Chukwudi O. Onyeaso, Chinyere Ututu, Emmanuel Chukwuma, Marian Orikpete, Adetayo E. Fasakin, Benjamin O. Okino & Chikamaram O. Okino·Asian Journal of Medicine and Health·2024
Background: Accelerated orthodontics has been receiving increased interest in the global orthodontic community recently, but the knowledge and practice of it is still very limited among orthodontists and the orthodontic patients. Aim: To assess the satisfaction of some Nigerian o...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2024/v22i71063
Chukwudi O. Onyeaso, Marian Orikpete, Emmanuel Chukwuma, Chinyere Ututu, Benjamin O. Okino & Augusta Mbagwu·Asian Journal of Medicine and Health·2024
Background: The idea of accelerated orthodontics is to modify the bone temporarily to enable teeth move faster in the jaws so as to shorten the orthodontic treatment time. With the increasing global interests in patients’ concerns about the duration of conventional orthodontic tr...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2024/v22i71052
Chukwudi O. Onyeaso, Babatope Bamidele Osagbemiro, Chinyere Ututu, Emmanuel Chukwuma, Marian Orikpete, Benjamin O. Okino & Chikamaram O. Okino·Asian Journal of Medicine and Health·2024
Background: There is growing attention globally on the satisfaction of orthodontic patients about the duration of orthodontic treatment, and the importance of accelerated orthodontics but more information is needed concerning factors that could influence the patients. Aim: To inv...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2024/v22i71053
Background/Aim: There is limited research on bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (bystander CPR) involving athletes globally and in the Nigerian context specifically. The impact of age and gender of individuals on the knowledge of bystander CPR and attitude towards it is vari...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2023/v21i11919
Background/Objective: Effective practice of bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) will depend to a good extent on the perception and attitude of a population towards this life-saving technique. This study aimed at assessing the perception and attitude of Nigerian athletes...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2023/v21i10907
Background /Aim: The public health burden of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) and the need to increase the rates of bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in communities including the world of sports cannot be overemphasized. The study aimed at assessing the level of...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2023/v21i10904
Background: Although there are many studies on the reviving subject of accelerated orthodontics, there is paucity of information on the factors that could influence a dental practitioner’s perception of the concept. Aim: To investigate the influence of the demographic factors of...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2024/v22i2982
Background: The duration of orthodontic treatment with its attendant complications has been a subject of concern in the specialty of orthodontics, necessitating the need to quicken the rate of orthodontic tooth movement. Despite the growing acceptance of accelerated orthodontics,...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2023/v21i12955
Mariam Orikpete, Benjamin O. Okino, Chinyere Ututu, Chikamaram O. Okino, Ikenna Gerald Isiekwe & Chukwudi O. Onyeaso·Asian Journal of Medicine and Health·2024
Background: The duration of orthodontic treatment and the knowledge of accelerated orthodontics are very important to the dental practitioner but there are limited information on the relationship between their satisfaction with duration of orthodontic treatment and knowledge of a...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2024/v22i2981