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Oral cancer knowledge, attitudes, and practices among dentists in Khartoum State, Sudan
(Springer Verlag, 2017)
The dental professions hold an important responsibility in the control of oral cancer and the early diagnosis highly depends on their knowledge. The present study was developed to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice ...
Local anaesthetics in dentistry: A series
(SADA, 2017)
Failure in local anaesthesia in dentistry is not uncommon
with failure rates ranging approximately between 15% and
30%, especially for the inferior alveolar nerve block (IANB). In
fact of all the nerve blocks which may ...
Insights into the clinical effectiveness of whitening products. Part 2 Dentist-supervised-at-home LED gel bleaching product
(SADA, 2017)
This section of the report is about the success of a
dentist-supervised-at home LED gel tooth whitener,
giving the results of a clinical study. The product (LED
light gel with 44% carbamide peroxide) was applied by
the ...
Maxillo-facial radiology case 151
(South African Dental Association, 2017)
Below is a clinical picture and a radiograph (Fig.1&2) of a thirty five year old female presenting with a slow growing painless
lesion of the right parotid gland. The other images are of other patients with the same tumour. ...
Oral medicine case book 74: marijuana-induced Oral Leukoplakia
(South African Dental Association, 2017)
A 55-year-old male presented at the Oral Medicine Clinic
of the University of the Western Cape, Oral Health Centre,
Tygerberg Campus, for the evaluation of a persistent white
patch on his right edentulous mandibular ...
A comparative study to determine the shock absorption ability of two popular mouth guards available on the South African market
(Electronic Doctor (E-Doc) Publishers & SADA, 2017)
It is expected that most mouth guards will provide some
level of protection to teeth. In this study a device was developed
to measure the relative impact absorption of two
different mouth guards (Proform, Type III ...
Cavity preparation using hard tissue lasers in operative dentistry
(South African Dental Association, 2017)
A laser is a device that delivers coherent, monochromatic
and collimated light as a form of energy. Most dental laser
devices emit invisible light in the infrared portion of the
electromagnetic spectrum. On May 7, 1997, ...
Lasers in periodontics
(Electronic Doctor (E-Doc) Publishers & SADA, 2017)
Ablation has been described as the expansive
vaporisation of tissue. In periodontal procedures the
ablation capacity of the laser can be used for excision
and incision of pathology. The Erbium doped lasers can
be used ...
Participants’ preferred choice of practitioner for orofacial symptoms
(South African Dental Association, 2017)
BACKGROUND: Patients seeking treatment from general
medical practitioners (GP) may be unaware or ill-informed
that dentists are the more appropriate professionals to
manage their orofacial symptoms, being able to ...
Oral medicine case book 76: Methotrexate induced mucosal erosions and ulcerations
(South African Dental Association, 2017)
A 71-year-old male was referred from his general
practitioner to the Oral Medicine Clinic at the University
of the Western Cape, Oral Health Centre, Tygerberg
campus, on account of a six-week history of recurrent
oral ...