Publications by authors named "Rassilee Sharma"
Unlabelled: Dental implant education is required to prepare students for independent general practice. This investigation aimed to assess students' perceptions of their educational experience and training in a preclinical dental implant introduction course, using reflective logs anonymously extracted from course portfolios.
Methods: This study employed qualitative research methodology to analyze second-year dental students' reflections on their educational and development of psychomotor skills in a preclinical course focusing on dental implants at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Article Synopsis
- - The study aimed to assess how common enamel markings are in extracted third molars by examining 100 donated teeth.
- - Findings revealed that caries (tooth decay) was nearly always present, with many teeth showing white snowcapping on cusps and ridges, as well as numerous pit and valley defects.
- - While spots, bands, and horizontal grooves were frequently observed, linear enamel hypoplasia—a more serious developmental defect—was found to be rare.
Objectives: Prompted by the discordance between a standardized salivary alpha-amylase (sAA) biosensor applied in clinical settings and a reference laboratory analyzer, we examined the impact of the saliva sampling method on the analytic performance of the biosensor.
Methods: Direct mouth readings using the biosensor from 31 normal, healthy volunteers were compared to biosensor and conventional assay readings obtained from saliva samples collected concurrently by passive drool and processed in three different ways (unprocessed, thawed, and thawed and centrifuged).
Results: The direct readings from the mouth showed consistently lower sAA values (Ps < 0.
Utility of a salivary biosensor for objective assessment of surgery-related stress.
J Oral Maxillofac Surg
October 2012
Purpose: To evaluate the clinical utility of a salivary α-amylase (sAA) biosensor for assessing oral surgery-related stress responses and the differential effect of the personality trait of pain catastrophizing.
Patients And Methods: A prospective cohort study was conducted in 76 healthy subjects who underwent elective removal of their third molars. Along with subjects' self-reports of anxiety and pain, biosensor-facilitated measurements of sAA levels were obtained at multiple time points during the preoperative consult, surgery, and postsurgical follow-up visits.