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Sex Determination Using Discriminant Function Analysis In Hispanic Children And Adolescents: A Lateral Cephalometric Study, Alyssa E. Sprowl

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

Lateral cephalometric radiographs have been used for years to help diagnose skeletal and dental patterns in Orthodontics. Within the last decade, these radiographs have caught the interest of the department of Anthropology for the identification of gender within the adult and adolescent population. Numerous publications have been made but failed to identify sexual dimorphism in the pre-adolescent population. 303 lateral cephalograms of pre and post Latino adolescence age ranging from 6.5 to 17.9 years old were obtained from University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) digital database. 25 variables were identified and plotted with all linear and angular measurements transferred into …

Ada News - 11/18/2013, American Dental Association, Publishing Division

ADA News

Established in 1970 as the official newspaper of the American Dental Association, the ADA News serves practicing dentists and others allied to the dental profession in the U.S. and internationally. It is the No. 1 source of news and information about the many benefits and services the ADA delivers to members daily as well as timely information on scientific, social, political and economic developments affecting dentistry and health care.

Ada News - 11/04/2013, American Dental Association, Publishing Division

ADA News

Established in 1970 as the official newspaper of the American Dental Association, the ADA News serves practicing dentists and others allied to the dental profession in the U.S. and internationally. It is the No. 1 source of news and information about the many benefits and services the ADA delivers to members daily as well as timely information on scientific, social, political and economic developments affecting dentistry and health care.

Chhs November 2013 E-Newsletter, Vashon S. Wells, Editor, Dr. John Bonaguro, Dean, Wku College Of Health & Human Services

College of Health & Human Services Publications

No abstract provided.

Medical And Dental Standardization For Solid Organ Transplant Recipients, Mea A. Weinberg Dmd, Stuart L. Segelnick Dds, Lawrence B. Kay Dds, Vinay Nair Do

Individual Scholarship

Communication between the organ transplant team and dentist is important in formulating individualized care plans to reduce the incidence of pre- and post-transplant complications. Periodontal diseases and other oral infections may present serious risks that could compromise the success of a solid organ transplant. This article reviews why dentistry is an important component of total transplant care while the patient is on the waiting list for a transplant and after the transplantation. Recommendations regarding the care of the organ transplant patient are given.

Melorheostosis And Central Giant Cell Granuloma Of The Mandible In A 15-Year-Old Girl, Kenneth M. Anderson, W. H. Shintaku, Molly S. Rosebush, Yeshwant B. Rawal, E. S. Woodard

School of Dentistry Faculty Research and Publications

Melorheostosis is a nonhereditary bone dysplasia primarily affecting the appendicular skeleton. Because clinical and histologic features are often nonspecific, the diagnosis is often based on the radiographic presentation. Involvement of the craniofacial skeleton is rare. We describe a case of a 15-year-old girl with appendicular and craniofacial melorheostosis with adjacent central giant cell granuloma. We discuss the possible significance of this previously unreported finding.

Predictors Of Dental Care Use: Findings From The National Longitudinal Study Of Adolescent Health, Christopher Okunseri, Elaye Okunseri, Raul I. Garcia, Alexis D. Visotcky, Aniko Szabo

School of Dentistry Faculty Research and Publications

Purpose

To examine longitudinal trends and associated factors in dental service utilization by adolescents progressing to early adulthood in the United States.

Methods

The data source was the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health from Waves I (1994–1995), II (1996), III (2001–2002), and IV (2007–2008). This was a retrospective, observational study of adolescents' transition to early adulthood. We obtained descriptive statistics and performed logistic regression analyses to identify the effects of baseline and concurrent covariates on dental service utilization from adolescence to early adulthood over time.

Results

Dental service utilization within the prior 12 months peaked at age 16 (72%), …

The Effect Of Water Storage On The Bending Properties Of Esthetic, Fiber-Reinforced Composite Orthodontic Archwires, Ju-Han Chang, David W. Berzins, Jessica E. Pruszynski, Richard W. Ballard

School of Dentistry Faculty Research and Publications

Objective: To study the effect of water storage on the bending properties of fiber-reinforced composite archwires and compare it to nickel-titanium (NiTi), stainless steel (SS), and beta-titanium archwires.

Materials and Methods: Align A, B, and C and TorQ A and B composite wires from BioMers Products, 0.014-, 0.016, and 0.018-inch, and 0.019 × 0.025-inch NiTi, 0.016-inch SS, and 0.019 × 0.025-inch beta-titanium archwires were tested (n  =  10/type/size/condition). A 20-mm segment was cut from each end of the archwire; one end was then stored in water at 37°C for 30 days, while the other was stored dry. The segments were …

Ada News - 10/21/2013, American Dental Association, Publishing Division

ADA News

Established in 1970 as the official newspaper of the American Dental Association, the ADA News serves practicing dentists and others allied to the dental profession in the U.S. and internationally. It is the No. 1 source of news and information about the many benefits and services the ADA delivers to members daily as well as timely information on scientific, social, political and economic developments affecting dentistry and health care.

