24 articles in this issue
José Antonio Poli de Figueiredo
Kelem de Antoni Brunischaki,Myrian Camara Brew,Caren Serra Bavaresco,Sergio Augusto Quevedo Miguens Jr
OBJECTIVE: To describe sociodemographic variables and verify changes in white blood cells of patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC).METHODS: Cross-sectional retrospective study that used secondary data of patients with OSCC, attended at the Ora... see more
Luciana Munhoz,Jun Ho Kim,Moses Park,Eduardo Massaharu Aoki,Reinaldo Abdala Júnior,Emiko Saito Arita
OBJECTIVE: Mandibular Cortical Index (MCI) is useful in osteoporosis screening. This study aim was to verify the impact of different expertise levels in the observers’ performances of MCI evaluation in panoramic radiographs (PR).METHODS: Six participants ... see more
Antônio Vinícius Holanda Barbosa,Valdeci Elias dos Santos Junior,Márcia Marques Martins,Leila Soares Ferreira,Ana Paula Veras Sobral
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the pulpal response to direct pulp capping in healthy human teeth with Portland cement (PC) as against mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) as control.METHODS: Forty healthy human third molars indicated for extraction were randomly d... see more
Antonio Carlos Pereira,Livia Fernandes Probst,Emilio Prado da Fonseca,Marcelo de Castro Meneghim,Vladen Vieira,Antônio Carlos Frias
OBJECTIVE: Estimate the prevalence and gravity of coronal dental caries for populations of adolescents, adults and elderly people.METHODS: For the crossing of data of the average DMF rates by Regional Health Directorate (RHD) with the digital cartographic... see more
Carolina Dea Bruzamolin,Gizele Franco,Fernanda Mara de Paiva Bertoli,Juliana Feltrin Souza,Estela Maris Losso,Marilisa Carneiro Leão Gabardo,Eduardo Pizzatto,João Armando Brancher
OBJECTIVE: The objectives of this study were to determine the prevalence of dental caries in a population of 12-year-old schoolchildren in the city of Curitiba and to evaluate the association between dental caries and socioeconomic and educational variabl... see more
Andressa Chang Rodrigues Fernandes da Silva,Juliana Andrade Cardoso,Manoela Carrera Martinez Cavalcante Pereira,Isabela Bandeira
OBJECTIVE: Epidemiological studies have great importance for oral health as they show the prevalence of various diseases in their respective environments, in addition to being able to characterize a given population. The objective of this work is to ident... see more
Gabriella Barreto Soares,Carlos Eduardo Gomes Siqueira,Lorena Estrada-Martinez,Cléa Adas Saliba Garbin,Artênio José Ísper Garbin
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed at investigating the relationships between health and work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) in dentists, and the relationship with socio-demographic, work and health variables.METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional st... see more
Monica Moreira,Mariana Machado Fidelis do Nascimento,Mariane Moreira Poletto,Débora do Rocio Kliisiowicz,Renata Rodrigues Gomes,Vânia Aparecida Vicente
OBJECTIVE: Caries is a multifactorial infectious disease and the main etiological agent is the bacteria Streptococcus mutans due to its virulence factors, which enable the adherence to dental enamel and favours the formation of dental biofilm through the ... see more
Cleice Luizi da Silva,Danielle Bezerra de Farias,Maria de Fátima Trindade Pinto Campos,Laércio Almeida de Melo,Maria Angela Fernandes Ferreira,Adriana da Fonte Porto Carreiro
OBJECTIVE: Survival rates of mandibular overdentures on two implants retained by bar-clip system with immediate loading and the factors related to fractures was analyzed.METHODS: Twenty-three subjects were followed for 32 months. Fracture occurrence was t... see more
Heloisa Amorim Periotto,Ana Daielly da Silva,Isabella Saraiva Leão de Resende,Hellen Martins Jucá,Sérgio Lima Santiago,Jiovanne Rabelo Neri
OBJECTIVE: To analyze the influence of the soft-start curing protocol in the degree of conversion of a nanohybrid composite.METHODS: Ten specimens were prepared from the polymerization of the composite resin Llis using two protocols: conventional (1000 mW... see more
Tatiany Bertollo Cozer Ribeiro da Costa,Antônio de Melo Cabral,Renata Pittella Cançado
OBJECTIVE: Evaluate the cardiovascular effects by infiltration of 1:100.000 epinephrine and 1:2.500 phenylephrine associated with 2% lidocaine compared with the effects by infiltration of 0.03 IU/ml felypressin with 3% prilocaine, during surgery of third ... see more
