Cosmetic dentistry has broadened significantly in recent decades and restoring aesthetic appearance is a clinical challenge. Veneers is a minimally invasive method of restoring discoloured, fluorosed teeth and teeth with spacing. One of the main reasons causing teeth discolorati...
Aim: To determine the factors that influenced treatment choices in patients presenting with non –vital teeth. Methods: A descriptive cross- sectional study was carried out among patients presenting with a non-vital tooth at the Dental Centre, University of Benin Teaching Hospital...
The smear layer is the accumulation of mineralized and organic matter during endodontic therapy. The history of smear layer, its effect and approaches for removal are described in this review. The approaches for removal of smear layer include chemical removal, ultrasonic removal,...
Aims: To discuss the properties, strengths and weaknesses of each luting agent for dental professionals to choose an appropriate luting agent for each unique clinical situation. Background Information: One of the factors that determine the success of long-term fixed prostheses is...
Coronal fracture of the anterior teeth is a common form of dental trauma. If the initial tooth fragment is maintained following fracture, reattachment of the broken fragment to the remaining tooth may offer higher and durable esthetics, a positive psychological response and could...
Introduction: Tooth loss affects speech, eating, social wellbeing as well as the quality of life of an individual. Determining the subjective effect of prosthetic treatments makes it possible to identify the needs of patients with dentures and also evaluate their prosthetic adapt...
Background: Corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-2019) is caused by a novel virus which belong to a family of corona virus. It is highly infectious and transmissible disease. First case of COVID-19 was reported in china on 31st December 2019 and on March 11, 2020 it was declared pand...
Carolina Yoshi Campos Sugio, Amanda Aparecida Maia Neves Garcia, Vinícius Carvalho Porto & Karin Hermana Neppelenbroek·Asian Journal of Dental Sciences·2021
The objective was to report a therapeutic method for denture stomatitis (DS) with the relining of the maxillary complete denture (CD). Patient JN, male, 70 years old, came to the clinic for rehabilitation treatment with new ones. On clinical examination, precarious condition of o...
Background: Tooth loss though preventable is still considered as a natural consequence of senility as it limits a person's esthetics, function and psychosocial well-being. In order to restore these deficits, dental prosthetics are needed. The objective of the current study was to...
Aim: As a reference for cases related to smokeless tobacco use, its management and also states about the importance of proper and early diagnosis of tobacco pouch keratosis. Presentation of Case: A 45 year old male complained of a rough surface with burning sensation occasionally...