Publications by authors named "Rebekah R"

Objective: Temporomandibular joint disorders (TMD) are a type of disorder that affects the temporomandibular joint, muscles, and nerves leading to persistent facial pain. Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) therapy is an alternative treatment for pain relief in TMD patients. The aim of the study was to assess the condylar position changes and pain levels occurring in TMD patients after TENS therapy.

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Introduction: Anterior-posterior discrepancy assessment is a crucial component of orthodontic diagnosis and is often carried out using hard tissue cephalometric analysis. The purpose of this study was to compare the photographic Frankfort plane subnasale pogonion (FSA) angle with established cephalometric parameters to determine the accuracy of the angle in determining maxillomandibular anteroposterior discrepancies.

Materials And Methods: In this prospective study, a total of 60 subjects, 20 in each skeletal sagittal malocclusion, were included in the final sample based on the selection criteria.

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Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) gain great interest among noble metal nanoparticles due to their broad applications in medicine, dentistry, drug delivery, tissue and tumour imaging, biolabeling, and biosensing. The antibacterial, antifungal, antiviral, and antiparasitic activity of AgNPs is well documented in the literature. This study aimed to determine the antimicrobial and cytotoxic activity of Neem and Kirata herbal formulation-mediated silver nanoparticles against oral biofilm.

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