Oral surgery 06 November 2019
Third molar surgery and complications: local anesthesia vs general anesthesia
Patient’s anxiety, surgical difficulty, medical background can lead the dentist to choose to perform the wisdom tooth extraction under general rather than...
Orthodontics 06 November 2019
Orthodontic treatment with removal of one mandibular incisor
In specific types of cases, removal of one mandibular incisor can greatly facilitate orthodontic treatment. There are 2 primary indications: (1) severe...
Oral Hygiene & Prevention 06 November 2019
Geriatric Dentistry: Chlorhexidine against Oral Colonization
Poor oral hygiene has been implicated in the development of aspiration pneumonia in frail patients. In fact inadequate oral care can cause colonisation of...
News 01 November 2019
Dentsply Sirona supports dentists as they deliver much-needed dental care to kids in Guatemala
Dentsply Sirona continues to support dental missions around the world, helping to deliver dental care to kids of Tecpán and Chivarabal in the region of Chimaltenango, Guatemala where access to care...
Webinar 24 October 2019
An interview with Dr. Nazzareno Bassetti
After the positive welcome of the Italian edition and the translations into Portuguese, Spanish, Chinese and Korean, Edra now publishes The vertical dimension...
Prosthodontics 23 October 2019
Rehabilitation of endodontically treated molars: is better to choose endocrown or crown with post?
The restoration of endodontically treated teeth is always a topic of crucial attention for dentists. If until a few years ago, the therapeutic choice of...
Implantology 23 October 2019
It is estimated that 1 in 2 women and 1 in 5 men over the age of 50 may develop a fracture due to osteoporosis. Osteoporosis is defined as a skeletal disease...
Periodontology 23 October 2019
Gingival recession (GR) may be considered a gingival and/or alveolar mucosal defect with functional repercussion since progressive GR is caused by loss of...
Digital Dentistry 23 October 2019
Wear of CAD-CAM ceramic single crowns and opposing natural teeth: glass matrix vs resin matrix
Contemporary computer-aided design and manufacturing (CAD/CAM) systems involve a wide range of dental restoration indications such as inlays, onlays, laminate...
Dental pulp in deciduous teeth can be involved earlier than in permanent teeth in the progression of carious lesions. In addiction it is also known that...
Editorials 16 October 2019
From October 1st to 5th the annual meeting of the Academy of Dental Materials (ADM) was held in Jackson Hole (Wyoming, USA), entitled: "Materials to...
Jackson Hole (Wyoming, USA) hosted the annual meeting of the Academy of Dental Materials (ADM) in the first week of October, entitled: "Materials to Enable the Evolution/Revolution of Digital...
Editorials 09 October 2019
In the past years, traditional dentistry, has been attracted by inert material that do not interact with the oral environment, present no changes in their...
Oral surgery 09 October 2019
Oral Surgery: 3d Printing Technology at the service of Autotransplantation. A Case Report.
Tooth autotransplantation is the transplantation of one's own tooth from one site of the mouth to another edentulous site. This technique is possible only when a donor tooth is available....
Oral pathology 09 October 2019
Authors: M. Gobbo, G. Ottaviani, K. Rupel, M. Biasotto
A female patient was sent to the Medicine and Oral Pathology clinic of the Dental Clinic of Trieste for the evaluation of an intensely radiopaque foreign body...
Endodontics 25 September 2019
Sodium Hypochlorite or Chlorhexidine digluconate as canal irrigant during endodontic retreatment?
In the field of the endodontic treatment, retreatments are increasing in number. Several studies compared the outcome of these type of root canal therapies...
Digital Dentistry 25 September 2019
With the development of CAD/CAM system, nowadays the most used materials in the prosthetic fields are: zirconia and lithium disilicate. In particular, in a...
Periodontology 25 September 2019
Can tooth bleaching reduce plaque and gingivitis? A systematic review.
Aesthetics is becoming everyday more and more important for patients. Indeed, one of the main reason for a dental consultation is the alteration of tooth...
Implantology 25 September 2019
Nowadays patients with fully edentulous maxilla may benefit from different prosthetic rehabilitations. One of them is the implant-supported overdenture...
Prosthodontics 25 September 2019
Is Implant cantilevered fixed dental prostheses a successful treatment in partially edentulous?
Co-authors: Storelli S, Del Fabbro M, Scanferla M, Romeo E
Implant placement can be limited by anatomical conditions that may be overcome with different solutions: reduced dimension implants, bone regeneration procedures or...