Oral hygiene & prevention

Oral Hygiene & Prevention     04 April 2022

What impact has the Covid-19 pandemic had on the mental health of dentists?

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on dentistry affecting almost all aspects of the profession. The workload has changed significantly, as has the way patients are treated and financial...

Oral Hygiene & Prevention     04 April 2022

How honest are our patients about their general health?

It is often said that the oral cavity is the window to overall health, and systemic conditions have many oral manifestations. Inaccurate or incomplete medical information provided to dental...

Oral Hygiene & Prevention     21 March 2022

Short-time home whitening systems compared to traditional systems

Originally home whitening techniques used a low concentration 10% carbamide peroxide (CP) gel in custom masks (CT) worn overnight (6-8 h). Subsequently, the manufacturing companies have developed...

Oral Hygiene & Prevention     04 March 2022

Hygienist study reports low COVID-19 infection rate, high vaccination rate, slow return to work

ADA, ADHA share findings from research conducted September 2020-August 2021

Fewer than half of dental hygienists who left employment early in the pandemic returned to the workforce in 2021, according to a study from the American Dental Association and American Dental...

Oral Hygiene & Prevention     25 February 2022

Oral disorders and oral hygiene habits in pregnancy: cognitive survey

Authors:Francesco Saverio Ludovichetti, Anna Giulia Signoriello, Veronica Piccoli, Andrea Zuccon, Edoardo Stellini, Sergio Mazzoleni

The gestation period involves a series of changes in all maternal organs and systems, due to hormonal fluctuations that also affect the oral cavity, leading to possible development of diseases such...

Oral Hygiene & Prevention     23 February 2022

Focal infection theory: a new modernity in view of microbiota recent studies?

Authors: Carlo Fornaini, Francesco Di Pierro

The “Focal Infection Theory”, very popular in 1930s, hypothesized the possibility that an infection of a specific zone might migrate to other different organs, even not contiguous, causing...

Oral Hygiene & Prevention     09 February 2022

Home‐based chemically-induced whitening (bleaching) of teeth in adults. A shortened version of Cochrane systematic review

Authors: Prashanti Eachempati, Sumanth Kumbargere Nagraj, Kiran Kumar KS, Puneet Gupta

PURPOSETo evaluate the effects of home-based tooth whitening products with chemical bleaching action, dispensed by a dentist or over-the counter.MATERIALS AND METHODSSeveral databases were searched...

Oral Hygiene & Prevention     09 January 2022

COVID-19 guidance for health care personnel updates from the CDC

Due to concerns about increased transmissibility of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, this guidance is being updated to enhance protection for healthcare personnel (HCP), patients, and visitors and...

Oral Hygiene & Prevention     24 November 2021

A report from ACE Panel explains why over half of dentists offer smoking cessation support to patients

About half of the dentists offer smoking cessation counseling or treatment to their patients, according to an ADA Clinical Evaluators Panel report published in the October issue of The Journal of the American Dental Association.

The report, which includes the responses of 283 ACE Panel member dentists, found that 41% of respondents offer counsel only, 8% offer both counseling and treatment, 1% offer treatment only, and 49%...

Oral Hygiene & Prevention     17 November 2021

Use of hawthorne and spoon-feeding effects to modify oral hygiene habits. Two-factorial randomized controlled trial

Authors: MICHELE NIERI, DALILA MARTINI, MONICA GIANI, UMBERTO PAGLIARO, LORENZO FRANCHI, VALENTINA ROMANELLI

PURPOSE. The aim of the study was to estimate the Hawthorne effect through the patients’ awareness of being observed regarding the detection of bacterial plaque with the use of a periodontal chart...

Oral Hygiene & Prevention     01 November 2021

Mouth rinses reduce SARS-CoV-2 in saliva, new research on JADA

Editorial Team

Mouth rinses can reduce the SARS-CoV-2 viral load in saliva, according to a study published in the November issue of The Journal of the American Dental Association.The cover story, "Estimating...

Oral Hygiene & Prevention     01 November 2021

Missed appointements as an indicator of cross-infection prevention

Author: C. Tommaselli

Studies on dental cross-infections and related prevention measures abound in the literature, but no research on the effectiveness of the various measures has been proposed. That such measures have...

Oral Hygiene & Prevention     20 September 2021

Covid-19, rare but possible infections among the vaccinated

In a study published in Lancet Infectious Diseases, researchers from Yale School of Medicine looked at Covid-19 "breakthrough" infections in fully vaccinated people."In the United States, the...

Oral Hygiene & Prevention     15 September 2021

Musculoskeletal well-being among Italian dentists

Study of the University of Bologna as part of the Ergonomics, Posturology and Yoga Therapy Project for the Degree Course in Dentistry and for the Degree Course in Dental Hygiene

The study from the University of Bologna entitled “Musculoskeletal Disorders among Italian Dentists and Dental Hygienists” - conducted by an Italian team of the Dental Clinic directed by Prof....

Oral Hygiene & Prevention     30 August 2021

How to reduce aerosol spread during COVID-19 outbreak: a technical note

Author: Berton Federico

The aim is to reduce the aerosol spread during dental treatments. The system is made of an already existing structure: a dirty towel basket. 

Oral Hygiene & Prevention     20 August 2021

Work demands and psychological distress among dentists: mediation role of covid-19-related factors

Authors:Maayan Shacham, Yaira Hamama-Raz, Liu Feng, Abhay N Datarkar, Luca Mangani, Julian Caplan, Anna Shacham, Roni Kolerman, Ori Mijiritsky, Menachem Ben-Ezra, Eitan Mijiritsky

Purpose: This study was designed to explore the mediating role of fear of COVID-19 infection from patients and fear of infecting family with COVID-19 in the association between work demands and...

Oral Hygiene & Prevention     13 August 2021

Plaque reduction after different numbers of interdental brush strokes - a split-mouth randomized controlled trial

Authors:Francesco Fugazzaro, Monica Giani, Umberto Pagliaro, Lorenzo Franchi, Michele Nieri

OBJECTIVES. The aim of this study was to evaluate the number of strokes of an interdental brush required to remove interproximal plaque; zero, one, two, four, eight, and sixteen interdental brush...

Oral Hygiene & Prevention     17 June 2021

Efficacy of four motivational techniques for improving oral hygiene – Two-year follow-up of a randomized controlled trial

Authors: Monica Giani, Umberto Pagliaro, Lorenzo Franchi, Roberto Rotundo, Michele Nieri

Purpose. The aim of this randomized clinical trial with blinded examiner was to compare the efficacy of four different methods of enhancing oral hygiene motivation in: (i) reducing the full-mouth...

Oral Hygiene & Prevention     13 June 2021

How to treat the older adults in the Covid-19 era: considerations and proposed solutions

The older adults in the dental field should generally be considered a "fragile" patient, to whom the clinician must pay particular attention. This "fragility" is linked to several factors: - Greater...

Oral Hygiene & Prevention     30 May 2021

COVID-19 AND DENTISTRY: A NEW CHALLENGE

Authors:Ugo Consolo, Davide Bencivenni, Vittorio Checchi, Pierantonio Bellini

A new virus has been identified in China between the end of 2019 and the beginning of 2020. In few months, this coronavirus spread quickly all around the world, leading to an acute respiratory...