Fernanda Inês Zarpelon,Eduardo Nesello Barp,Daniel Galafassi,Tiago André Fontoura de Melo
OBJECTIVE: This in vitro study aimed to evaluate preparation time, wear, transportation, and centering ability of two manual instruments, namely Flexofile and Prodesign® M, in curved root canal preparation.METHODS: Forty mesiobuccal and mesiolingual canal... see more
João Augusto Cazuza,Karine Takahashi
INTRODUCTION: Currently, intrauterine dentistry is a highly relevant topic, as its preventive measures can avoid several diseases, such as dental caries. Pregnancy is the ideal time for preventive and educational health measures to be put into practice, s... see more
Dalila de Borba Agliati,Paulo Oliva de Borba,Raul Antonio Cruz,Myrian Camara Brew,Flávio Renato Reis de Moura,Caren Serra Bavaresco
OBJECTIVE: Integrative review on the influence of music on parameters of fear, pain and anxiety during dental care.METHODS: Search for articles on the databases MEDLINE, PubMed, LILACS, Scielo and Google Scholar, using the terms “music”, “dentistry”, “mus... see more
Luisa Piazzon Tridapalli,Marina Steinbach
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this integrative review was assembling information about the golden ratio, improving a different sight to the theme.METHODS: Original articles were retrieved on databases Scielo, PubMed, Lilacs and Web of Science selecting proper... see more
José Valladares-Neto
OBJECTIVE: Effect size (ES) is the statistical measure which quantifies the strength of a phenomenon and is commonly applied to observational and interventional studies. The aim of this review was to describe the conceptual basis of this measure, includin... see more
Dayla Thyeme Higashi,Márcio Grama Hoeppner,Raquel Sano Suga Terada,Mariana Paizana Iris,Renato Batista Cogo
OBJECTIVE: Dental aesthetics is one of the areas of dentistry that has most advanced in terms of procedures, techniques and materials. Changes in color, shape, and texture are commonly cited as grounds for complaint, which are sometimes characterized by d... see more
Maria Paula de Lima Coltro,Thaisa Barizan Bordin,Luciano Costa Petri,Ahmet Ozkomur,Rosemary Sadami Arai Shinkai
INTRODUCTION: Several factors can lead to mechanical complications in implant-supported fixed complete dentures (IFCD).CASE DESCRIPTION: This clinical report presents a clinical case of a maxillary IFCDP with recurrent mechanical complications and a possi... see more
Ricardo Eugenio Varela Ayres de Melo,Marcela Côrte Real Fernandes,Rodrigo Henrique Mello Varela Ayres de Melo,Milena Mello Varela Ayres de Melo Pinheiro,Victor Leonardo Mello Varela Ayres de Melo,Camilla Siqueira de Aguiar
OBJECTIVE: Unerupted tooth, also called impacted tooth by some authors, is a dental organ that, even when fully developed did not erupt at the regular time, lying inside the bone completely surrounded by bone tissue or bone and mucosal tissue. The unerupt... see more
OBJECTIVE: The Pleomorphic Adenoma is the most common among benign neoplasm derived from salivary glands and it might suggest malignancy when there is some sort of fast growth, pain, facial nerve involvement and cervical adenopathy. Its onset occurs betwe... see more
Paula Loures Valle Lima,Francisco Loures Valle Lima,Christian Giancarlo Bernal Rodriguez,Elaine Faga Iglecias,Luciana Fávaro Francisconi-dos-Rios
OBJECTIVE: Supernumerary teeth (ST) are associated with many complications that include tooth impaction, ectopic eruption, and abnormal development of root. The usual treatment is the extraction, although repositioning in the dental arch may sometimes be ... see more
Carolina Baltera Zuloaga,Cristobal Araya Salas,Juan Rebolledo Urbina,Alfonso Muñoz Roldan
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this report was to demonstrate main clinical and histopathologic intraosseous mandibular lipoma features by taking a look at a specific case.CASE DESCRIPTION: A case of intraosseous lipoma in the anterior jaw of a 27-year-old w... see more
Cecília Atem Gonçalves de Araújo Costa,Rodrigo Richard da Silveira,José Carlos Pereira,Juliano Sartori Mendonça,Sérgio Lima Santiago
OBJECTIVE: To describe the enamel microabrasion technique used to treat the patient with white stains due dental fluorosis, highlighting the importance of complete anamnesis and clinical examination to achieve the clinical success.CASE DESCRIPTION: patien... see more