[Developing a recommendation for handling risks through digital transformation in patient care].

Digital transformation in healthcare presents enormous challenges as it partially redefines care processes and interaction between patients and doctors. In order to seize opportunities to improve patient care as well as patient safety by using digital innovations, arising patient safety risks due to these changes have to be considered and addressed. The German Coalition for Patient Safety, the Austrian Network for Patient Safety and the Swiss Foundation for Patient Safety decided to develop a recommendation for members of all professional groups in healthcare to sensitize for arising risks, inform about cause-effect relationships and to empower professionals to perform an individual risk-benefit-assessment for existing and upcoming digital innovations.

Polyetheretherketone-a suitable material for fixed dental prostheses?

Objectives: To study the surface properties of polyetheretherketone (PEEK) and its bond strength with two veneering resins after different conditioning methods as well as fracture load of PEEK three-unit fixed dental prostheses (FDPs).

Methods: Two hundred and twenty five PEEK specimens were fabricated and divided into five groups: no treatment (A), etching with 98% sulfuric acid for 1 min (B), air-abrasion for 10 s with either 50 or 110 μm alumina (C and D, respectively), and silica coating using the Rocatec System (E). On 15 specimens of each conditioning method, contact angle and surface roughness were determined.