The findings show that, controlling for expectancy bias and variability in baseline levels, IODs significantly increase patient satisfaction, dental function and quality of life over and above those achieved with good quality CCDs.
All screw types displayed some decay in preload with repeated tightening, irrespective of abutment type and insertion torque. The gold-coated screw showed markedly higher preloads for all insertion torques and for all instances of tightening when compared with the uncoated screws.
This study was undertaken in a young Irish population to determine the dimensions and ratios of the six maxillary anterior teeth. One hundred and nine Irish subjects (age 18-25 inclusive) had irreversible hydrocolloid impressions made of their maxillary dentition poured in type V stone. Clinical crown dimensions were measured with a digital calliper. The stone casts were digitally photographed in a standardised manner enabling calculation of various ratios between the maxillary anterior teeth. Sexual dimorphism existed for various tooth dimensions; most notably canine teeth were in the region of 0·8 mm longer and 0·6 mm wider in males. Central and lateral incisors were found to be 0·5 mm wider in males. It is, therefore, recommended that dimensional tooth guidelines should be given for each of the sexes and not on a population basis. With regard to tooth proportion ratios, no significant differences were found between genders or the left and right sides for any of the measurements or ratios measured. The digitally recorded tooth proportions were similar for both sexes, and the Golden Proportion guidelines could only be applied to the lateral incisor/central incisor widths (0·618). Identified width proportions for the canine/central incisor were 0·58 and for canine/lateral incisor 0·89.
The aim of the present study was to examine the effect of citric acid treatment on periodontal healing around teeth which were extracted, root planed and then reimplanted. Maxillary incisors and mandibular incisors, premolars and molars of 5 monkeys were used. The teeth were divided into 3 experimental groups. In 1 group, the teeth were extracted and immediately reimplanted into their own sockets. In a 2nd group, the teeth were extracted, root planed to a level corresponding to 50-75% of the root length and then reimplanted. In the 3rd group, periodontal breakdown extending to 50-75% of the root length was first induced by placing orthodontic elastic ligatures around the teeth. They were then extracted and root planed and transplanted into the sockets of the contralateral, periodontally healthy teeth which had just been extracted. Half the number of the teeth of groups 2 and 3 were treated with citric acid before reimplantation or transplantation. The animals were sacrificed after 6 months of healing. The jaws were removed and histological specimens prepared for microscopic examination. With the exception of a limited coronal regrowth of new cementum in the apical part of the planed portion of a few roots, connective tissue attachment failed to reform on most root surfaces deprived of their periodontal ligament tissue. Healing was most frequently characterized by root resorption and ankylosis. These were the most predominant features of healing both on root surfaces which had been deprived of the ligament tissue by mechanical means or during a course of experimentally-induced periodontal disease, and occurred in citric acid as well as non-citric acid treated roots. The findings imply that the result of healing following tooth reimplantation or transplantation is determined by the type of cells that repopulate the wound area adjacent to the denuded root surface.
Recordings of patient satisfaction with provision of dental implant treatment are scarce. This study aimed to evaluate satisfaction amongst patients attending for provision of implant treatment by training undergraduate and postgraduate students at Dublin Dental School and Hospital (DDSH). A questionnaire was formulated and distributed to 100 individuals randomly selected from records of patients who had received implant treatment via student clinics in the previous 5 years. The response rate was 68%. Results showed a high overall level of satisfaction with treatment received.
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