Deep margin elevation with one-year follow-up: A case report.

Deep margin elevation (DME) is a conservative treatment of a tooth with extensive subgingival caries. It is an alternative approach to more invasive restorative procedures. The DME enables successful tooth isolation to do root canal treatments and enables performing indirect restorations, improving dental function and patient comfort without complications.

Laypersons' Assessment of Smile Esthetics in Young Individuals in Ha'il, Saudi Arabia.

Introduction: When planning esthetic dental treatments, understanding smile preferences is important for dental professionals. This study aimed to evaluate the impact of selected smile characteristics on the attractiveness of young Saudis as assessed by Saudi laypersons and explore gender-preferred changes in smile attractiveness.

Methodology: This observational study assessed the dynamic smile attractiveness of 168 Saudi individuals (84 males and 84 females), selected through non-probability convenience sampling.

Quality of Fixed Dental Prostheses and Patient Satisfaction in a Sample From Saudi Arabia.

Background: The objective of the study was to retrospectively assess the clinical performance of dental prostheses, single crowns, and three-unit bridges to identify clinical biological and mechanical complications in the Ha'il province of Saudi Arabia.

Methods: The study was conducted between March 2021 to October 2021 and included 421 patients who underwent crown and tooth-supported fixed partial denture (FPD) procedures at the Dental Polyclinics Center in the Ha'il region of Saudi Arabia from 2010-2020. The planned sampling approach was applied.

Musculoskeletal disorders among dental assistants: a cross-sectional study.

Background: This study aims to investigate the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) and associated sociodemographic and work-related factors among dental assistants (DAs) in the hail province, Saudi Arabia.

Methods: Participants were 119 DAs with an average age of 28.9 years (SD ± 4.

Hybrid ceramic repair strength, surface roughness, and bond failure, using methylene blue-activated low-level laser therapy, Carbon dioxide, and Ti: AlO laser.

Aims: To evaluate the impact of various pretreatment regimes (LLLT, Ti-sapphire laser, CO and HFA-S) on hybrid ceramics, specifically focusing on their ability to enhance repair strength and minimize surface roughness (Ra).

Material And Methods: Discs were made from hybrid ceramics and after disinfection were randomly divided into four groups based on different surface conditioning techniques. Each group consisted of 15 discs, resulting in a total sample size of 60.

Restorative and Endodontic Management of a Mandibular Canine With Two Roots and Two Canals: A Case Report.

The existence of a permanent mandibular canine with two roots and two canals is rare. This case report presents restorative and endodontic management of a mandibular canine with two roots and two canals of a 32-year-old Saudi woman with multiple periradicular lesions of mandibular anterior teeth. Cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) was used for accurate diagnosis of the root canal morphology.

Dentin disinfection and adhesive bond strength using modified photoactivated carbon nanoparticles.

Aims: The present study aimed to investigate the bond integrity and disinfection efficacy of Methylene blue(MB) alone, MB-PDT (Photodynamic therapy), MB@ carbon nanoparticles (CP)-PDT, and Cr, Cr: YSGG (ECL) against lactobacilli in Caries-affected dentin (CAD) MATERIAL AND METHODS: Methods consisted of Shear bond strength (SBS), Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive X-ray (EDX), methods of disinfection, and failure analysis. CAD samples were prepared and biofilm formed on the specimens randomly allocated into five groups based on disinfection. Group 1: CHX; Group 2: MB; Group 3: MB-PDT: group 4: MB@CP-PDT and group 5: ECL.

Harmful consequences of specific substances on the oral health.

Numerous substances may have an adverse influence on the oral region by virtue of their potentially harmful effects. Dental practitioners are often the first to see these effects in the head and neck region. Knowledge of the damaging consequences of agents such as alcohol, tobacco, areca nut, medications, alcohol-containing mouthwashes, dental devices and materials can assist the practitioners in clinical decision-making and accurate diagnosis of associated lesions.

Prevalence and severity of dental caries among public school students aged 16-l8 in Hai'l, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Objective: The objective of the study was to determine the prevalence and severity of dental caries among school students aged 16-18 in Ha'il urban city, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA).

Methods: This cross-sectional study randomly selected 480 students from eight secondary schools in Ha'il urban city from September to October 2015. Three calibrated examiners used the decayed, missing and filled teeth index (DMFT), based on the World Health Organization criteria, to examine the students.

Teachers' knowledge about oral health and their interest in oral health education in Hail, Saudi Arabia.

Objectives: To assess the dental health knowledge and the interest of secondary school teachers in imparting oral health education in Hail, Saudi Arabia.

Methods: It was a questionnaire based cross-sectional survey of secondary school teachers in Hail, Saudi Arabia, carried out from November 2014 to January 2015. A validated self-administered questionnaire was used to determine teachers' oral health knowledge and their interest in participating in oral health education of school children.

School Absenteeism due to Toothache among Secondary School Students Aged 16-18 Years in the Ha'il Region of Saudi Arabia.

Objective. This study assessed the impact of toothache on school attendance among secondary school students in the Ha'il Region, Saudi Arabia. Methods.

Prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders among dentists in the Hail Region of Saudi Arabia.

Background And Objectives: Dentists suffer a high prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) but studies are quite limited. The present study was carried out to investigate the prevalence of MSDs among dentists in the Ha'il Region, Saudi Arabia.

Design And Settings: A cross-sectional, questionnaire study was conducted among 80 licensed dentists af.

Gender identification and morphologic classification of tooth, arch and palatal forms in Saudi population.

Aims: To determine various tooth form, arch form, and palatal form with gender identification between males and females of the Saudi population.

Materials And Methods: Irreversible hydrocolloid impressions were made of the maxillary teeth of 100 dentate male and female subjects to obtain study casts. A standardized procedure was adopted to photograph the maxillary dental arches and the maxillary central incisors on the study casts taken from each subject.

The role of virtual articulator in prosthetic and restorative dentistry.

Virtual reality is a computer based technology linked with the future of dentistry and dental practice. The virtual articulator is one such application in prosthetic and restorative dentistry based on virtual reality that will significantly reduce the limitations of the mechanical articulator, and by simulation of real patient data, allow analyses with regard to static and dynamic occlusion as well as to jaw relation. It is the purpose of this article to present the concepts and strategies for a future replacement of the mechanical articulator by a virtual one.