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AUTHOR
L Ottolenghi
Odontoiatria preventiva integrata
Odontoiatria Preventiva Integrata fornisce una risorsa di facile uso che unisce informazioni di base scientifica e di pratica clinica in tutti gli aspetti dell'odontoiatria preventiva. Questa risorsa di carattere onnicomprensivo offre tecniche e strategie per mantenere nei pazienti una eccellente igiene orale, attraverso un sistema di misure preventive. Odontoiatria Preventiva Integrata è fondato su una filosofia incentrata sul paziente, preventiva e minimamente invasiva. La prima parte del libro analizza patologie individuali, come carie, malattia parodontale e cancro orale, così come le terapie (sigillanti, fluoro) e altre condizioni rilevanti (usura dentale, ipersensibilità). Oltre a ciò…
The COVID-19 pandemic and its global effects on dental practice. An International survey
OBJECTIVES: A multicentre survey was designed to evaluate the impact of COVID-19 outbreak on dental practice worldwide, estimate the COVID-19 related symptoms/signs, work attitudes and behaviour and the routine use of protective measures and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). METHODS: A global survey using a standardized questionnaire with research groups from 36 countries was designed. The questionnaire was developed and pretested during April 2020 and contained three domains: 1) Personal data; 2) COVID-19 positive rate and symptoms/signs presumably related to the coronavirus; 3) Working conditions and PPE adopted after the outbreak. Countries' data were grouped by the Country Positive R…
Up to a quarter of patients with osteonecrosis of the jaw associated with antiresorptive agents remain undiagnosed
AbstractRecent data suggest that the traditional definition of bisphosphonate-associated osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ) may exclude patients who present with the non-exposed variant of the condition. To test the hypothesis that a proportion of patients with ONJ remain undiagnosed because their symptoms do not conform to the traditional case definition, we did a secondary analysis of data from MISSION (Multicentre study on phenotype, definition and classification of osteonecrosis of the jaws associated with bisphosphonates), a cross-sectional study of a large population of patients with bisphosphonate-associated ONJ who were recruited in 13 European centres. Patients with exposed and non-exp…