Is silver diamine fluoride effective in reducing dentin hypersensitivity? A systematic review.

Background: The purpose of this systematic review was to assess the clinical efficacy (sensitivity reduction) and safety (gum damage) of silver diamine fluoride (SDF) as a tooth desensitizer for adults.

Methods: The search strategy was developed and adapted from 12 databases. Two independent reviewers selected the studies in consensus with a third reviewer.

Does use of animal therapy during dental care help to reduce anxiety in children and adolescents? A systematic review.

Background: Animal-assisted therapy (AAT) is considered a useful technique to reduce anxiety in children and adolescents in medical settings.

Aim: To investigate whether the use of AAT helps to reduce anxiety during dental care in children and adolescents.

Design: Systematic review that included randomized and nonrandomized clinical trials with children up to 18-years of age undergoing dental appointments.

Mechanical Periodontal Therapy Recovered the Phagocytic Function of Monocytes in Periodontitis.

Background: Several studies have focused on the association between periodontitis and systemic implications; however, the biological mechanisms of the immune responses before and after periodontal therapy involved in this relationship, such as phagocytic functions, remain unclear.

Objectives: This study aimed to investigate whether periodontal treatment improves the phagocytic function of blood monocytes in patients with severe periodontitis. .

Oral Microbial Colonization in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Patients.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to assess oral microbial colonization before and after the implementation of an oral hygiene protocol in children admitted to a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) using nonhospitalized healthy children as a control group.

Methods: Two groups were analyzed in this clinical study: Group G1 (dentate children admitted to the PICU); and Group G2 (nonhospitalized, healthy, dentate children). The G1 group underwent oral assessments before (G1i) and after (G1f) a three-day oral hygiene protocol using 0.

Oral care practices for patients in Intensive Care Units: A pilot survey.

Objective: To assess the level of knowledge and difficulties concerning hospitalized patients regarding preventive oral health measures among professionals working in Intensive Care Units (ICUs).

Study Population And Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 71 health professionals working in the ICU. A self-administered questionnaire was used to determine the methods used, frequency, and attitude toward oral care provided to patients in Brazilian ICUs.

Salivary proteomics: A new adjuvant approach to the early diagnosis of familial juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus.

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic multisystemic disease characterized by autoimmune inflammatory disturbance. Pleomorphic manifestations are present and a potentially progressive and debilitating course can be detected. SLE rarely manifests before age 5, and its onset peaks is around puberty.

Oral health promotion in patients with chronic renal failure admitted in the Intensive Care Unit.

Oral hygiene deficiency is common in patients treated in ICUs and it enables biofilm colonization by microorganisms that lead to respiratory infections. A 30-year-old female patient with chronic renal failure was hospitalized. Dental procedures were performed in the ICU and contributed to the patient's health after a few days.

Minimal intervention dentistry procedures: a ten year retrospective study.

Unlabelled: Minimal Intervention Dentistry (MID) is an effective treatment approach with increasing acceptance among dental professionals.

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the MID impact on Dentistry by analyzing procedures performed on patients treated at a Pediatric Dentistry Graduate Program clinic which implemented MID.

Study Design: The number of procedures including sealants, modified atraumatic restorative treatment (mART), resin crowns, direct pulp capping, pulpotomy, pulpectomy, and deciduous/ permanent extractions from 333 pediatric patients treated between the years 2001 to 2003 and 2008 to 2010 in Distrito Federal, Brazil were analyzed.

Knowledge on dental trauma management and caries prevention.

Purpose: This study evaluated the knowledge of dental assistants (DA) and hygienists (DH) on dental trauma management and dental caries prevention. Secondarily, other aims were 2-fold: (1) to update the assistants/hygienists through courses supported on scientific evidence-based information and (2) to evaluate their job satisfaction.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted with 46 participants, DHs and Das, working in the Secretary of Education of the city of Brasilia (Federal District, Brazil).

Socio-economic indicators and predisposing factors associated with traumatic dental injuries in schoolchildren at Brasília, Brazil: a cross-sectional, population-based study.

Background: This study assessed the prevalence of traumatic dental injuries (TDI) and its association with sociodemographic and physical characteristics in the anterior permanent teeth of 12-year-old schoolchildren at the city of Brasília - DF, Brazil.

