Fissure sealants: Knowledge and practice of Yemeni dental practitioners.

Objectives: This study was conducted to evaluate Yemeni dental practitioners' knowledge and practices concerning fissure sealants.

Materials And Methods: A modified questionnaire consisted of 25-items was distributed to 500 dentists working in Sana'a City. Descriptive statistics and Chi-square/Fisher's exact tests were used for statistical analyses.

Oral Cancer: Awareness and Knowledge Among Dental Patients in Riyadh.

More than 50 % of oral cancer cases are diagnosed at advanced stages. Public knowledge about oral cancer can help in prevention and early detection of the disease. The aim of the present study was to assess the levels of awareness and knowledge about signs and risk factors of oral cancer among dental patients in Saudi Arabia.

Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practice of Infection Control among Dental Students at Sana'a University, Yemen.

Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding infection control procedures among senior dental students.

Materials And Methods: A questionnaire-based cross-sectional survey was conducted among 145 4(th)- and 5(th)-year dental students at the Faculty of Dentistry, Sana'a University, Yemen. The self-administered questionnaire was comprised of 20 open- and close-ended items regarding barrier techniques, vaccination status, infection control practices, and awareness.

Pulpotomy of symptomatic permanent teeth with carious exposure using mineral trioxide aggregate.

Introduction: To evaluate the clinical and radiographic outcomes of pulpotomy treatment with mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) in symptomatic mature permanent teeth with carious exposure.

Materials And Methods: Ten patients aged 27-54 years presented with 11 symptomatic permanent teeth (n=11). Each offending carious tooth was clinically and radiographically determined.