Cephalometric Characteristics in Skulls with Artificial Deformation in a Pre-Columbian Civilization of the Peruvian Andes (Chavin Civilization 900 B.C. to 200 B.C.).

Objective: To evaluate the cephalometric characteristics of skulls with and without artificial deformation in a pre-Columbian civilization of the Peruvian Andes (Chavin civilization 900 B.C. to 200 B.

Bibliometric Study of the National Scientific Production of All Peruvian Schools of Dentistry in Scopus.

Objective: To perform a bibliometric analysis of the national scholarly output of all dental schools in Peru in Scopus through a retrospective study after the promulgation of the Peruvian University Law 30220 in 2014.

Methods: This was a descriptive, comparative, retrospective, and cross-sectional study. A search of the Scopus database was performed to identify scholarly output in dentistry between 2014 and 2019.

Proposal for a provisional protocol for the care and identification of dental transmission routes of COVID-19 in Latin America: A Literature review.

Background: The new coronavirus called COVID-19 originated in the city of Wuhan, China and has currently spread to different continents, leading the World Health Organization (WHO) to declare a "pandemic". Therefore, the aim of this review was to present a new proposal for a care protocol in Peruvian Dentistry: Provisional review of the diagnosis, treatment, epidemiological characteristics, routes of transmission and recommendations of COVID-19.

Material And Methods: A search of digital scientific literature was made in the databases: Science Direct, Pubmed and Google Scholar.

Assessment of Structural Changes in Translucency and Opacity of Tooth Enamel against a Direct Demineralization Process: An Study.

Objective: The objective of this study was to assess the structural changes in translucency and opacity of tooth enamel following a direct demineralization process.

Materials And Methods: This experimental study evaluated 45 thirds (cervical, middle, and occlusal) of the tooth enamel surface of premolar teeth extracted from young adults divided into three groups of 15 specimens each: Group 1 (solution based on calcium, phosphorus, and fluorine), Group 2 (orthophosphoric acid 37%), and control group (distilled water). All underwent optical macroscopic examination with ×3 magnification to determine the initial translucency according to the variation of the medium in their intercrystalline spaces, and Thylstrup and Fejerskov Index was used.

Knowledge and Awareness of Effective Recycling of Dental Materials and Waste Management among Peruvian Undergraduate Students of Dentistry: A Logistic Regression Analysis.

Objective: Biomedical waste management and recycling is a very important topic today to preserve the environment, especially at the university level where future specialists in the health sciences are trained. So, the aim of this study was to evaluate the knowledge and awareness about recycling of dental materials and waste management among Peruvian undergraduate students of dentistry.

Materials And Methods: This cross-sectional study evaluated 254 Peruvian undergraduate dentistry students from October 2019 to January 2020, at the National University of San Marcos.