Showing papers in "Journal of Dentistry in 2006"

TL;DR: The importance of tooth whitening for patients and consumers has seen a dramatic increase in the number of products and procedures over recent years, with a concomitant rise in publications on this topic.

TL;DR: Novel technologies and the research supporting their use are examined, finding systems based on the auto-fluorescence of teeth and electrical resistance seem to offer the most hope for achieving reliable, accurate detection of the earliest stages of enamel demineralisation.

TL;DR: Using C-SE, additional etching with phosphoric acid to improve bonding effectiveness should be limited to enamel.

TL;DR: The clinical performance of posterior resin composite restorations evaluated was acceptable after 17-year evaluation, however, the probability of failure of resin composite Restorations in molars, Class II, and large restorATIONS is higher.

TL;DR: This in vitro study confirms the erosive potential of certain acidic food and drinks that public should be aware of and reduces surface hardness of enamel, dentine, microfilled composite, and resin modified glass ionomer.

TL;DR: The literature shows efforts have been taken to modify soft drinks by either adding or deleting certain components so as to reduce their harmful effects on teeth.

TL;DR: The combination of the reduced surface roughness and the formation of a surface layer of compressive stress as a result of the alumina abrasion regimes investigated increased the reliability of the bi-axial flexure strength.

TL;DR: The pattern of penetration of the fluorine and strontium ions into the dentine was consistent with a remineralization process.

TL;DR: The stability and insolubility of siloranes in biological fluid simulants suggests that these may be more suitable for use in the oral environment than conventional oxirane-functional monomers.

TL;DR: The new laser fluorescence device performed on occlusal surfaces as well as the available device and no statistically significant differences obtained between the two tips of the new and the one tip of the old device.

TL;DR: The Resilon sealer material is a thermoplastic synthetic degradable polymer that contains bioactive glass and its properties, such as strength, modulus, shape-memory effect and biodegradability depend on the crystalline fraction, which is affected in turn by conditions of crystallization.

TL;DR: The correlation between softening and erosion demonstrated that nanomechanical properties after very short erosion times can be considered a good predictor of bulk material loss after considerably longer erosion times.

TL;DR: PAD killed endodontic bacteria at statistically significant levels compared to controls, and kills varied with bacterial species.

TL;DR: All sealers exhibit bactericidal effect when freshly mixed, but only Vcanalare extended this effect until 7 days after setting, while the antimicrobial activity of the tested sealers depends on the time interval between mixing and testing.

TL;DR: It was suggested that the conditions of de- and remineralization of the enamel structure could be measured non-destructively by using an ultrasonic pulse method and it could be concluded that the inorganic components contained in high concentrations in CPP-ACP acted to enhance reminification of theEnamel structure.

TL;DR: By adding a FRC substructure under the PFR, the load-bearing capacity of the material combination was increased, according to the results of this study.

TL;DR: The etch-&-rinse adhesive presented the thickest HL and was the only adhesive to produce RT in high density and uniform distribution along the whole dentin surface, independently of the SL thickness.

TL;DR: Er:YAG laser irradiation adversely affected adhesion to enamel, however, bond strength was influenced by the irradiation distance, thus being stronger with the increase of distance to the target tissue.

TL;DR: Restorative materials used in this study demonstrated a good clinical effectiveness in the restoration of non-carious cervical lesions for 5 years and there were no significant differences in the marginal integrity between the LB and SB groups.

TL;DR: Inadequate oral hygiene practices were the factors most strongly associated with self-reported oral malodor in this sample of Kuwaiti patients.

TL;DR: There is no standardized methodology used for fluorescent imaging in the dental materials field, and as a result, interpretation of study results as well as comparison of results among studies remains questionable.

TL;DR: Clove gel might possess a potential to replace benzocaine as a topical agent before needle insertion when applied to maxillary canine buccal mucosa of 73 adult volunteers.

TL;DR: A rather high failure rate was observed for one of the fiber-reinforced resin composites, while the other fulfilled the ADA criteria, and the occurrence of most failures after 3 years indicated the necessity of long-term evaluations of new materials.

TL;DR: Only slightly differences were observed between the examinations performed under clinical and laboratory conditions in the detection of occlusal caries lesions in permanent teeth.

TL;DR: Silanization with a blend of a functional silane and a cross-linker silane (a novel silane system) might improve the hydrolytic stability of a siloxane film between silicatized titanium and a bis-GMA resin.

TL;DR: The quantitative saliva assessment is useful as a screening method for different ages to identify patients with a low saliva flow rate and/or buffering capacity.

TL;DR: The results of the microTBS test showed that the highest bond strengths tended to be with SE for both gentle and strong air-blowing, and the significantly lowest for SSB with strong air streaming.

TL;DR: The properties of GICs, which can influence their behaviour in a biological environment are examined, and the progress made and the problems encountered in the development of these bone cements are addressed.

TL;DR: The reduced reliability of the Y-TZP specimens loaded to 80 N for 10(5)cycles was associated with the accumulation of subcritical damage as a result of the extended nature of loading.

TL;DR: No statistically significant difference in the incidence and degree of postoperative pain was found between one and two visit Endodontic procedures and the relationship, if any between pain and number of treatment visits.