Marie T Fluent, Elaine M Bailey, Laraine L Washer, Amanda Hill, Erinne Kennedy
{"title":"Infection prevention and antibiotic stewardship in dentistry: Partnering for a safer future.","authors":"Marie T Fluent, Elaine M Bailey, Laraine L Washer, Amanda Hill, Erinne Kennedy","doi":"10.1016/j.adaj.2025.04.005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adaj.2025.04.005","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17197,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Dental Association","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-05-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144136296","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Paulo Ricardo Elias de Melo, Wvelton Mendes Pereira, Anna Karolline Cadengue de Siqueira, Ronaldo Gabriel Martiniano da Silva, Thiago Lima Maia, Pollianna Muniz Alves, Breno Macedo Maia, John Lennon Silva Cunha
{"title":"An extensive radiolucent and radiopaque mass in the posterior mandible.","authors":"Paulo Ricardo Elias de Melo, Wvelton Mendes Pereira, Anna Karolline Cadengue de Siqueira, Ronaldo Gabriel Martiniano da Silva, Thiago Lima Maia, Pollianna Muniz Alves, Breno Macedo Maia, John Lennon Silva Cunha","doi":"10.1016/j.adaj.2025.04.007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adaj.2025.04.007","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17197,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Dental Association","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144120078","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Dangers of Misinformation.","authors":"Manas Bajpai","doi":"10.1016/j.adaj.2025.04.012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adaj.2025.04.012","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17197,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Dental Association","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144120081","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kristie L Wise, Prokopios P Argyris, Kristin K McNamara, John R Kalmar
{"title":"A painless nodule on the anterior dorsal tongue.","authors":"Kristie L Wise, Prokopios P Argyris, Kristin K McNamara, John R Kalmar","doi":"10.1016/j.adaj.2025.04.004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adaj.2025.04.004","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17197,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Dental Association","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144078841","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
John K Brooks, Naomi I Hoch, Ellie R Hoch, Ahmed S Sultan
{"title":"Alpha-gal syndrome: potential for a hypersensitivity reaction after the use of dental products: Literature review and case report.","authors":"John K Brooks, Naomi I Hoch, Ellie R Hoch, Ahmed S Sultan","doi":"10.1016/j.adaj.2025.04.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.adaj.2025.04.001","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Alpha-gal syndrome (AGS) is associated with a potentially severe delayed immunoglobulin E-based hypersensitivity reaction produced via transmission of a salivary oligosaccharide (galactose-⍺-1,3-galactose) predominately from the bite of the lone star tick (Amblyomma americanum). Sensitized people are at an increased risk of experiencing cross-reactivity reactions to numerous foods, pharmaceuticals, and medical and dental products that could result in a spectrum of pathophysiological responses, ranging from gastrointestinal and cutaneous disturbances to anaphylaxis. The authors have summarized the relevant literature and presented a case report describing an alpha-gal (AG) reaction associated with oral health care.</p><p><strong>Types of studies reviewed: </strong>The authors provided an overview of clinical studies, review articles, case reports, and case series of AGS obtained from PubMed and Google Scholar electronic databases. In addition, various medical and dental pharmaceuticals and health care products were reviewed for the presence of AG epitopes.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Factors implicated in an AGS-like event included consuming nonprimate red meat and dairy products, intake of pharmaceuticals with animal-based ingredients and excipients, and use of medical and dental products containing AG epitopes. The most common promoter of AGS-related dental events was the administration of animal-based hemostatic agents.</p><p><strong>Practical implications: </strong>Oral health care providers should be knowledgeable about the salient features of AGS and perform a thorough review of an affected patient's diagnosis, triggering events, associated adverse incidents, and therapeutic measures used. To gain greater insight into an affected patient's disorder, consultation with their attending allergist or immunologist is advised. To reduce the onset of a hypersensitivity reaction, attending clinicians must maintain strict avoidance of the use of pharmaceuticals and medical or dental products that express AG epitopes.</p>","PeriodicalId":17197,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Dental Association","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144078842","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nadhem Abdallah, Abdilahi Mohamoud, Meriam Abdallah, Mohammed Samra, Mohammed Abdullah, David T Gilbertson
{"title":"Associations between periodontal disease and hospitalization outcomes in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: Insights from the National Inpatient Sample.","authors":"Nadhem Abdallah, Abdilahi Mohamoud, Meriam Abdallah, Mohammed Samra, Mohammed Abdullah, David T Gilbertson","doi":"10.1016/j.adaj.2025.03.007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adaj.2025.03.007","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Periodontal disease (PD) is linked to increased cardiovascular morbidity, but its impact on outcomes in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) remains understudied. The authors investigated the effect of PD on STEMI outcomes.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The authors analyzed STEMI hospitalizations from the 2016-2019 National Inpatient Sample data set, comparing outcomes in patients with and without PD. Primary and secondary outcomes included mortality, mechanical circulatory support, mechanical ventilation, vasopressor use, cardiogenic shock, acute kidney injury, hospital length of stay, and total hospital cost. Multivariable regression adjusted for confounding factors.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of 2,595,584 STEMI hospitalizations, 0.2% involved patients with an InternationalClassification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification code for PD. A PD code was associated with higher odds of mechanical circulatory support use (adjusted OR [aOR], 1.57; 95% CI, 1.25 to 1.97), mechanical ventilation (aOR, 1.26; 95% CI, 1.01 to 1.58), cardiogenic shock (aOR, 1.48; 95% CI, 1.20 to 1.83), acute kidney injury (aOR, 1.32; 95% CI, 1.13 to 1.55), longer hospital stays (7.18 vs 4.40 days; P < .001), and higher hospital costs ($141,245 vs $98,152; P < .001). Mortality and vasopressor use were unchanged.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Among STEMI cases, a concomitant PD code was associated with higher odds of nonfatal adverse events and health care resource use.</p><p><strong>Practical implications: </strong>Recognizing PD as a comorbidity in STEMI may help tailor care strategies, reduce adverse outcomes, and improve resource allocation in clinical practice. Further studies could refine risk-stratification approaches.</p>","PeriodicalId":17197,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Dental Association","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-05-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144001171","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Myositis Ossificans Diagnosis.","authors":"Galal Omami","doi":"10.1016/j.adaj.2025.03.012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adaj.2025.03.012","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17197,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Dental Association","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143971101","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Michael Dodds, Clifton M Carey, Margaret Scarlett, Athena S Papas, Rita M May
{"title":"Cannabis Use and Hyposalivation.","authors":"Michael Dodds, Clifton M Carey, Margaret Scarlett, Athena S Papas, Rita M May","doi":"10.1016/j.adaj.2025.02.019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adaj.2025.02.019","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17197,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Dental Association","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144016900","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Davis C Thomas, Damian Lee, Steven R Singer, Christian Loo, Priyanka Kodaganallur Pitchumani, Noamaan Ahmed
{"title":"Authors' Response.","authors":"Davis C Thomas, Damian Lee, Steven R Singer, Christian Loo, Priyanka Kodaganallur Pitchumani, Noamaan Ahmed","doi":"10.1016/j.adaj.2025.04.008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adaj.2025.04.008","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17197,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Dental Association","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144030890","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}