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J Evid Based Dent Pract
March 2025
School of Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, College of Health Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Electronic address:
Oral health professionals, including general dentists and orthodontists, may participate in the provision of care to adults and children with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) when referred by a sleep medicine specialist. The use of oral appliances (OA) has been presented as a possible management option for mild obstructive sleep apnea among adults. In children, although oral interventions are not supported as a first-line stand-alone management option for OSA, short-term studies have suggested an improvement in sleep signs and symptoms in milder cases.
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March 2025
School of Sociological and Anthropological Studies, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, 120 University Private, K1N6N5, Canada.
Background: This study focuses on the influence of the pandemic on professional workers from an explicitly comparative perspective. High levels of stress and burnout have been reported among professional workers pre-pandemic, but the pandemic has had unique consequences for certain professional workers. Gender has emerged as a particularly important factor.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCommunity Dent Oral Epidemiol
March 2025
The Kids Research Institute Australia, Perth, Australia.
Objectives: In Australia, although there have been some improvements, child oral health continues to be a major public health issue. The Australian Government introduced the means-tested Child Dental Benefits Schedule (CDBS) in 2014 to support access to dental services for children and adolescents aged 0-17 years from low-income families. There is a lack of evidence documenting whether the CDBS improved the dental attendance rate.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDent Mater
March 2025
Dental Research Division, Paulista University, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Rua Doutor Bacelar, 1212, Sao Paulo 04026-002 Brazil.. Electronic address:
Objective: This review consolidates current knowledge on dentist-supervised tooth bleaching for vital teeth, drawing from systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and randomized clinical trials (RCTs) that followed CONSORT guidelines.
Data Resources: MeSH and free terms like "tooth bleaching," "tooth whitening," "randomized clinical trial," and "systematic review" were used in PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science databases STUDY SELECTION: Out of 839 articles, 444 were selected for full-text review, excluding case reports, non-randomized trials, literature reviews and those not directly related to tooth bleaching or RCTs not following CONSORT 2010. The remaining 203 studies were used to compare the dentist-supervised at-home and in-office clinical protocols, assessing factors such as color change, tooth sensitivity, and gingival irritation.
Gesundheitswesen
March 2025
Abteilung für Medizinische Psychologie und Medizinische Soziologie Leipzig, Universität Leipzig, Germany.
The number of dental care centers (ZMVZ) in Germany has been increasing rapidly since 2015. This new form of practice is being discussed critically, especially when run by investors. This study analyzes the opinions and attitudes towards ZMVZ of dentists practicing in Germany, focusing on age and gender differences in dentists' attitudes as well as different aspects of working for a ZMVZ.
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