Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Erika G. G. Schneider-Smith, Katie J. J. Suda, Daphne Lew, Susan Rowan, Danny Hanna, Tracey Bach, Neel Shimpi, Randi E. E. Foraker, Michael J. J. Durkin
Summary: This study conducted surveys and focus groups to assess workflows, resources, needs, and antibiotic prescribing practices of dentists in order to develop a clinical decision-support tool for antibiotic stewardship. The survey showed differences in confidence and knowledge levels among dental providers, while the focus groups revealed the dentists' desire for a decision-support tool for antibiotic prescribing.
INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Pawel Sawicki, Piotr Regulski, Artur Winiarski, Pawel J. Zawadzki
Summary: The aim of this study was to assess the impact of dimensional distortion and its changes with modification of exposure setting parameters on the measurements of peri-implant bone margin. The findings showed that voltage and implant position had significant effects on the accuracy of measurements, and the distortions were related to bone margin thickness and measurement distance. Voltage values of 70, 80, and 90 kV were determined to be suitable for accurate measurements of buccal bone thickness.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Dentistry, Oral Surgery & Medicine
David Herrera, Tord Berglundh, Frank Schwarz, Iain Chapple, Soren Jepsen, Anton Sculean, Moritz Kebschull, Panos N. Papapanou, Maurizio S. Tonetti, Mariano Sanz
Summary: This study aims to develop clinical practice guidelines for the prevention and treatment of peri-implant diseases, emphasizing the need for interdisciplinary approaches and interventions at different stages. The guidelines provide recommendations for maintaining healthy peri-implant tissues and managing peri-implant diseases.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PERIODONTOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Pathology
Andrew P. Zammit, Ian Brown, John D. Hooper, David A. Clark, Andrew D. Riddell
Summary: The treatment of colorectal malignant polyps relies on the quality reporting of histopathological features. The Royal College of Pathologists of Austral-asia (RCPA) has produced protocols to improve the pathological reporting. A retrospective study in Queensland, Australia revealed that 30.8% of the reports had missing parameters that could affect treatment decisions. The most commonly under-reported parameter was Haggitt or Kikuchi level with a 48.6% missing rate.
Article
Dentistry, Oral Surgery & Medicine
James Tonogai, HsingChi von Bergmann, David Chvartszaid, Laura Dempster
Summary: This study used an online modified Delphi method to investigate the perspectives of patients and clinicians on the important information to include in a decision aid for implant therapy. The results showed that both patients and clinicians considered multiple items to be important, but there were differences in the relative importance of certain items between the two groups.
JOURNAL OF PROSTHODONTICS-IMPLANT ESTHETIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE DENTISTRY
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Kana Wakamori, Koudai Nagata, Toshifumi Nakashizu, Hayato Tsuruoka, Mihoko Atsumi, Hiromasa Kawana
Summary: Polylactic acid (PLA) has been used to fabricate implant models with fused filament fabrication (FFF) 3D printers. The PLA models were compared with plaster models made from silicone impressions and resin models made with digital light processing (DLP). The PLA models were found to be the least accurate, but still within an acceptable range for screw-retained implant frames.
Article
Dentistry, Oral Surgery & Medicine
Joao Pimenta, Serge Szmukler-Moncler, Ariel J. Raigrodski
Summary: The purpose of this study is to physically characterize the surface and subsurface of implant systems made of commercially pure (cp) titanium (Ti) grade (gr) 4 and Ti alloy gr 23 and to evaluate whether airborne-particle abrasion and acid etching is an appropriate surface treatment for Ti alloy gr 23. The results showed that the roughness, topography, and composition of the surfaces were different for all implants tested, and airborne-particle abrasion and subsequent etching was an appropriate treatment for Ti gr 23 alloy implants.