Ada News - 10/07/2013, American Dental Association, Publishing Division

ADA News

Established in 1970 as the official newspaper of the American Dental Association, the ADA News serves practicing dentists and others allied to the dental profession in the U.S. and internationally. It is the No. 1 source of news and information about the many benefits and services the ADA delivers to members daily as well as timely information on scientific, social, political and economic developments affecting dentistry and health care.

Dental Student Debt In The U.S.: A Mountain To Be Scaled, David G. Dunning

Journal Articles: College of Dentistry

Dental student educational debt in the United States continues to grow as a concern for both dental educators and dental students. While certainly warranted, this concern needs to be understood from the perspective of return on investment. The student debt issue remains a critical one. However, this debt is essentially “good” debt when viewed as an investment made by associates/ employees of general dental practices and general dental practice owners.

Loma Linda University Dentistry - Volume 24, Number 2, Loma Linda University School Of Dentistry, Samah Omar

Articulator (Dentistry)

Contents:

10-13 | Transitions: Goodacre to Dailey
16 | Alumni Student Convention
22 | Resin Infiltration: A Serendipitous Benefit
34 | Commencement 2013: "The Only Times We Have"
39 | Robert Handysides, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
42 | Pediatric Dentistry Turns Twenty
48 | Dr. Fred Berry Retires

Use Of Immersive Visualization For The Control Of Dental Anxiety During Dental Hygiene Treatment, Carmelo Padrino-Barrios

Dental Hygiene Theses & Dissertations

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of immersive visualization (IV) therapy, a technique that provides visual and stereoscopic display through the use of eyewear, in anxious patients during an oral prophylaxis. Methods: A convenience sample of thirty adults was enrolled. A split mouth design was utilized. Subjects were randomly divided into two groups: group A (use of IV for the right side of the mouth), and group B (use of IV for the left side of the mouth). Subjects received a full mouth oral prophylaxis (removal of supra and subgingival calculus and selective polishing), always …

Modulation Of The Effects Of Lung Immune Response On Bone Marrow By Oral Antigen Exposure, Pedro Xavier-Elsas, Cassio Luiz Coutinho Almeida-Da-Silva, L. Pinto, Túlio Queto, Bruno Marques Vieira, M. G. Aramha, Bianca De Luca, Daniela Masid-De-Brito, R. A. Luz, R. S. Lopes, R. Ferreira, Maria Ignez C. Gaspar-Elsas

All Dugoni School of Dentistry Faculty Articles

Allergic airway inflammation is attenuated by oral tolerization (oral exposure to allergen, followed by conventional sensitization and challenge with homologous antigen), which decreases airway allergen challenge-induced eosinophilic infiltration of the lungs and bone marrow eosinophilia. We examined its effects on bone marrow eosinophil and neutrophil production. Mice of wild type (BP-2, BALB/c, and C57BL/6) and mutant strains (lacking iNOS or CD95L) were given ovalbumin (OVA) or water (vehicle) orally and subsequently sensitized and challenged with OVA (OVA/OVA/OVA and H2O/OVA/OVA groups, resp.). Anti-OVA IgG and IgE, bone marrow eosinophil and neutrophil numbers, and eosinophil and neutrophil production ex vivo were evaluated. …

Ada News - 09/16/2013, American Dental Association, Publishing Division

ADA News

Established in 1970 as the official newspaper of the American Dental Association, the ADA News serves practicing dentists and others allied to the dental profession in the U.S. and internationally. It is the No. 1 source of news and information about the many benefits and services the ADA delivers to members daily as well as timely information on scientific, social, political and economic developments affecting dentistry and health care.

Ada News - 09/02/2013, American Dental Association, Publishing Division

ADA News

Established in 1970 as the official newspaper of the American Dental Association, the ADA News serves practicing dentists and others allied to the dental profession in the U.S. and internationally. It is the No. 1 source of news and information about the many benefits and services the ADA delivers to members daily as well as timely information on scientific, social, political and economic developments affecting dentistry and health care.

Nontraumatic Dental Condition-Related Visits To Emergency Departments On Weekdays, Weekends And Night Hours: Findings From The National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, Christopher Okunseri, Elaye Okunseri, Melissa Christine Fischer, Saba Noori Sadeghi, Qun Xiang, Aniko Szabo

School of Dentistry Faculty Research and Publications

Objective: To determine whether the rates of nontraumatic dental condition (NTDC)-related emergency department (ED) visits are higher during the typical working hours of dental offices and lower during night hours, as well as the associated factors.

