Origins and benefits of dental hygiene practice in Europe.

Origins and benefits of the practice of dental hygiene were investigated in order to provide guidelines to countries where initiatives are being taken to introduce the profession. In Europe, so far the profession has been introduced in the Czech Republic, Denmark, Great Britain, Finland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland and Spain. Programmes in Ireland, Poland, and Romania are not presented in this article.

Dental hygiene in Hong Kong: a global perspective.

Purpose: This article examines how dental hygiene status in Hong Kong compared to global developments of the profession. The aim is to address access to cost-effective, qualified preventive care.

Methods: Information for this study was obtained using questionnaires and followed up by e-mail correspondence with International Federation of Dental Hygienists (IFDH) delegates and additional experts, supporting studies and reference literature.

The effects of gender disparities on dental hygiene education and practice in Europe.

In Europe, over 96.5% of dental hygienists are women. The objective of this report was to examine the impact of gender role stereotyping on the image of the dental hygiene profession and on disparities in educational attainment and work regulations within Europe.

Dental hygiene in Australia: a global perspective.

Aim: This article reports on the practice of dental hygiene in Australia from a global perspective. The aim is to examine how access to qualified dental hygiene care could be improved and how current professional challenges might be met.

Method: Secondary source data were obtained from a survey questionnaire presented to members of the House of Delegates of the IFDH or by fax and e-mail to experts involved in the national professional and educational organization of dental hygiene in non-IFDH member countries.

Dental hygiene in Slovakia.

This article reports on the development of the dental hygiene profession in Slovakia from a global perspective. The aim is to inform about current developments and to examine, how access to qualified dental hygiene care might be improved and how professional challenges might be met. For an international study on dental hygiene, secondary source data were obtained from members of the House of Delegates of the International Federation of Dental Hygienists (IFDH) or by fax and e-mail from experts involved in the national professional and educational organization of dental hygiene in non-IFDH member countries, such as Slovakia.

The effect of platelet-rich plasma upon implant stability measured by resonance frequency analysis in the lower anterior mandibles.

Using a one-stage surgical protocol, a total of 34 Brånemark Mk-III Ti-Unite implants with a length of 13 mm and a diameter of 3.75 mm were inserted in 10 edentulous mandibles. Of these, seven patients received four and three patients two interforaminal implants.

Effect of platelet-released growth factors and collagen type I on osseous regeneration of mandibular defects. A pilot study in minipigs.

Objective: To study the effects of platelet-released growth factors (PRGF) and collagen type I on bone defect healing in minipig mandibles.

Material And Methods: In eight adult minipigs defects were trephined in the facial mandibular wall from extra-oral and filled with collagen+PRGF or with collagen alone. Control defects were left untreated.

Sinus grafting with autogenous platelet-rich plasma and bovine hydroxyapatite. A histomorphometric study in minipigs.

In this study, bovine hydroxyapatite (HA) alone or in combination with activated platelet-rich plasma (PRP) was examined for its usefulness for single-stage sinus grafting in minipigs. In 12 adult minipigs, Schneider's membrane of 24 sinuses was elevated bilaterally through an extra-oral approach. The material was divided into two groups of 12 sinuses.