Internationally the rates of edentulousness are estimated to be between 7% and 69%. In 2009 the American College of Prosthodontists (ACP) formed a task force to establish evidence-based guidelines for the care and maintenance of complete dentures. This comprised members of the ACP, the Academy of General Dentistry, American Dental Association (ADA) Council on Scientific [read the full story…]
The aim of this review was assess the effectiveness of functional appliances on mandibular growth in the short term. Functional appliances consist of a range of removable and fixed devices that are designed to alter the position of the mandible, both sagittally and vertically, with the aim of inducing supplementary lengthening of the mandible by [read the full story…]
The aim of this study was to assess the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of a non-invasive approach to dental caries management in private dental practice. The Caries Management System is a 10-step non-invasive strategy to arrest and remineralize early lesions. The main principle is that caries management must include consideration of the patient at risk, the [read the full story…]
This review looked at whether there is any difference in failure rates between short implants (minimum length 7mm) and longer implants (≥10 mm). A recent review by Telleman et al also reviewed the prognosis of short <10mm implants. For this particular review the authors searched Medline, Embase, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) [read the full story…]
Clinicians regularly encounter deep carious cavities which can lead to pulp exposure if the caries is completely removed. This may lead to pulpectomy and root canal treatment. However the pulp possess a regenerative ability so stepwise approaches to caries removal have been investigated. The aim of this review was to investigate the best possible methods [read the full story…]
This aim of this review was to assess the methodological quality of published systematic reviews in the management of temporomandibular disorders (TMD). Medline, the Cochrane Library and Bandolier were searched for systematic reviews that focused on TMD management published in English, Swedish, or German. Two investigators evaluated the methodological quality of each identified systematic review using [read the full story…]
The Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH) has looked at the evidence available to address the question: What is the evidence that weight loss can affect the fit or stability of dentures? They searched PubMed, the Cochrane Library, University of York Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (CRD) databases, ECRI, EuroScan and the [read the full story…]
This study was a nested case-control study within the Oslo Study, (a cohort study of the prevention and epidemiology of cardiovascular diseases). The aim was to explore whether dental extractions are associated with myocardial infarction (MI). The sample consisted of men with a self-reported history of MI as cases (n = 548) and controls (n [read the full story…]
Root canal procedures are commonly believed to be the most painful dental treatment yet only 17% have described it as their most painful dental experience. The aim of this review was to determine the influence of root canal treatment on pain prevalence and severity and estimate the prevalence and severity of pre-treatment, treatment, and post-treatment [read the full story…]
The aim of this Cochrane review was to assess the effectiveness and safety of interventions to treat symptomatic, biopsy-proven oral lichen planus (OLP). OLP is a common chronic autoimmune disease associated with cell-mediated immunological dysfunction. The prevalence has been reported as 1.27% and it is more frequently seen in women aged between 30 and 60 [read the full story…]
