2026 July - 74 articles
This article introduces a modified reverse scan technique for abutment teeth that incorporates laboratory scanners into a fully digital workflow to enhance accuracy and reduces the impact of stitching and merging errors associated with long-span intr...
Background/Objectives: This study aimed to assess oral health values, oral hygiene habits, preventive dental attendance, and lifestyle-related risk factors among students at the University of Osijek and to compare findings between students enrolled i...
Objectives: This study aimed to describe implant survival rates and associated risk factors in patients treated with two sinus augmentation techniques—Lateral Window (LW) and Transcrestal (TC)—at a single center. Methods: A retrospective...
Background/Objectives: Oral mucosal injury is a frequent complication in oncologic and surgical settings, significantly affecting patient quality of life. Zinc L-carnosine (ZnC) is a cytoprotective compound with anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and ep...
Background/Objectives: The aim of this study was to show a standardized four-step technique that can offer individually personalized full-mouth therapy for each complex dental patient with erosive tooth wear resulting from bulimia nervosa, focusing o...
Background/Objectives: This “in silico” study investigated the biomechanical behavior of fixed orthodontic systems by analyzing the forces generated by Ni–Ti archwires and their effects on the dento-maxillary system (DMS). The objec...
Background: Malocclusion has important functional, esthetic, and psychosocial consequences; however, access to orthodontic treatment remains uneven and strongly influenced by socio-economic factors. While these disparities are well documented interna...
Background/Objectives: Oral diseases affect around 3.5 billion people worldwide and remain a major public health burden. Adolescence represents a critical stage for establishing lifelong oral health behaviours, particularly given the widespread use o...
Background/Objectives: To summarize evidence on whether anodization of titanium implant abutments modifies abutment surface/physical properties, peri-implant soft tissue esthetics, and biological outcomes compared with machined titanium and alternati...
Background: Digital workflows based on computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) enable the modification of the vertical dimension of occlusion (VDO) during occlusal splint design; however, the clinical reproducibility of these...
Background/Objectives: Primary Sjögren’s syndrome (pSS) is a chronic autoimmune rheumatic disease that clinically presents with symptoms of xerostomia and xerophthalmia, as well as a wide range of other symptoms that may affect patients&rs...
Background: Vitamin D deficiency rickets is a metabolic bone disorder caused by impaired calcium and phosphate homeostasis resulting from insufficient vitamin D. In children, severe vitamin D deficiency can disturb the mineralization of growing bones...
Dental caries is the world’s most common non-communicable disease with a complex etiology including social, behavioral, medical, biological and economical elements. The distribution among populations and age groups is skewed, which calls for va...
Background/Objectives: A multivariable prediction model was developed and externally validated to estimate an individual’s current need to visit a dentist among young to middle-aged adults. The objective was to provide an accessible, non-invasi...
Background: There are certain disadvantages to using CAD/CAM technologies. Marginal and internal accuracy of fit is valued as one of the most important criteria for the clinical quality and success of all-ceramic crowns. The assessment of the margina...
Background/Objectives: This study aimed to assess access to dental services by people living with HIV/AIDS in Bahia, Brazil, and its associated factors. Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out with a convenience sample involving 145 people l...
Background/Objectives: To evaluate the clinical feasibility and short-term radiographic outcomes of adapting a prosthesis-based guide system originally developed for single-implant placement for multi-implant placement in the edentulous maxilla, and...
Background Peri-implant diseases are primarily driven by microbial biofilm accumulation on the implant surface, leading to inflammatory destruction of the soft and hard tissues supporting dental implants, with progressive marginal bone loss and poten...
Background/Objectives: The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of local zoledronate treatment during periapical lesion development on inflammatory and bone remodeling responses in two immunologically distinct inbred rat strains, Da...
Background: Orthodontically induced external root resorption (ERR) may affect long-term tooth stability, requiring a reliable assessment of root length changes. This study developed an artificial intelligence (AI)-based framework for automatic segmen...
Background/Objectives: Dental fear and anxiety (DFA) in children can negatively affect oral health behaviors and dental care utilization. Family-related factors, particularly parental anxiety, parenting styles, and socioeconomic characteristics, may...
Fluoride remains the keystone of evidence-based caries prevention by stabilizing the mineral balance at the tooth–biofilm–saliva interface. Contemporary understanding emphasizes a predominantly post-eruptive, topical mode of action where...
Background: Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly being integrated into implant dentistry, where clinical decision-making depends on the interpretation of complex radiographic and patient-specific data. Although multiple applications have been...
Background/Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate primary colonizers adhering to the oral biofilm on five adhesive restorative materials. Methods: For each material (Admira Fusion, Clearfil AP-X, Durafill VS, Filtek Supreme XTE, and Ven...
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