2026 May - 71 articles
Background/Objectives: This study evaluated the effectiveness of Cotinus coggygria (Smoke Tree) Flower Water mouthwash in reducing halitosis and improving oral hygiene parameters among adolescents undergoing fixed orthodontic treatment. Methods: A do...
An updated understanding of the U.S. oral health care system is essential for addressing the burden of oral disease, high dental expenditures, and persistent inequities in access. This narrative review synthesizes current evidence on the prevalence o...
Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate and compare the performance of three tooth wear indices—BEWE, simplified TWI (sTWI), and TWES 2.0—based on the visual assessment of digital intraoral scans. A secondary exploratory objective was to...
Background/Objectives: Nowadays, social media is increasingly utilized in the field of orthodontics for information sharing and promotion, yet its influence on patients’ willingness to initiate orthodontic treatment remains insufficiently defin...
Background/Objectives: Denture stomatitis is closely associated with Candida albicans colonization of denture-base surfaces. This in vitro study compared early adhesion (1 h) and initial biofilm formation (24 h) of C. albicans across five denture-bas...
Background/Objectives: A non-surgical orthodontic treatment strategy for transverse maxillary deficiencies, especially in late adolescents and young adults, is microscrew-assisted rapid palatal expansion (MARPE). The literature indicates several conc...
Background: Maxillary sinus lift is among the most common preprosthetic procedures in the posterior maxilla due to alveolar ridge resorption and the maxillary sinus pneumatization. It often extends treatment duration, significantly increases costs, a...
Objectives: Achieving a smooth tooth surface following periodontal instrumentation is critical for maintaining periodontal health and minimizing plaque and calculus reaccumulation. This narrative review aimed to synthesize preclinical laboratory-base...
Background/Objectives: This study evaluated 3D palatal shape variation to distinguish population affinities, aiming to enhance forensic and anthropological assessments of unknown human remains. Methods: Maxillary dental casts (n = 100 per group) from...
Background: Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly utilized in orthodontics for diagnosis, treatment planning, and clinical management. Nevertheless, considerable variation persists in orthodontists’ knowledge, attitudes, utilization patt...
Background/Objectives: Peri-implant inflammatory complications remain a major cause of late implant failure and are closely associated with the condition of peri-implant soft tissues. Insufficient keratinized attached mucosa has been identified as a...
Aim: Fixed dental prostheses (FDPs) are increasingly fabricated from high-strength ceramic materials; however, their fracture behavior under flexurally dominated loading remains incompletely understood. This in vitro study aimed to compare the mechan...
Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the masking ability of different thicknesses of advanced lithium disilicate (ALDS) ceramic used for implant-supported crowns compared to conventional lithium disilicate (LDS) and to assess the influence of the...
Objectives: To evaluate the influence of two surface finishing procedures—mechanical polishing and glaze firing—on the color stability and wear behavior of lithium aluminium disilicate (LAD) hybrid abutment crowns over a three-year clinic...
Background/Objectives: The quality of intraoral scanner-derived digital models depends not only on deviation-based accuracy, but also on how scanned surfaces are reconstructed into a polygonal mesh. The aim of this prospective within-subject observat...
Background/Objectives: Oral functional decline is associated not only with impaired oral conditions, such as poor oral hygiene, oral dryness, decreased occlusal force, reduced masticatory performance, low tongue pressure, impaired tongue–lip mo...
Background/Objectives: Oral manifestations are recognized extra-intestinal features of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD); however, their prevalence and clinical relevance remain controversial. This study aims to quantify the prevalence of individual o...
Background/Objectives: This study aimed to compare AI-generated educational material with faculty-authored content in Dental Prostheses Technology, evaluating perceived clarity, accuracy, structure, usefulness, and overall instructional quality acros...
Background: Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly being integrated into dental implantology, particularly in treatment planning, a critical phase for implant success. Traditionally dependent on clinician expertise, planning can now be supporte...
Background/Objectives: Accurate quantification of alveolar cleft defects for bone grafting remains difficult due to inconsistent anatomical boundaries. This study established an expert consensus on boundary landmarks for alveolar bone graft (ABG) pla...
Background/Objectives: Down syndrome (DS) is characterised by a marked susceptibility to early-onset severe periodontitis, suggesting an intrinsic host predisposition. Interleukin-1 (IL-1) gene variants may influence inflammatory burden, yet DS-speci...
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