Combining sandblasting and pink anodisation of Ti implants as a promising method for improving fibroblast adhesion and immune response.

This study examined the effect of combining the sandblasting and anodising of titanium alloys used in implants on the cell response and protein adsorption patterns. The titanium samples were divided into four groups depending on the surface treatment: machining (MC), pink anodisation (PA), sandblasting (MC04) and a combination of the last two (MC04 + PA). Their physicochemical properties were analysed by SEM/EDX, Raman, contact angle measurements and profilometry.

Is there scope to do better? Clinical communication with adolescents and young adults with cancer-A scoping review.

Introduction: How to communicate effectively with adolescent and young adults with cancer (AYACs) is a research priority. In a UK-wide survey of young people with cancer's research priorities, communication was a striking cross-cutting theme. It is increasingly recognised that AYACs have experiences and communication needs that differ significantly from those of younger children and older adults.

Duke Activity Status Index and Liver Frailty Index predict mortality in ambulatory patients with advanced chronic liver disease: A prospective, observational study.

Background: There remains a lack of consensus on how to assess functional exercise capacity and physical frailty in patients with advanced chronic liver disease (CLD) being assessed for liver transplantation (LT). Aim To investigate prospectively the utility of the Duke Activity Status Index (DASI) and Liver Frailty Index (LFI) in ambulatory patients with CLD.

Aim: To investigate prospectively the utility of the Duke Activity Status Index (DASI) and Liver Frailty Index (LFI) in ambulatory patients with CLD.

Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of caregivers on childhood immunization in Okaikoi sub-metro of Accra, Ghana.

Background: Immunization remains one of the most cost-effective health interventions. However, there are still issues of vaccine hesitancy especially in caregivers who are required to protect their children from vaccine-preventable diseases. This thwarts the overall vaccine coverage in disease-endemic areas such as sub-Saharan Africa.

EPA Consensus Project Paper: Shifting from the "Analogic Virtual Patient" to the "Digital Virtual Patient" in Prosthodontics. A Scoping Review.

Aims: To determine whether the use of single or combined mechanical and virtual articulators, as well as facebows, jaw motion trackers, face scanners, and related devices, actually improve the efficacy of the prosthesis obtained in terms of lifespan and patient-related outcomes. To coin the terms Analogic and Digital Virtual Patients (AVP and DVP) as an attempt to analyze, clarify and synthesize terminology and workflows related to previously so-called devices.

Materials And Methods: A scoping review was accomplished involving different databases.

Effect of supramucosal height of a scan body and implant angulation on the accuracy of intraoral scanning: An in vitro study.

Statement Of Problem: Intraoral scanners (IOSs) provide a digital alternative to conventional implant impression techniques. However, the effect of the supramucosal height of the scan body and implant angulation on the accuracy of IOSs remains unclear.

Purpose: The purpose of this in vitro study was to measure the impact of the supramucosal height of the scan body and implant angulation on the accuracy (trueness and precision) of intraoral digital implant scans in partially edentulous models.

The disproportionate case-fatality ratio of COVID-19 between countries with the highest vaccination rates and the rest of the world.

Objectives: The global reported cumulative case-fatality ratios (rCFRs) and excess mortality rates of the 20 countries with the highest coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination rates, the rest of the world and Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) were compared before and after the commencement of vaccination programmes.

Methods: A time series model was used to understand the trend of rCFR over time, and a generalized linear mixed model was used to understand the effect of vaccination on rCFR.

Results: By 31 December 2022, an average of 260.

The study of bone healing after endodontic microsurgery using cone beam computed tomography: A retrospective cohort study.

Background: The main aims of this study were to evaluate mean volume reduction, radiographic healing rate and healing outcome two years after endodontic microsurgery. The effects of certain preoperative clinical factors upon preoperative volume, volumetric changes and healing outcome were also studied.

Material And Methods: A clinical database was searched for patients who had undergone endodontic microsurgery and with the availability of a cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) scan preoperatively and after a control period.

Polycaprolactone scaffolds as a biomaterial for cementoblast delivery: An in vitro study.

Objective: To define the potential of polycaprolactone (PCL) scaffold for cementoblast delivery.

Background: Dental cementum is critical for tooth attachment and position, and its regenerative capabilities remain unpredictable.

Methods: PCL scaffolds were manufactured by the electrospinning technique at 10% and 20% (w/v) and seeded with cementoblasts (OCCM-30).

Comparison of Malocclusion Prevalence, Type and Severity between Cerebral Palsy and Healthy Subjects: A Prospective Case-Control Study.

Background: To analyze the prevalence, type and severity of malocclusions in a group of patients with cerebral palsy (CP) using a facial and occlusal analysis and the Dental Aesthetic Index (DAI).

Methods: A prospective, case-control study was made of two groups, a cerebral palsy and a control group, with the determination of the facial and occlusion analysis in the three spatial planes. The Dental Aesthetic Index (DAI) was used to assess the severity of malocclusion.

Preoperative administration of amoxicillin is not recommended in healthy patients undergoing implant surgery.

Design A multicentre, prospective, randomised, placebo-controlled, double-blinded clinical trial reported the early implant failure and postoperative infections of healthy or relatively healthy patients receiving 2 grams of amoxicillin one hour preoperatively from their scheduled dental implant placement. The registration of the study protocol in EudraCT and Clinical Trials.gov (#NCT03412305) followed the ethical principles of the Declaration of Helsinki and the CONSORT guidelines for clinical trials.

