAP) of Parents Regarding Prevention of Early Childhood Caries (ECC) in Brunei Darussalam: A Cross-sectional Study

Chu Sae Chiau, Shahid Mitha, Hanif Abdul Rahman & Ponnuswamy Manikandan · Asian Journal of Dental Sciences · 2021

Background: Dental caries is widespread health alignment that effects the overall health and general well-being of both adult and children. Dental caries can be classified into many types based on aetiology, progression, anatomical site, extend, path of spread and involvement of...

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Oral Hygiene Practices among Young School Children of Kohalpur Municipality of Banke District, Nepal

Bikram Chand, Jagannath Purushotam, Sushila Baral, Neeti Sedhain, Ram Sharan Gopali & Rajesh Kumar Yadav · Asian Journal of Dental Sciences · 2021

Background: Oral diseases remains a major public health problem with teeth decay as the most common global disease affecting many individuals and families. About 60-90% of school children worldwide had experience caries, with higher prevalence in Asian and Latin American countrie...

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Analysis of Radiographic Signs to Predict the Risk of Damage to the Inferior Alveolar Nerve Following Impacted Mandibular Third Molar Extraction among Sinhalese Population

L. H. M. I. M. Herath, S. Padma Silva & A. Dharmapala · Asian Journal of Dental Sciences · 2021

Aims: This study aimed to define the panoramic criteria can be used in predicting the direct contact between impacted mandibular third molar (MTM) and the inferior alveolar nerve (IAN). Study Design: A prospective cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: This study car...

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Prevalence of Soft Tissue Calcification in Orthopantamograph

M. Rajkumar, B. Siva, R. Sudharshan, H. Srinivas, A. Vishalini & P. Sivakami · Asian Journal of Dental Sciences · 2021

Introduction: Soft tissue calcifications are categorized into dystrophic, metastatic and idiopathic calcifications. The current aim of the study was to analyze the prevalence of soft tissue calcifications in head and neck region using digital dental panoramic radiography. Materia...

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Knowledge and Awareness of Oral Medicine Specialty among the Medical Practitioners in Lata Mangeshkar Hospital, Nagpur

Apurva Mohite Khator, Dhwani Suchak, Simran Tahilyani, Mukta Motwani & Ankita Thakre · Asian Journal of Dental Sciences · 2021

Background: Medicine and dentistry need to go hand in hand for holistic betterment of a patient. However, in India even today the medical practitioners are unaware of a very important specialty of dentistry which is Oral Medicine and Radiology which deals with oral manifestations...

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The Effectiveness of Acacia Arabica Gum as an Adjunct to the Non-Surgical Treatment of Chronic Periodontitis

Samah Omer Musa, Bakri Gobara Gismalla & Maowia Mukhtar · Asian Journal of Dental Sciences · 2020

The presented study was designed to show the pharmacological effect of Acacia Arabic gum as the Non-Surgical treatment of chronic periodontitis and it was estimated in A hospital based double blinded, randomized clinical trial using split mouth technique, conducted in the Khartou...

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A Review on Pemphigus

U. Prathusha, A. H. Harini Priya, R. Sathishmuthukumar, . Nachiammai, Serena Florence & J. Rebecca Elizabeth Susanna · Asian Journal of Dental Sciences · 2020

Autoimmune bullous diseases is a heterogeneous group of disorders that is characterized by intraepithelial or sub epithelial blistering caused by formation of autoantibodies targeted against structures essential for integrity of skin and mucous membrane. One such type of autoimmu...

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Re-establishing New Normality as We Return to Orthodontic Office

Arun Kumar Chauhan, Adeel Ahmed Bajjad, Sukanta Kumar Dey & Dhruv Krishana Tiwari · Asian Journal of Dental Sciences · 2020

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by the SARS-Cov2 virus. It emerged as a global pandemic early in 2020, affecting more than 200 countries and territories. The infection is highly contagious, spreads through person-to-person contact, via aerosol a...

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