Development of a Minimum Data Set for Dental Implants Registry.

Registries are powerful tools for the collection and distribution of valid and reliable data. The initial step in health information management is to design a minimum data set that can improve the collection of high-quality data from the registry. The present pilot study aimed to determine the optimal minimum data set for dental implants to effectively utilize at Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Comparison of bacterial disinfection efficacy using blue and red lights on dental implants contaminated with Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans.

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to determine the bacterial disinfection efficacy of four photosensitizers (PSs; curcumin, riboflavin, toluidine blue O, and phycocyanin) with blue diode laser (Blue DL) and blue light-emitting diode (Blue LED) or Red DL and Red LED in dental implants contaminated with Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans.

Materials And Methods: A total of 60 dental implants were contaminated with A. actinomycetemcomitans.

Design and Evaluation of Web-Based Dental Implant Registry (DIR) for Better Clinical Outcomes.

Introduction: Identification of dental implant system in undocumented patients is a major challenge for dentists due to the vast variety of tools and technologies that are used in dental care. It also takes a long time to identify the type of connection or length and diameter of implant. To obtain accurate and timely information, it is necessary to have a Dental Implant Registry (DIR).

Nanostructures as Targeted Therapeutics for Combating Oral Bacterial Diseases.

Pathogenic oral biofilms are now recognized as a key virulence factor in many microorganisms that cause the heavy burden of oral infectious diseases. Recently, new investigations in the nanotechnology field have propelled the development of novel biomaterials and approaches to control bacterial biofilms, either independently or in combination with other substances such as drugs, bioactive molecules, and photosensitizers used in antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT) to target different cells. Moreover, nanoparticles (NPs) showed some interesting capacity to reverse microbial dysbiosis, which is a major problem in oral biofilm formation.

Dental implant quality registries and databases: A systematic review.

Background: The importance of dental implant quality register has been well-documented. However, no systematic review conducted on dental implant quality register can be found in the literature. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to study the existed dental implant quality registries to explain the goals, data elements, and reports of dental implant quality registries.

Linear Momenta Transferred to the Dental Implant-Bone and Natural Tooth-PDL-Bone Constructs Under Impact Loading: A Comparative and Study.

During dental trauma, periodontal ligament (PDL) contributes to the stability of the tooth-PDL-bone structure. When a dental implant is inserted into the bone, the dental implant-bone construct will be more prone to mechanical damage, caused by impact loading, than the tooth-PDL-bone construct. In spite of the prevalence of such traumas, the behavioral differences between these two constructs have not been well-understood yet.

Photo-sonodynamic antimicrobial chemotherapy via chitosan nanoparticles-indocyanine green against polymicrobial periopathogenic biofilms: Ex vivo study on dental implants.

Background: Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT) is a treatment to deal with microorganisms, which is limited to treating microbial biofilms due to poor light penetration. Sonodynamic antimicrobial chemotherapy (SACT) can be used for circumventing the limitations of aPDT to inhibit the polymicrobial biofilms. The objective of this study has been focused on the simultaneous use of aPDT and SACT, which is called photo-sonodynamic antimicrobial chemotherapy (P-SACT) to inhibit the biofilms of periopathogens bacteria on surfaces of the titanium dental implants.

Effect of Antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy Using Indocyanine Green Doped with Chitosan Nanoparticles on Biofilm Formation-Related Gene Expression of .

Objectives: Eradication of (), as an opportunistic periodontopathogen, and inhibition of its virulence factor expression require a new adjunctive therapeutic method. In this study, we accessed the expression level of gene, as a virulence factor associated with biofilm formation, following treatment by antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT) using indocyanine green (ICG) doped with chitosan nanoparticles (CS-NPs@ICG).

Materials And Methods: CS-NPs@ICG was synthesized and examined using scanning electron microscopy (SEM).

The impact of Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans biofilm-derived effectors following antimicrobial photodynamic therapy on cytokine production in human gingival fibroblasts.

Background: Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT) is an effective adjunctive therapeutic modality for the treatment of local infections, including periodontitis and peri-implantitis. After receiving aPDT, microbial cells in the biofilm structure may produce and/ or release soluble biofilm-derived effectors (BDEs), which may affect the biology of the host cells in the community context of their surrounding microenvironment. Given the fact that no study has investigated the role of BDEs following aPDT in the pathogenesis of infectious diseases, the aim of the current study was to determine the effect of BDEs of Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans following exposure to sub-lethal doses of indocyanine green (ICG)-aPDT on human gingival fibroblasts (HGFs) in terms of cytokines produced.

Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy assessment of three indocyanine green-loaded metal-organic frameworks against Enterococcus faecalis.

Background: Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT) has emerged as one of the promising non-invasive adjuvant treatments of endodontic infections. The key part of this technique is application of an optimized nontoxic photosensitizer (PS), like indocyanine green (ICG) which when activated by light can destroy bacterial contaminants. Notwithstanding all featured properties of ICG, this PS mainly suffers from the lack of stability and concentration-dependent aggregation.

Association between vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms (Fok1 and Bsm1) and osteoporosis: a systematic review.

Osteoporosis is a health concern characterized by reduced bone mineral density (BMD) and increased risk of fragility fractures. Many studies have investigated the association between genetic variants and osteoporosis. Polymorphism and allelic variations in the vitamin D receptor gene (VDR) have been found to be associated with bone mineral density.