JOURNAL OF PROSTHETIC DENTISTRY
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Biomedical
Hamidreza Moradi, Roozbeh Beh Aein, George Youssef
Summary: In this study, computer simulations were used to optimize the design of dental implants by understanding the relationship between geometric variables, reducing computational costs, and improving performance. The combination of finite element analysis and fractional factorial design method led to significant improvements in design optimization.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR NUMERICAL METHODS IN BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
(2021)
Article
Geography, Physical
Anita Radini, Efthymia Nikita
Summary: The study of ancient human dental calculus is increasingly important in osteoarchaeology, human palaeoecology, and environmental archaeology. Micro-remains and biomolecules retrieved from dental calculus can provide important insights into the past human-environment relationship. However, their connection to skeletal remains is often incomplete. This paper critically reviews the evidence from dental calculus and explores its potential and limitations in relation to osteoarchaeological parameters.
QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL
(2023)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Andaine Seguin-Orlando, Richard Donat, Clio Der Sarkissian, John Southon, Catherine Theves, Claire Manen, Yaramila Tcheremissinoff, Eric Crubezy, Beth Shapiro, Jean-Francois Deleuze, Love Dalen, Jean Guilaine, Ludovic Orlando
Summary: The transition from the Late Neolithic to the Bronze Age in western Europe saw significant population and societal changes, with the genetic diversity of Late Neolithic populations in France revealing heterogeneous hunter-gatherer ancestries and varying genetic contributions from steppe herders. This highlights the complex history of human interactions even at a local scale.
Article
Dentistry, Oral Surgery & Medicine
Kristian Kniha, Benita Hermanns-Sachweh, Stephan Christian Moehlhenrich, Florian Peters, Marius Heitzer, Philipp Winnand, Frank Hoelzle, Ali Modabber
Summary: This study evaluated the osseointegration of zirconia and titanium implants in the rat maxilla under systemic antiresorptive therapy. After 4 weeks of medication administration, histopathological samples were evaluated for implant osteointegration parameters.
Article
Dentistry, Oral Surgery & Medicine
Nathalie Knechtle, Daniel Wiedemeier, Albert Mehl, Andreas Ender
Summary: The aim of this study was to compare the accuracy of digital scanning with the conventional method in generating implant-supported complete-arch prostheses and to evaluate the impact of soft tissue interference on accuracy. The results showed that, without soft tissue interference, certain digital scanning systems exhibited comparable accuracy to the conventional impression technique.
JOURNAL OF PROSTHETIC DENTISTRY
(2022)
Article
Dentistry, Oral Surgery & Medicine
Michael Korsch, Silke-Mareike Marten, Dominic Stoll, Christopher Prechtl, Andreas Doetsch
Summary: Implants lost due to peri-implantitis showed higher levels of specific pathogens, P. gingivalis and F. nucleatum. Late implant losses had higher bacterial diversity and abundance of specific bacteria compared to early losses, which had more heterogeneous microbial communities. However, the microbial results were not definitive in identifying the causes of early and late implant losses.
Article
Dentistry, Oral Surgery & Medicine
Eitan Mijiritsky, Akiva Elad, Ronen Krausz, Vasilena Ivanova, Stefan Zlatev
Summary: This retrospective case series evaluated the short-term clinical advantages and limitations of full-arch implant-supported restorations made of monolithic zirconia suprastructures passively luted to titanium bar infrastructures. The study reported a 100% prosthetic survival rate with no implant failures or serviceable prosthetic complications. While two cases showed minor fracture lines in the zirconia suprastructures, no intervention was required. Long-term clinical studies are needed to confirm these outcomes.
JOURNAL OF DENTISTRY
(2023)
Review
Dentistry, Oral Surgery & Medicine
Ren Shang, Limin Gao
Summary: The study found that patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus can achieve a similar rate of implant survival as nondiabetic patients, but there are differences in peri-implant parameters. Hyperglycemia is an important risk factor for peri-implant inflammation, but no association was found between peri-implant parameters and glycemic level.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION
(2021)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Kuo-Ting Sun, Yu-Hsuan Huang, Jui-Ting Hsu, Heng-Li Huang, Min-Chia Tsai, Jung-Wei Chen
Summary: This study investigated incisor liability in primary dentition of Taiwanese children and found that the incisor liability values were closely related to permanent incisors crown widths and higher in boys compared to girls in the upper arch.