Methods: A cross-sectional, population-based study was conducted on a sample of 1,389 boys and girls aged 12 years, enrolled in public and private fundamental schools at the Administrative Region (RA) of Brasília, Brazil, from October 2011 to September 2012. The demographic details were achieved by a structured questionnaire.

Sialometry: aspects of clinical interest.

Whole saliva is a multiglandular secretion complex consisting of gingival fluid, desquamated epithelial cells, microorganisms, products of bacterial metabolism, food debris, leukocytes mucus from the nasal cavity and the pharynx. Saliva has many functions, including tissue repair, tamponage, protection, digestion, taste, antimicrobial action, maintaining tooth integrity and antioxidant defense system. A decrease in salivary flow (hyposalivation) is a common disorder and it is estimated that approximately 20% of the general population have this alteration.

Enamel defects in the primary dentition of preterm and full-term children.

Aim: This study compared enamel defects in children born prematurely and at term.

Method: 96 children born at term (G1), and with 96 children born prematurely (G2) were studied.

Results: A higher prevalence of enamel defects was found in the premature group, with a predominance of hypoplasia.

Decreased phagocytic function in neutrophils and monocytes from peripheral blood in periodontal disease.

Unlabelled: Phagocytosis by neutrophils and monocytes constitutes the main defense mechanism against bacterial challenges in periodontitis. Phagocytosis by neutrophils has already been evaluated, whereas phagocytic function of monocytes has hardly been addressed so far.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess phagocytosis by neutrophils and monocytes in periodontitis.

Effects of periodontal therapy on phagocytic activity of peripheral blood neutrophils - evidence for an extrinsic cellular defect.

Purpose: To compare phagocytic activity of peripheral blood neutrophils from subjects with and without periodontal disease and evaluate the effects of periodontal therapy in individuals with similar levels of resolution of inflammation at the end of treatment.

Materials And Methods: To compare the phagocytic activity of neutrophils, peripheral blood was collected from 27 control subjects with a healthy periodontium and 28 periodontitis subjects before and after treatment. The phagocytosis of killed Saccharomyces cerevisiae, pre-sensitised or non-sensitised with fresh serum from the donor, was quantified and a phagocytic index was calculated as the mean number of yeast cells phagocytised by the percentage of neutrophils involved in phagocytosis.

Intraoral electrostimulator for xerostomia relief: a long-term, multicenter, open-label, uncontrolled, clinical trial.

Objective: A previous sham-controlled multinational study demonstrated the short-term efficacy and safety for xerostomia treatment of an intraoral device that delivers electrostimulation to the lingual nerve. The objective of this study was to test the hypothesis that those beneficial effects would be sustained over an 11-month period.

Study Design: The device was tested on a mixed sample of 94 patients with xerostomia in an open-label, uncontrolled, prospective multicenter trial.

Cone beam computed tomography and intraoral radiography for diagnosis of dental abnormalities in dogs and cats.

The development of veterinary dentistry has substantially improved the ability to diagnose canine and feline dental abnormalities. Consequently, examinations previously performed only on humans are now available for small animals, thus improving the diagnostic quality. This has increased the need for technical qualification of veterinary professionals and increased technological investments.

Efficacy and safety of an intraoral electrostimulation device for xerostomia relief: a multicenter, randomized trial.

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of an intraoral electrostimulation device, consisting of stimulating electrodes, an electronic circuit, and a power source, in treating xerostomia. The device delivers electrostimulation through the oral mucosa to the lingual nerve in order to enhance the salivary reflex.

Methods: The device was tested on a sample of patients with xerostomia due to Sjögren's syndrome and other sicca conditions in a 2-stage prospective, randomized, multicenter trial.

[Oral health status of elderly women from the Brazilian Federal District].

Data from Brazilian researches that evaluated oral health of elderly people show a worrisome situation. The purpose of this study was to estimate the frequency of edentulism, analyze both the use and need profiles of prosthesis, calculate the DMFT index and check the condition of periodontal elderly residents in the Federal District. One hundred and forty women aged 60 years or above were examined.

Evaluation of chlorhexidine on the quality of the hybrid layer in noncarious primary teeth: an in vitro study.

It has recently been observed that chlorhexidine has the capacity to inhibit matrix metalloproteinase. Therefore, the object of this study was to assess the effect of chlorhexidine on the quality of the hybrid layer of noncarious primary teeth. In group 1, the teeth were subjected to acid-etching, chlorhexidine application, Single Bond adhesive insertion, and restoration with resin composite Z250.