The benefits of transitioning from traditional analog workflows in dental practice to digital workflows are numerous and can be attained with wise choices and solid support. This transition begins with the integration of digital intraoral scanning into routine operations. The purpose of this article is to increase awareness of the clinical and management benefits of digital scanning and to aid clinicians in decision making regarding the incorporation of this technology into dental practice. Having a better understanding and appreciation of the implications for ease of use, accuracy, and enhanced success can help make digital scanning and workflow an attractive option.
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Int J Legal Med
January 2025
Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, 6th floor, Medical Campus, El-Geish Street, Tanta, Gharbia, 31527, Egypt.
Estimating the chronological age of humans is a prevalent need in forensic practice. Comparing the accuracy of different age identification methods helps provide the most reliable method for a specific population. This study aimed to compare the accuracy of age assessments using skeletal maturation and dental mineralization in a sample of Egyptians and to assess if combining both methods yields more precise age prediction.
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January 2025
Graduate Prosthodontics, Department of Restorative Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Clinical Considerations: Conventional facebow records are used to transfer the maxillary cast into the analog articulator. Different reference planes have been described, including the true horizontal or gravity reference plane. A conventional facebow (Kois Dentofacial Analyzer; Panadent) allows the recording of the gravity plane for transferring the maxillary cast into the analog semi-adjustable articulator.
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December 2024
Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Narayana Dental College and Hospital, Nellore, IND.
Background Oral habits are most initiated at the primary school age. Primary school children are seen to have been performing these habits during their active school hours. The peak days they are in school are the most active hours during which the tendency to perform this habit occurs.
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November 2024
College of Dentistry, University of the Philippines Manila.
Objectives: This study aims to establish baseline data on the knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) of senior dental clinicians, which may help determine areas of ICDAS that could be reinforced in teaching, training, and open opportunities for future studies in the Philippines.
Methods: A quantitative descriptive study design used a 4-part online questionnaire for senior dental clinicians from A.Y.
Front Oral Health
December 2024
Dental School, University of Bari, Bari, Italy.
Objective: Due to their consistent and individualistic patterns, palatal rugae (PR) are used in forensic dentistry as an ancillary method for personal identification. This study aimed to compare the impression of the PR obtained with the classic alginate impression and casting of the plaster model with the impression of the palate made with an intraoral scanner. Both impressions were compared with each other and with the photograph of the palatal rugae.
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