Complete denture services: clinical technique, lab costs, manpower, and reimbursement. One-year review.

Complete denture services at comprehensive care public health clinics are not common in part because of clinician concerns regarding outcomes. Educational debt forgiveness has attracted recent dental graduates to public health dentistry; however, not all recent graduates receive denture education experiences necessary to attain proficiency. While fundamental patient assessment and denture construction are taught, psychological assessment and communication with denture patients requires experience.

There are no clearly superior methods for diagnosing, predicting, and noninvasively treating dental caries.

Selection Criteria: To be included in the systematic review, all articles were required to meet predetermined criteria: the results of the studies should be relevant to the questions posed by the project, ie, have appropriate outcome measures and an appropriate follow-up period and study design.

Key Study Factor: With respect to diagnosis, the efficacy of the various methods was compared with reference methods that included studies of extracted teeth. For prediction, the material comprised mainly prospective studies, where the reliability of risk assessment could be evaluated.

Clinical evaluation of the longevity and durability of an impressionless intraoral appliance (iNterra) system.

Objective: To clinically evaluate the durability of an impressionless intraoral appliance (iNterra) system, fabricated using a direct/indirect technique.

Methods: Fifty-three (53) appliances were fabricated using the technique and followed for a median observation period of 301 days. Appliances were evaluated by calibrated operators for adaptation to teeth, retention, stability, and paresthesia, as reported by subjects, in addition to wear.