Comparative Analysis of the Efficacy of Dental Plaque Removal Between Manual and Powered Toothbrushes in Individuals With Syndactyly.

Objective: To compare the efficacy of dental plaque removal between manual and powered toothbrushes in individuals with syndactyly.

Material And Methods: Seventeen patients with Apert syndrome aged 11 to 30 years. The efficacy of toothbrushing was evaluated by the O'Leary plaque index at 2 periods: initial (before toothbrushing) and final (immediately after toothbrushing), using manual toothbrush (Colgate Twister) and powered toothbrush (Colgate Actibrush).

The maxillary lateral incisor in the rehabilitation of cleft lip and palate.

Objective This study analyzed the maintenance of lateral incisors in the dental rehabilitation of individuals with cleft lip and palate. Material and Methods The study was conducted on a tertiary craniofacial center and comprised retrospective analysis of panoramic and periapical radiographs of Caucasoid individuals with non-syndromic complete unilateral cleft lip and palate, analyzing all radiographs available on the records of each individual, from the first to the last up to 12 years of age. Overall, 2,826 records were reviewed to achieve a sample of 1,000 individuals.

Susceptibility of bovine dental enamel with initial erosion lesion to new erosive challenges.

This in vitro study evaluated the impact of initial erosion on the susceptibility of enamel to further erosive challenge. Thirty bovine enamel blocks were selected by surface hardness and randomized into two groups (n = 15): GC- group composed by enamel blocks without erosion lesion and GT- group composed by enamel blocks with initial erosion lesion. The baseline profile of each block was determined using the profilometer.

Influence of removing excess of resin-based materials applied to eroded enamel on the resistance to erosive challenge.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of removing excess of resin-based materials applied to eroded enamel, subjected to erosive challenge.

Methods: Bovine enamel blocks were immersed in HCl 0.01M, pH 2.

Tooth abnormalities of number and position in the permanent dentition of patients with complete bilateral cleft lip and palate.

Objective: To radiographically evaluate the prevalence of tooth abnormalities of number and position in the permanent dentition of individuals with complete bilateral cleft lip and palate.

Design: Cross-sectional retrospective.

Setting: Hospital for Rehabilitation of Craniofacial Anomalies, University of São Paulo, Bauru, Brazil.