Methods: We analyzed data from the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey for 1997 through 2007 using multivariate binary and polytomous logistic regression adjusted for survey design to determine the effect of predictors on specified outcome variables.

Results: Overall, 4,726 observations representing 16.4 million NTDC-related ED visits were identified. Significant differences in rates of NTDC-related ED visits were observed with 40%–50% higher rates during …

A Diffusible Mobile Dental Services Model For Prevention-Focused Outreach For Underserved Children In Rural Communities, Nikki Stone, Frances J. Feltner, Willie Bates

Center of Excellence in Rural Health Presentations

Background: In 2006 a mobile dental outreach program began operating full-time at the UK North Fork Valley Community Health Center in Hazard, Kentucky, a federally-qualified health center administered by the University of Kentucky and located at the UK Center of Excellence in Rural Health. This program continues to provide preventive dental care to children at forty different elementary schools and Head Start centers in a four county area of southeastern Kentucky located in the heart of rural Appalachia. The counties are Leslie, Knott, Letcher and Perry (LKLP), which are part of the Kentucky River Development District and encompass the LKLP …

Effect Of Lipopolysaccharide From Porphyromonas Gingivalis On Expression Of Heparanase In Human Gingival Epithelial Cell Line, Ca9-22, Kasekarn Kasevayuth, Katarzyna Anna Podyma-Inoue, Masaki Yanagishita

Chulalongkorn University Dental Journal

Objective The progression of chronic periodontitis depends partly on a direct invasion ability of Porphyromonas gingivalis (P. gingivalis) against host cell supporting tissue and/or degradation of host extracellular matrix by the inflammatory response elicited by the bacteria. The aim of this study was to investigate the stimulation of host cells by lipopolysaccharides from P. gingivalis (Pg-LPS) using a human gingival epithelial cell line, Ca9-22, as a model system for the latter mechanism. Materials and methods In this study, we treated Ca9-22 cells with various concentrations (0, 0.1, 1 and 10 μg/mL) of Pg-LPS for 24h and extracted the mRNA. We …

บทบาทของยีนพีพีเออาร์-แกมมาในการควบคุมการเกิดเซลล์สลายกระดูก, วรรณธิดา ศรีอาจ

Chulalongkorn University Dental Journal

เซลล์สลายกระดูกเป็นเซลล์ที่ทําหน้าที่สําคัญในการปรับรูปของกระดูก เซลล์เหล่านี้มีกําเนิดจากเซลล์ สร้างเม็ดเลือดในกลุ่มโมโนไซต์-แมคโครแฟจในไขกระดูก โดยปฏิสัมพันธ์ระหว่างแรงค์-แรงค์ไลแกน จะเป็นกลไก สําคัญในการกระตุ้นพัฒนาการของเซลล์สลายกระดูก อย่างไรก็ตามจากรายงานการศึกษาได้นําเสนอหน้าที่ใหม่ ของยีนเพอร์รอกซิโซม โพรลิเฟอเรเตอร์ แอคทิเวเท็ด รีเซ็นเตอร์ แกมมา หรือพีพีเออาร์-แกมมาในการควบคุม การเกิดเซลล์สลายกระดูก บทความฉบับนี้จึงมีจุดประสงค์ในการนําเสนอและอภิปรายบทบาทของยีนพีพีเออาร์- แกมมาในการเกิดเซลล์สลายกระดูก โดยทั่วไปหน้าที่ของยีนพีพีเออาร์-แกมมานั้น จะเกี่ยวข้องกับเมแทบอลิซึม ของน้ําตาลและไขมัน รวมทั้งทําหน้าที่ในการเหนี่ยวนําการเกิดเซลล์ไขมัน และยับยั้งการแปรสภาพของเซลล์สร้าง กระดูก แต่หลักฐานจากงานวิจัยเมื่อเร็ว ๆ นี้ แสดงให้เห็นว่า พีพีเออาร์-แกมมา ยังทําหน้าที่ร่วมกับปฏิสัมพันธ์ ระหว่างแรงค์-แรงค์ไลแกนในการควบคุมเกิดเซลล์สลายกระดูกด้วยหน้าที่ใหม่ของของพีพีเออาร์-แกมมานี้ นอกจากจะเพิ่มความชัดเจนในกระบวนการสร้างเซลล์สลายกระดูกแล้ว ของกลูโคสกับการเกิดเซลล์สลายกระดูกด้วยยังแสดงถึงความเกี่ยวเนื่องระหว่างเมแทบอลิซึม (ว ทันต จุฬาฯ 2556;36:207-20)