Three-year prospective clinical performance of a one-step self-etch adhesive and a nanofiller hybrid resin composite in Class V lesions.

Purpose: This 3-year prospective clinical study evaluated the clinical performance of a one-step self-etching adhesive (Futurabond NR) in combination with a nanohybrid composite (Grandio) for the treatment of different Class V cavities.

Methods: 122 restorations were placed in 42 patients (mean age of 54 +/- 13.2 years) evaluated according to modified Ryge-criteria at baseline, 6 months, 1, 2 and 3 years.

[Controlled clinical study of the anterior composite-adhesive system Point 4/OptiBond Solo Plus].

A wide variety of presently sold composites exhibit a large diverse range of colors and yield the desired esthetic result by the "Chameleon Effect" and by the application of a thin layer technique. The present clinical trial of the ultra-small-particle-hybrid composite Point 4 with its dentin adhesive OptiBond Solo Plus just reached the one-year evaluation. Of the originally applied 73 restorations of anterior teeth in the classes III to V, 62 could be re-examined after half a year and 60 after one year according to an examination scheme by Lutz et al.

[Preventive-curative dental care in a large East German urban population. The 4-year experiences of a Dresden prevention study with 16- to 35-year-old subjects].

The present 4-year Dresden preventive study was carried out to realize a dental care concept with preventive emphasis in 6 Dresden state health services. 2502 patients aged 16-35 years were randomly selected in 1988. The effectiveness of this study was evaluated by means of the parameters oral health behaviour, oral health state and preventive care needs.

[The oral health of an East German population of a large city. The basic research of the Dresden prevention study on 2500 16- to 35-year-olds].

Oral health behaviour, oral health state, dental care effectiveness and preventive-curative care needs were subject of a basic examination using 2500 randomly selected patients aged 16-35 years in 6 Dresden state health services in 1988. The spectrum of methods included extended anamnesis, plaque index according to Silness & Löe, DMF/T index and DMF/S index according to WHO criteria without X-ray diagnostics, GPM/T index, CPITN, as well as assessment of gingival recessions, acute and chronic trauma and the prosthetic status. Considering a mean DMF/T of 9.

[Oral health behavior and state and the effect and necessity of dental care in young and medium adults (Dresden prevention study)].

In a baseline examination of a preventive study 319 randomly recruited patients of a dental school aged between 16 and 35 years were inquired about oral health behavior and the oral health state was determined clinically. The spectrum of methods included extended anamnesis, plaque index according to Silness/Löe, DMF/T- and GPM/T-index. The health behaviour and the derived preventive and curative care needs show that the majority of patients need individual oral hygiene and nutrition advising, professional oral hygiene measures, fluoride application, as well as filling therapy.