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http://dx.doi.org/10.1521/prev.2022.109.4.467 | DOI Listing |
Br Dent J
December 2024
UCL Eastman Dental Institute, University College London, United Kingdom.
Introduction In the UK, more than 18 million extractions are performed annually. Healing after extraction is often uneventful, but there are rare cases where weeks or months pass and an extraction socket does not heal.Aim The aim of this study is to provide a review of cases in which a non-healing extraction socket is attributed to a serious systemic disease or malignancy, or an adverse consequence of systemic therapy.
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December 2024
Department of Periodontology, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), A Joint Venture Between the Faculty of Dentistry and University of Amsterdam and the Faculty of Dentistry of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Electronic address:
Background: This study was conducted to assess the effects of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) on dental healthcare workers (DHCWs) during the pandemic. Due to frequent exposure to aerosol-generating procedures, DHCWs are at an increased risk of a SARS-CoV-2 infection, increasing their mortality risk. Therefore, this retrospective study aimed to ascertain the mortality of DHCWs attributable to SARS-CoV-2 infection from databases in the public domain during the pandemic.
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December 2024
Department of Prosthetic Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, Jazan University, Jazan, Saudi Arabia.
BACKGROUND Stress-induced health disorders are related to an unhealthy lifestyle. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of perceived stress among medical students and to correlate their respective stress levels with the caries index: decayed, missing, filled surfaces (DMFS). MATERIAL AND METHODS This study included 290 undergraduate medical students (140 men, 150 women) from 4 different grades.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: A growing body of literature highlights the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of health care professionals. This paper explores the effects of gender and work/life factors on dentists' mental health before and during the pandemic.
Methods: Data were obtained from a cross-sectional, online survey of Canadian dentists, which was part of a broader study of Canadian professionals' mental health challenges conducted in 2020-2021.
J Oral Maxillofac Pathol
October 2024
Department of Dental Diagnostic Science, Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Rutgers School of Dental Medicine, Newark, NJ, USA.
Vascular Leiomyoma of the oral cavity is an uncommon benign soft tissue neoplasia arising from the tunica media of the smooth muscle cells. We reported a rare case of Vascular Leiomyoma involving the retromolar trigone area of a young man. A 24-year-old male presented with a slowly growing mass in the retromolar area, which was associated with pain and difficulty in opening of mouth and eating and drinking.
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