JOURNAL OF THE FORMOSAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
(2022)
Article
Computer Science, Hardware & Architecture
Hengli Huang, Xiaohang Wang, Yingtao Jiang, Amit Kumar Singh, Mei Yang, Letian Huang
Summary: This article presents a three-step scheme to detect and fight against thermal covert channels (TCCs) in many-core systems. The scheme involves calculating CPU workload traces and applying frequency scanning to detect TCC attacks, locating the logical cores running transmitter threads, and implementing dynamic voltage frequency scaling (DVFS) on suspicious physical CPU cores engaged in TCC attacks. Experimental results show that the scheme can detect 97% of TCC attacks and reduce packet error rate (PER) to over 70%, effectively shutting down the attack. The performance penalty caused by the scheme is only 3% for an 8 x 8 many-core system.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN OF INTEGRATED CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS
(2022)
Article
Dentistry, Oral Surgery & Medicine
Ting-Sheng Lin, Tzu-Fen Chiu, Jui-Ting Hsu, Chien-Chung Chen, Li-Ren Chang, Heng-Li Huang
Summary: This study compared the biomechanical performance of a self-designed 3D-printed titanium alloy reconstruction plate with a traditional reconstruction plate in mandible reconstruction. The self-designed plate demonstrated superior biomechanical performance in terms of stresses and strains, and the plate length and thickness were found to have significant effects on reducing stresses.
JOURNAL OF ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Yen-Wen Shen, Yuen-Shan Tsai, Jui-Ting Hsu, Ming-You Shie, Heng-Li Huang, Lih-Jyh Fuh
Summary: This study designs a new 3D printed porous titanium mandibular implant for facial repair and oral chewing function reconstruction. Its biomechanical properties are examined through finite element analysis and in vitro experiments. The results show that porous implants withstand higher stress and strain compared to nonporous implants, potentially helping maintain or improve bone quality and strength.
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Bo-Wei Lai, Yin-Yu Chang, Tzong-Ming Shieh, Heng-Li Huang
Summary: The TiNbZrTa series films deposited using cathodic arc evaporation showed excellent biocompatibility with titanium alloys, particularly in regards to soft tissue cells, which exhibited an active performance. The finite element analysis confirmed that the TiNb interlayer can effectively reduce the stress concentration inside the TiNbZrTa series films, increasing their suitability for future application in biomedical implants.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Wan-Ping Yu, Ming-Tzu Tsai, Jian-Hong Yu, Heng-Li Huang, Jui-Ting Hsu
Summary: This study evaluated the impact of bone-miniscrew contact percentage (BMC%) and bone quality and quantity on orthodontic miniscrew stability and maximum insertion torque value (ITV). Longer and thicker miniscrews were found to have higher ITVs. Cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) accurately measured cortical bone thickness and predicted bone volume fraction of cancellous bone. BMC% was significantly influenced by miniscrew length, with cortical bone thickness having a greater contribution to ITV and BMC% than cancellous bone structure. Higher BMC% corresponded to greater ITV. The use of CBCT can predict the mechanical stability of orthodontic miniscrews.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Biomedical
Yuan-Yang Hsu, Heng-Li Huang, Lih-Jyh Fuh, Ming-Tzu Tsai, Jui-Ting Hsu
Summary: This study examined the effects of different dental implant insertion approaches on initial implant stability. The results showed that both bone quality and insertion approach influenced implant stability, with different effects on different stability indicators. In both good and poor bone groups, the stability was highest for intermittent rotation insertion at 80% length, followed by intermittent rotation insertion at 90% length, and continuous rotation insertion.
