Publications by authors named "Edoardo Montemurro"
Objective: The aim of this study was to confirm the hypothesis that patients with one or more amalgam restorations have an increased risk for systemic diseases rather than patients with resin-based restorations.
Data: The data search produced an initial 3568 total number of records. All titles and abstract were reviewed by five independent examiners, and only 36 records were selected for full text in depth examination.
Background: After endodontic treatment, a proper restorative technique is necessary to ensure coronal seal and protection of residual dental structure; teeth which have lost two or more walls need to be restored with posts to increase retention and stability of final restoration. Posts can be distinguished in prefabricated and customized, which are manufactured by lost wax technique or CAD-CAM.
Purpose: Digital dentistry has been developed to increase workflow precision and to accelerate production process; use of CAD-CAM to realize customized posts was limited to scanning plaster models obtained from traditional impressions.
Objectives: The aim of the present study was to compare an electronic device, the Wand Injection System (Milestone Scientific Livingstone), with conventional anesthesia in terms of the following: pain sensation during anesthetic injection; effectiveness in achieving adequate anesthesia for a complete painless dental treatment; post-operative discomfort; and patient's anxiety toward dental treatment.
Materials And Methods: Eighty adults from 18 to 70 years were enrolled in this cross-over study. Each patient served as his/her own control being subject to two anesthesia techniques: conventional and Single Tooth Anesthesia (STA) performed with the Wand.
Introduction: This study had 2 purposes: to compare the Microseal, continuous wave, and Thermafil techniques and to compare the same techniques with and without endodontic sealer.
Methods: Ninety extracted mandibular premolars were allocated into 6 groups obturated with Microseal (Analytic, Glendora, CA) and sealer (Mseal), Microseal without sealer (Mnoseal), System B (EIE Analytic Technology, Orange, CA) and sealer (SBseal), System B without sealer (SBnoseal), Thermafil (Dentsply, Tulsa Dental, Tulsa, OK) and sealer (Tseal), and (Tnoseal) Thermafil without sealer (Tnoseal). The teeth were sectioned at 1 and 3 mm from the apex.