Regular dental examinations and treatment are the cornerstones of good oral health. Regular dental care is provided for Finnish students through free dental examinations in their first, third and fifth years. This paper describes the dental care services by the Finnish Student Health Service to students and reports on the outcome of this systematic dental care, with special reference to needs for treatment of caries, wisdom teeth and attachment tissues.
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Radiographics
February 2025
From the Department of Radiology, Nihon University School of Dentistry at Matsudo, 2-870-1 Sakaecho-Nishi, Matsudo, Chiba 271-8587, Japan (K.I., K.O., T.K.); Department of Diagnostic Radiology, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Chiba, Japan (H.K.); Department of Radiology, VA Boston Health Care System, Boston, Mass (V.C.A.A.); and Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass (O.S.).
Various new dental treatment methods have been introduced in dental clinics, and many new materials have been used in recent years for dental treatments. Dentistry is divided into several specialties, each offering unique treatments, such as endodontics, implantology, oral surgery, and orthodontics. CT and MR images after dental treatment reveal a variety of hard- and soft-tissue changes and dental materials, which often cause image artifacts.
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January 2025
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Rutgers School of Dental Medicine, Newark, New Jersey.
Purpose: To evaluate the oral health status of community-dwellers ≥ 45 years of age in the canton of Bern, Switzerland.
Materials And Methods: Data were collected using a questionnaire (including sociodemographic factors, medical history, oral health behaviour) and a clinical examination comprising caries, periodontal disease, oral hygiene, and prosthetic rehabilitation. χ2/Fisher's tests and Cochrane Armitage trend tests as well as a binary logistic regression were performed to assess the association between oral disease presence (i.
JACC Heart Fail
January 2025
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan.
Background: Acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) leads to hospitalizations and functional decline in older adults. Although cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is effective for stable heart failure, its impact on ADHF patients, particularly those without frailty, is unclear.
Objectives: The goal of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of early in-hospital CR for patients hospitalized with ADHF who are not frail.
J Public Health Dent
January 2025
Division of General Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan.
Objectives: Antibiotic prescription trends in dentistry in Japan remain underexplored. This study aimed to describe these trends and evaluate the impact of the national antimicrobial stewardship program launched in 2016.
Methods: Using Japan's national administrative claims database from fiscal year (FY) 2015 to FY 2020, this cross-sectional study comprehensively analyzed trends in antibiotic prescription by dentists.
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