APPLIED BIONICS AND BIOMECHANICS
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Sachi Umemori, Kanako Noritake, Ken-ichi Tonami, Son Hoang Le, Masayo Sunaga, Yasuyuki Kimura, Yuna Kanamori, Ayako Sekiguchi, Hiroshi Nitta
Summary: This study investigated the effects of providing advance notice and stress-coping traits on the physiological stress of patients during dental treatment. The results showed that providing advance notice may have different effects on physiological stress depending on how the patient copes with stress.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Heng-Li Huang, Hui-Ling Tsai, Yu-Ling Wu, Jui-Ting Hsu, Aaron Yu-Jen Wu
Summary: This study used a three-dimensional finite element method to investigate the effects of changing bone atrophy and implant length on stress and strain in the surrounding bone of implants in all-on-four treatments. The results showed that stress and strain increased in models with moderate bone atrophy and low-density trabecular bone.
Article
Dentistry, Oral Surgery & Medicine
Son Hoang Le, Nhut Minh Nguyen, Ngoc Thi-Bao Nguyen, Ly Thi-Bich Nguyen
Summary: This study used multivariable analysis to determine the anatomical features of impacted mandibular third molars that can predict distal caries in adjacent mandibular second molars. Age, mesial angulation, vertical position, and horizontal position were found to be significant predictors of distal caries.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DENTISTRY
(2022)
Article
Computer Science, Hardware & Architecture
Xiaohang Wang, Hengli Huang, Ruolin Chen, Yingtao Jiang, Amit Kumar Singh, Mei Yang, Letian Huang
Summary: In this paper, a pattern-classification-based thermal covert channel (TCC) detection method using an artificial neural network is proposed to address the security challenges in many-core systems. By training with a large volume of spectrum traces, the proposed method achieves a detection accuracy of 99% and has low runtime and energy overheads. It plays a significant role in combating TCC attacks.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON COMPUTERS
(2023)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Yin-Hwa Shih, Chieh-Chieh Chen, Yueh-Hsiung Kuo, Lih-Jyh Fuh, Wan-Chen Lan, Tong-Hong Wang, Kuo-Chou Chiu, Thanh-Hien Vu Nguyen, Shih-Min Hsia, Tzong-Ming Shieh
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the anticancer properties and mechanisms of CAPE and caffeamide derivatives in oral squamous cell carcinoma cells. The results showed that 26G and 36M exhibited stronger cytotoxicity in SAS cells. Additionally, treatment with 26G and 36M inhibited malignant phenotypes through the activation of autophagic signaling.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2023)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Muhammad Ikbal, Yen-Wen Shen, Muhammad Ruslin, Lih-Jyh Fuh, Jui-Ting Hsu
Summary: This study evaluated the sagittal root position and labial alveolar bone concavity in the maxillary anterior teeth area. The majority of the teeth had Class I sagittal root position and there was a significant difference in labial alveolar bone concavity between different teeth types.
JOURNAL OF THE CHINESE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
(2023)
Article
Dentistry, Oral Surgery & Medicine
Hsiang-Chun Wu, Heng-Li Huang, Lih Jyh Fuh, Ming Tzu Tsai, Jui-Ting Hsu
Summary: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of insertion depth, bone type, and implant diameter on the primary stability of short implants. The results indicated that when 6-mm short implants are inserted in a subcrestal position, particularly in poor-quality bone, low primary stability may be yielded.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ORAL & MAXILLOFACIAL IMPLANTS
(2023)
Article
Surgery
Ha Thanh-Thai Le, Nam Cong-Nhat Huynh, Quynh-Anh Nguyen-Ho, Thuy Thu Nguyen, Son Hoang Le, Ly Thi-Bich Nguyen
Summary: This study compared the effects of photobiomodulation therapy (PBMT) and ibuprofen on pain relief and anti-inflammation after surgical removal of impacted mandibular third molars (IMTMs). The results showed that PBMT helped promote postoperative pain relief and reduce inflammation in the short-term and specific conditions of the study.
PHOTOBIOMODULATION PHOTOMEDICINE AND LASER SURGERY
(2022)