Selected Skill Sets as Building Blocks for High School-to-Medical School Bridge: Longitudinal Study Among Undergraduate Medical Students.

Background: The high school-to-medical school education transition is a significant milestone in the students' academic journey, which is characterized by multiple stressors. Although this crucial transition has been repetitively explored, the concept of proactively intervening to support this transition is still novel.

Objective: In this study, we investigated the efficacy of a web-based multidimensional resilience building intervention in developing selected soft skills that are believed to drive the learner's success in any learning setting.

Volunteering among pre-clinical medical students: Study of its association with academic performance using institutional data.

Participating in volunteering activities during students' higher education experience is becoming more commonplace. Studies have noted that volunteering has a positive impact on the academic performance of undergraduate medical students. However, most of these studies rely on self-reported data like surveys, interviews, and journals.

Traumatic brain injuries and maxillofacial fractures: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) associated with maxillofacial fractures (MFFs) are a public health concern worldwide, especially among adult-aged males. There is an urgent need for early detection of associated TBIs in patients with MFFs during the initial assessment and treatment stage to reduce morbidity and mortality. The objective of the present study was to systematically review the literature to determine specific MFF situations associated with TBIs and to identify the factors associated with TBIs in patients with MFFs.

COVID-19 and healthcare workers: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has focused attention on the challenges and risks faced by frontline healthcare workers (HCW). This study aimed to describe the clinical outcomes and risk factors for SARS-CoV-2 infection in HCW.

Methods: Three databases were surveyed and 328 articles were identified.

Convergence angles of all-ceramic full crown preparations performed in Dubai private practice.

Background: This study aimed to determine the degree of taper and total occlusal convergence angles (TOC) for all-ceramic bonded crown preparations carried out by private practitioners in Dubai, UAE.

Material And Methods: A convenience sample of all-ceramic crown preparations carried out by private dental practitioners were scanned (Carestream CS 3500) from casts and the digital images assessed. The degree of taper was measured on the axial walls of each crown preparation and the bucco-lingual and mesio-distal convergence angles subsequently calculated.

Efficacy of composite restorative techniques in marginal sealing of extended class v cavities.

Objectives. To compare the efficacy of three placement techniques in marginal sealing of Class V composite restorations extending onto the root. Materials and Methods.

Split-increment technique: an alternative approach for large cervical composite resin restorations.

Aim: This article proposes and describes the split-increment technique as an alternative for placement of composite resin in large cervical carious lesions which extend onto the root surface.

Technique: Two flat 1.5 mm thick composite resin increments were used to restore these cervical carious lesions.

Composite resin restorations of large class II cavities using split-increment horizontal placement technique.

The split-increment horizontal placement of composite resin, combined with shade or chroma stratification, provides a simplified technique for restoring large Class II cavities. This placement technique makes it possible to relieve the polymerization shrinkage stresses generated at the adhesive interface, resulting in an improved marginal seal, especially at the gingival margin. The proposed technique can be a useful tool for clinicians to provide high-quality posterior composite restorations with long-term clinical success.

Split increment horizontal layering: a simplified placement technique for direct posterior resin restorations.

A new simplified technique for restoring moderate-to-large Class I occlusal cavities has been proposed. This technique utilizes split increment horizontal placement of composite resin, combined with shade or chroma stratification. It is believed that this technique will minimize the detrimental effects of polymerization shrinkage on the adhesive interface and cavity walls.