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Oral status of HIV-infected children aged 12 years or younger who attended a Paediatric Infectious Diseases Clinic in Cape Town
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2020)
Children continue to suffer from the impact of the human immunodeficiency virus-acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) pandemic. In Cape
Town, these children receive medical care including antiretroviral therapy ...
A Scoping Review of Respirator Literature and a Survey among Dental Professionals
(University of the Western Cape, 2020-08-17)
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) virus was discovered in
China in late 2019 and subsequently triggered a global pandemic. Dentists, like many other health
professionals, are at an increased ...
A call for action to safely deliver oral health care during and post COVID-19 pandemic
(MPDI, 2020)
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) outbreak started just a couple of months ago and it grew rapidly causing several deaths and morbidities. The mechanism behind the transmission of the virus ...
Neutral sodium fluoride gel uptake of newly placed nanodiamond-modified glass ionomers
(Quintessence Publishing, 2020)
Three commercial restorative glass-ionomer cements (GICs) were modified with 5% and 10 wt/wt% nanodiamond
(ND) particles incorporated into the powder of the GICs. The aim of the study was to assess the percentage
of ...
COVID-19 in dentistry - Ethical considerations
(South African Dental Journal, 2020)
The reach of Coronavirus Disease - 2019 (COVID-19) has
even reached the ethical guidelines for good practice
from the Health Professions Council of South Africa
(HPCSA).1 The health care worker should carefully consider ...
Determination of orthodontic bracket and tooth adaptation using an X-ray micro-computer tomography scanner
(Elsevier, 2020)
The determination of the orthodontic brackets’ adaptation to the curvatures of teeth is a difficult topic to study. The complexity arise due to the different designs of their fitting surfaces, margins and curvatures of ...
comparison of aerosolized hydrogen peroxide fogging with a conventional disinfection product for a dental surgery
(PMID, 2020)
The study aimed to determine the efficacy of adding a 12% hydrogen peroxide dry hydrogen peroxide vapor fogger system as an additional layer of infection control in a dental surgery.