Orthodontics 16 March 2021
A current tool in facial aesthetics perception of orthodontic patient: the digital warping
the procedure of warping, usually and interchangeably called morphing, elicit profile aesthetic preferences in orthodontic patients using the most common cephalometric softwares. It’s a method...
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In a professional world changing so fast… only those who can adapt will survive. Competition is not won by lowering the prices. We need to find alternatives, to swim in blue oceans. Everyone...
Pio Bertani, Massimo Gagliani, Fabio Gorni
Periapical pathologies of endodontic origin are often found in individual patients; in fact, they involve a large portion of the population. Acute diseases, or abscesses, are very common. These two...
Authors: Marco Brady Bucci, Antonio Guida, Maria Sofia Rini, Dario Brady Bucci
The objective of this work is to analyze, in light of the current diagnostic and therapeutic possibilities offered by digital technologies applied to implant prosthetic dentistry, the clinical...
Author: Katherine Pfaff
A new exam is designed to reduce exposure to possible diseases, including COVID-19, by replacing patients with virtual models. The Joint Commission on National Dental Examinations (JCNDE) and...
Prosthodontics 11 March 2021
Implant supported prostheses: impact on nutritional status and oral health in edentulous patients
The world is ageing rapidly and according to United Nations Population Fund UNFPA, people aged 60 years and more represent 12.3% of the total population, and by 2050, this number will increase to...
News 11 March 2021
Author: Tommaso Albonetti
Fifty-seven member national dental associations worldwide revealed that nearly two-thirds of countries had not granted permission to dentists to administer COVID-19 vaccines as part of national...
News 11 March 2021
Author: Katherine Pfaff
The global orthodontics services market is expected to gain an additional $24.05 million by 2024, growing at a rate of 11% CAGR, according to the market research firm, Technavio Research. North...
RECORDED WEBINAR - GNATOLOGY
The plan for the treatment of complex dysfunctional and non-dysfunctional cases requires an interdisciplinary approach that involves the most common branches of dentistry and an orthodontic,...
Editorials 09 March 2021
During these times in which all the world is asked to wear masks, we truly understand how much our smile is important. Smiling to give a good impression to the person we’re just introduced to,...
In the latest issue (February 2021) of The Angle Orthodontist an article was published about temporomandibular disorders in prospective orthodontic patients: their association with malocclusion...
News 09 March 2021
Author: Katherine Pfaff
Compass Laboratory Services has developed an oral rinse to detect high-risk HPV in the oral cavity, OraGen HPV. The human papillomavirus (HPV) is linked to neck...
Author: Katherine Pfaff
Toothpic, a dental technology company, will partner with Delta Dental of California to allow for remote dental consults. The collaboration will be available to Delta Dental of California PPO...
News 09 March 2021
Author: Katherine Pfaff
National Dental Association (NDA) has posted the opening of applications for elective offices for the NDA Board of Trustees (BOT)/Executive Committee (EC). Roles include President, President-Elect,...
Restorative dentistry 08 March 2021
Dr. Roulet earned his D.D.S. from the University of Bern School of Dentistry in Switzerland in 1974 and immediately began his academic teaching career as a lecturer at the University of Bern before...
Restorative dentistry 08 March 2021
Caries of the fissures: seal or varnish? Current preventive guidelines
Authors: Maria Teresa De Grazia, Eleonora Angelino, Luciano Zaffarano, Tersilla Bosia, Gianluca Trebbi, Maria Grazia Cagetti
dental caries, an irreversible progressive demineralization of hard dental tissues, is still the most common chronic disease in childhood. The aim of this paper is to describe and compare the two...
Author: Katherine Pfaff
Though estimates are down from pre-COVID-19 estimates, the worldwide 3-D dental scanner market is still predicted to increase by $722.59 million 2021-2015, according to the market research firm,...
Authors:M. Bazzano, R. Mauceri, V. Panzarella, O. Di Fede, G. Pizzo, R. Coniglio, D. Montemaggiore, G. Campisi
The purpose of this paper is to provide the oral health specialists the characteristics of the narrative interview, understood as different from the traditional anamnesis and able to detect the...
Endodontics 08 March 2021
RECORDED WEBINAR - ENDODONTICS
It is no longer acceptable to see patients that have been scheduled by an Oral Surgeon or a Maxillo-facial Surgeon, maybe under general anesthesia, for an apicoectomy to remove a cystic wall that...
Restorative dentistry 04 March 2021
Regular and high power polymerization mode: what to expect over time?
Co-authors: A. Comba, F. Florenzano
Photopolymerization is a complex operation, where a high degree of conversion of the restoration material ensures the quality and the longevity of composite restorations. The introduction of LED...