The commercially available oral rinse vs. curcumin photosensitizers in an artificial mouth model mimicking their use after meals on early colonizers single species biofilm: An in vitro study.

Background: Commercially available oral rinses contain active ingredients with concentration that is claimed by manufacturers to be effective as antiplaque agent. To date there has been no mention of the effect of oral rinse on the adherence of early plaque colonizers in plaque formation and the concentration to be used before/after meals.

Objective: The chief aim of the study was to evaluate microbial retention on the salivary pellicle on treatment with oral rinses (CHX & EO)/PS (mimicking after meals use of mouth wash/PS).

Impact of silver substitution on the structural, magnetic, optical, and antibacterial properties of cobalt ferrite.

Silver-doped Cobalt Ferrite nanoparticles AgCoFeO with concentrations (x = 0, 0.05, 0.1, 0.

Modulation of implants PEEK to composite resin shear bond strength and surface roughness on pre-treatment with contemporary air abrasion techniques vs photodynamic therapy vs conventional diamond grit bur.

Aim: The chief aim of the study was to determine/equate the surface roughness (SRa) and shear bond strength (BS) of pretreated PEEK discs with contemporary air abrasion techniques, photodynamic (PD) therapy by curcumin photosensitizer (PS) and conventional diamond grit straight fissure bur adhered to the composite resin discs.

Material And Method: Two hundred discs of PEEK were prepared of 6 mm × 2 mm × 10 mm dimension. The discs were randomly divided into five groups (n = 40) for treatment, Group I: treatment with deionized distilled water (control group); Group II: PD therapy using curcumin PS; Group III: discs treated and abraded with air-borne particles (ABP) silica (30 μm particle size) modified alumina (Al); Group IV: ABP of alumina (110 μm particle size); and Group V: The PEEK were finished with 600-μm grit size straight diamond cutting bur installed in high speed hand-piece.

The effect of selected commercially available mouth-rinses vs. curcumin photosensitizers in an artificial mouth model mimicking their use before meals on early colonizers single species biofilm.

Objective: The aim of the study was to determine the bacterial-adherence to the experimental pellicle pretreated with commercially available oral-rinse/ photosensitizer (mimicking use of oral-rinse/ photosensitizer before meals).

Materials And Methods: An artificial mouth (NAM) system was used for the development of single-species biofilm (Actinomyces viscosus, Streptococcus mitis and Streptococcus sanguinis respectively). Two commercially available oral-rinses containing active ingredients [Essential oils (EO) and Chlorhexidine gluconate (CHX) were used.

Effect of photosensitizers on modulating bond strength of different luting cements used for cementation of resin modified composite fiber posts.

Objective: The aim of the study was to evaluate the tensile BS of FPs luted with conventional and self-adhesive resin modified GIC cement on disinfection of post-space radicular dentin with various photo-activated photosensitizer (chitosan, TB and Clp6).

Materials And Methods: Sixty-six orthodontically extracted mandibular pre-molars were selected on specific exclusion/inclusion criteria, trailed by thorough debridement of plaque/calculus and disinfected by immersion in Chloramine T trihydrate solution for 48 hrs. The selected teeth were sectioned from the cement-enamel junction removing the crown.

Clinical Evaluation of the Effects of Topical Indocyanine-green Mediated Photosensitiser vs Aloe Vera Gel as Adjunct Therapy to Scaling and Root Planing in Chronic Periodontitis Patients.

Purpose: To clinically evaluate and compare the efficacy of indocyanine green mediated photodynamic therapy (PDT) and aloe vera (AV) gel when used as adjunct therapy to scaling and root planing (SRP) for treatment of chronic periodontitis.

Materials And Methods: One hundred fifty patients were randomly assigned to three treatment groups: group 1 (SRP), group 2 (SRP+PDT) and group 3 (SRP+AV). Four clinical parameters - plaque index (PI), bleeding on probing (BoP), periodontal (PD) pocket depth and clinical attachment level (CAL) - were evaluated at baseline and 3 and 6 months post treatment.

A Bibliometric Analysis of Top 100 Cited Articles on Dental Caries during 2000-2019.

The citation count of an article plays a vital role to indicate its' impact on the particular specialty. The main aim of the study was to identify the top 100 cited articles published in relation to dental caries during last twenty years from January 2000 to December 2019. The Scopus database was searched to retrieve top 100 cited articles and ranked according to the number of citations.

Gender Predilection of Saudi Arabian Population by a New Proposed Model Based on the Mesio-Distal Dimensions of the Teeth.

In the dental specialty forensic odontology, dimensions of tooth structure is being used to predict gender of a particular population in case accidents and mass disasters. Therefore the aim of our study was to develop a modified based on the mesio-distal dimension of teeth in Saudi Arabian population. The pretreatment orthodontic cast models of patients reporting to Riyadh Elm University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to measure the mesio-distal dimensions of all the teeth from permanent second molar of right quadrant to second molar of the left quadrant for both maxillary and mandibular arch with the help of an electronic devices.

Regression Equations for Age Estimation of South Asian Population from Cells of Human Dental Pulp.

Due to improved healthcare services the human life expectancy has improved, therefore the interest of understanding the effect of age on number of dental pulp cells count has increased being key for maintaining vitality of the tooth. The aim of this study was to investigate correlations between numbers of dental pulp cells odontoblasts (OCs), subodontoblasts (SOCs) and fibroblasts (FCs) with age, within different age groups for Pakistani and Saudi Arabian populations. A total number of 220 tooth samples were included in the study, comprising of 55-teeth for individuals aged groups between 6-30 years and 31-85 years for Group I and Group II of both Pakistani and Saudi Arabian populations respectively.

Effectiveness of poly-γ-glutamic acid in maintaining enamel integrity.

Objective: The aim of the study was to determine demineralisation inhibition and remineralisation potential of poly-γ-glutamic acid with its possible mechanism of action on human dental enamel.

Methodology: Three sodium-fluoride(NaF) concentration(0.01%w/v,0.