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Front Oral Health
January 2025
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
Background: People experiencing tooth loss need dental prostheses to preserve the integrity of their oral structures and replace the missing teeth. Patient-related outcome measures (PROMs) for perceived barriers to prosthodontics treatment are scarce in the literature.
Aims: The aim of this study was to develop a comprehensive scale to identify and measure barriers to prosthodontic treatment as perceived by partially edentulous patients.
Objective: To examine physical therapists' experience providing telerehabilitation and their perceptions of telerehabilitation for patients with musculoskeletal conditions.
Methods: Survey of members of the Academy of Orthopaedic Physical Therapy.
Results: We received 208 completed responses to our survey invitation.
Int J Clin Pediatr Dent
December 2024
Department of Pedodontics, Government Dental College, Alappuzha, Kerala, India.
Background: Pain management in pediatric patients during dental procedures is very important. Here, the traditional method of behavior management is compared with novel methods.
Aim: To compare and determine the effectiveness of an external cooling and vibrating device vs counterstimulation with the conventional technique in reducing the fear and discomfort of pediatric dental patients aged 5-7 years during inferior alveolar nerve block (IANB).
Digit Health
January 2025
Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China.
Background: Although numerous studies have focused on the outcomes of virtual reality games for early rehabilitation in postoperative cardiac surgical patients, research on these patients' perceptions and experiences with virtual reality games has been limited.
Objectives: The aim of this qualitative study was to provide insights into the perceptions and experiences of postoperative cardiac surgery patients in using commercial virtual reality games during early rehabilitation.
Methods: A cohort of postoperative cardiac surgery patients ( = 12) who used the same VR games during the early rehabilitation period at the cardiac surgery intensive care unit (ICU) of a tertiary hospital in Nanjing, China, was enrolled in this study, conducted between January 2023 and December 2023.
Gastro Hep Adv
October 2024
Division of Gastroenterology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Mount Sinai South Nassau, One Healthy Way, Oceanside, New York.
Background And Aims: Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer in the United States, with colonoscopy being the preferred screening method. Up to 25% of colonoscopies are associated with poor preparation which leads to prolonged procedure time, repeat colonoscopies, and decreased adenoma detection. Artificial intelligence (AI) is being increasingly used in medicine, assessing medical school exam questions, and writing medical reports.
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