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Noncarious Cervical Lesions

...have shown that the use of a self-etching adhesive, sealant, or resin-bonded flowable composite restoration can provide comprehensive and rapid control of hypersensitivity.24 More advanced lesions can usually be managed...

Strategies for Managing Stress

...amongst dental healthcare professionals: Comparison of dental therapists, dental hygienists and dental practitioners. Community Dent Health. 2001;18:172–176. Lopresti S. Stress and the dental hygiene profession: risk factors,…

Oral Effects of Kidney Disease

...Annual Data Report: Atlas of Chronic Kidney Disease and End-Stage Renal Disease. Available at: usrds.org/atlas.aspx. Accessed December 15, 2014. Craig RG. Interactions between chronic renal disease and periodontal disease. Oral...

Localized Aggressive Periodontitis

...self-study activity is electronically mediated. Pods Embed Error: Pod not found. INTRODUCTION Aggressive periodontitis is much less common than chronic periodontitis and generally affects younger patients than the chronic form....

Arresting Caries

...management by risk assessment. Oral Health Prev Dent. 2004;1(2 Suppl):259–264. Ramos-Gomez F, Ng MW. Into the future: keeping healthy teeth caries free: pediatric CAMBRA protocols. J Calif Dent Assoc. 2011;39:723–733....

Oral Health Risks in Athletes

...and time of exposure to an erosive agent, mineralization of dental tissue, and salivary composition.11 This condition is common in competitive swimmers due to inadequate buffering of chlorine in pool...

Signs and Symptoms of Hypophosphatasia

...and Biotechnology. Weinheim, Germany: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH; 2006. Thakker RV, Whyte MP, Eisman JA, Igarashi T. Genetics of Bone Biology and Skeletal Disease. San Diego, Ca: Academic Press; 2013:3–146. Whyte...

Benefits and Risks of Dental Sealants

...release: survey of the composition of dental composite resins. Open Dent J. 2016;10:446-453. Lewis J. Bpa and dental materials. In: Eliades T, Eliades G, eds. Plastics in Dentistry and Estrogenicity....

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