[Efficacy and safety of vildagliptin as a second-line therapy vs other oral antidiabetic agents in patients with type 2 diabetes: Czech results within the worldwide prospective cohort EDGE study].

Introduction: Metformin monotherapy is recommended as initial treatment of type 2 diabetes. The selection of optimal second-line therapy that is often necessary due to the progressive nature of the disease is still a subject of ongoing discussions.

Aim Of The Study: The aim of the international EDGE (Effectiveness of Diabetes control with vildaGliptin and vildagliptin/mEtformin) study was to prospectively compare the efficacy and safety of vildagliptin vs other oral antidiabetic agents in patients with type 2 diabetes not adequately controlled on monotherapy in a real-life clinical setting.

[Review of scientific articles on complete edentulousness, published in the journal Fogorvosi Szemle].

This publication is an assessment of scientific articles published in the Fogorvosi Szemle over the last 120 years dealing with the evolution of complete dentures and the treatment of complete edentulousness. Qualitative and quantitative analysis was performed to find the annual average number of scientific articles and to find the authors who published the most in this topic. Publications had been collected and categorized according to author, year and subject and an extensive comparative analysis was carried out.

[Oral hygienic, nutritional habits and dental surgeon attendance of Hungarian adult population].

The aim of the study was to reveal the oral hygienic, nutritional and behavioral habits of Hungarian adult population in different regions of Hungary. The study was performed by the Department of Prosthetic Dentistry (Semmelweis University, Budapest) in 2003-2004. Altogether 4606 persons (mean age: 46.

[Correlation between the weight and usefulness of complete lower denture].

The importance of gravity has been known for a long time in prosthetic dentistry. However, few researchers have focused on the measurement of the weight of complete lower dentures or on the possibility of increasing that weight and its effect on stability. Some authors recommend hidden weight increase using a horseshoe-shaped alloy covered by the artificial gum in order to increase the weight of complete lower dentures; others recommend the use of metal molars, heavy acrylic artificial gum, and a baseplate partially or fully made of metal for the same purpose.

[Study in dental laboratories: I. Complete dentures].

Introducing the quality control of ISO-900 into dentistry is very urgent and important task nowadays. In this article we report about: how we should be able to double check and evaluate the clinical part of the work in the dental laboratories. What kind of possibilities we have and how dependable they are, in order to control the different phases of the dental work.