Impedance Spectroscopy as a Tool for the Detection of Occlusal Noncavitated Carious Lesions.

A total 302 teeth (148 molars and 154 premolars) corresponding to 152 patients aged ≥18 years were evaluated for caries using the ICDAS (International Caries Detection and Assessment System), fluorescence (DD, DIAGNOdent) and electrical impedance (IMS, CarieScan PRO) systems. Fissurotomy and intraoral radiographs were used as the gold standard. Accordingly, 27.

Current practice patterns in the perioperative management of patients undergoing radical cystectomy: Results from a global survey.

Objective: To determine current practice patterns and adherence to various components of enhanced recovery after surgery in cystectomy (ERAC) protocol for peri-operative management of radical cystectomy patients through a global survey.

Methods: A survey containing 25 questions and addressing 15 of the 22 items of the ERAC protocol was developed and disseminated through Email to the urologists with recent bladder cancer publications. The mailing list was generated by retrieving Email-ids of corresponding authors of articles using the keyword "cystectomy" in Scopus from January 2018 to October 2020.

A Longitudinal Study of Mitral Regurgitation Detected after Acute Myocardial Infarction.

Background: Mitral regurgitation (MR) is common following myocardial infarction (MI). However, the subsequent trajectory of MR, and its impact on long-term outcomes are not well understood. This study aimed to examine the change in MR severity and associated clinical outcomes following MI.

Is Healing of Periapical Surgery Influenced by Endoscopic Findings Detected on the Cut Root Surface?

Purpose: An analysis was made of the association between the endoscopic findings of the sectioned root end surface and healing of the lesion 1 year after periapical surgery, although no studies appear to have analyzed them in relation to healing after periapical surgery.

Methods: A retrospective cohort study was made of patients subjected to periapical surgery between 2011 and 2019. After apicoectomy, the root end surface was examined, evaluating the number of canals, isthmuses, dentin cracks and craze lines, opaque dentin, and gaps between the filling material and the root canal wall.

Demirjian and Cameriere methods for age estimation in a Spanish sample of 1386 living subjects.

Currently, human identification is a challenge. Migration due to war, economic crisis or other factors is frequent. The wisdom teeth are the last teeth to initiate and complete development therefore, are fundamental for determining the legal age of majority in different countries.

Quantification of Leukocyte-Endothelial Cell Interaction During In Vitro Models of Thrombosis at Arterial and Venous Shear Rates.

Upon injury, stable thrombi formation requires the recruitment of platelets, leukocytes, and various clotting factors, to provide sufficient inhibition of hemostasis. Classical models of thrombosis involve either ex vivo isolation of platelets and subsequent quantification of aggregation through light transmission aggregometry or in vivo murine intravital thrombosis models (laser injury, ferric chloride, or rose Bengal). Flow adhesion models allow for accurate quantification of the contribution of cell-types to thrombi formation.

Surgical approach combining implantoplasty and reconstructive therapy with locally delivered antibiotic in the treatment of peri-implantitis: A prospective clinical case series.

Background: Nonsurgical treatment, resective surgery, reconstructive surgery, or combined approaches have been proposed for the treatment of peri-implantitis, with variable results.

Purpose: To evaluate the 1-year clinical and radiographic outcomes following combined resective and reconstructive surgical treatment with topical piperacillin/tazobactam antibiotic in the management of peri-implantitis.

Material And Methods: Forty-three patients diagnosed with peri-implantitis were included.

Antimicrobial Resistance Patterns and Risk Factors Associated with spp. Isolates from Poultry Farms in the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia: A Cross-Sectional Study.

The burden of antimicrobial use in agricultural settings is one of the greatest challenges facing global health and food security in the modern era. Malaysian poultry operations are a relevant but understudied component of epidemiology of antimicrobial resistance. We aimed to identify the prevalence, resistance patterns, and risk factors associated with isolates from poultry farms in three states of East Coast Peninsular Malaysia.

Factors influencing the aesthetics of smile: An observational study on clinical assessment and patient's perception.

Aim: To clinically assess the aesthetics of smile and the possible influencing factors.

Materials And Methods: In this explorative study, an initial questionnaire on demographic variables and perception of own quality of smile (Visual Analogue Scale) was administered by a first examiner. A second blinded assessor examined all patients and recorded clinical data.

The use of DSM 17938 and ATCC PTA 5289 on oral health indexes in a school population: A pilot randomized clinical trial.

To assess the effects of a probiotic upon oral health indices in adolescents and to establish relationships between these indices and dietary habits and oral hygiene. Twenty-seven adolescents between 12 and 18 years of age were randomized into two groups. The study group received tablets containing / for 28 days, while the control group received tablets without any bacteria.

Is there still a role for digital rectal examination in the prostate cancer diagnostic pathway in the COVID-19 and post COVID-19 era?

Digital rectal examination (DRE) is routinely performed as part of a urology clinical assessment in patients with a clinical suspicion of prostate cancer. An abnormal DRE or a raised prostate specific antigen (PSA) level are part of the criteria for primary care referral to secondary care due to a suspicion of prostate cancer. The current Coronavirus-19 (COVID-19) pandemic has resulted in the rapid adoption of virtual consultations in the form of telephone or video consultations making clinical examination difficult.