Minerva dental and oral science最新文献

{"title":"Factors that affect alginates: a brief review.","authors":"Cesare D'Amico, Francesca Gorassini, Fabiana Nicita, Fulvia Galletti, Vincenzo Ronsivalle, Marco Portelli, Luca Fiorillo","doi":"10.23736/S2724-6329.24.05022-8","DOIUrl":"10.23736/S2724-6329.24.05022-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Alginates are widely used in dentistry for various applications due to their favorable properties, including ease of use, cost-effectiveness, and patient comfort. They are commonly employed for preliminary impressions of oral structures in dental practice. This study aims to assess the impact of different factors on the performance of alginate impression materials in dentistry. The mixing process of alginate involves combining the powder with water, and the technique employed for mixing can significantly affect the quality and porosity of the resulting material. The study employed a comprehensive search strategy using electronic databases and manual searches to gather relevant studies published in English. The results indicated that the amount of water used for mixing and the presence of calcium ions could affect the setting time, hardness, and elasticity of alginate impressions. Proper water-powder ratio and manipulation instructions are crucial in minimizing distortion in the resulting casts. Disinfectants like chlorhexidine can effectively reduce microorganism percentages on the impression surface without compromising quality. Various mixing techniques were evaluated, including manual spatulation, automated spinning bowl, centrifugal mixer, and vacuum mixer. Centrifugal and vacuum mixing showed better surface and internal porosity results-mechanical mixing techniques, such as vacuum mixers, improved performance.</p>","PeriodicalId":18709,"journal":{"name":"Minerva dental and oral science","volume":" ","pages":"120-127"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143024110","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Novel index for the evaluation of wound healing following erupted tooth extraction.","authors":"Vincenzo Marchio, Chiara Cinquini, Mattia Priami, Marco Nisi, Francesco Gulia, Elisabetta Carli, Antonio Barone","doi":"10.23736/S2724-6329.24.05059-9","DOIUrl":"10.23736/S2724-6329.24.05059-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Understanding healing of the alveolar process is crucial for immediate implant, alveolar ridge preservation and guided bone regeneration procedures, and to evaluate it several different scales have been proposed; however, all have different characteristics and seem to miss a standardization allowing for an objective and dichotomous evaluation of the different aspects of wound healing. The objective of the present study is to propose and apply, in real clinical scenarios, a novel index for the objective evaluation of wound healing following erupted tooth extraction.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Healthy patients in need of a single tooth extraction were enrolled and re-examined at 7, 14 and 21 days after the extraction using the novel index proposed. For each follow-up, a score ranging from 0 to 10 based on dichotomous factors (0-1) was obtained.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Ten patients were enrolled in the study, 7 females and 3 males; the scores obtained at 21 days were coherent with the clinical appearance of the wound, and an excellent wound healing was obtained for everyone, except for two patients.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The proposed scale seems to accurately indicate the actual clinical status of the post-extraction wound and provide useful information on overall wound healing. Further validation of the scale is needed in future studies.</p>","PeriodicalId":18709,"journal":{"name":"Minerva dental and oral science","volume":" ","pages":"95-106"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143066761","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The knowledge, attitude and perceived confidence in handling medical emergencies among dental students.","authors":"Mahesh Shenoy K, Talal M Alkhelaiwi, Abdullah H Alasiri, Badr R Hejazi, Khaled R Alkathiri, Shahzeb H Ansari, Diana Russo, Vincenzo Ronsivalle, Marco Cicciù, Giuseppe Minervini","doi":"10.23736/S2724-6329.23.04865-9","DOIUrl":"10.23736/S2724-6329.23.04865-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>According to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services HHS 2017, when a medical disease suddenly manifests itself with acute symptoms of sufficient intensity (including extreme pain) endangering the patient's health, seriously impairing body functions or bringing an organ or its portion to be seriously dysfunctional, a medical emergency has occurred. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the knowledge, attitude, and perceived confidence in handling medical emergencies among dental students by the means of conducting this investigation.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This is a cross-sectional study conducted among the different hierarchies of dentists of Riyadh using an online survey; 387 dentists from varying clinical levels (9 to 12) were included in this study. The questionnaire used for this study consisted of questions related to demographic data followed by questions including knowledge, attitude, and confidence towards handling medical emergencies in clinics.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In this study, male participants represented 64.4% and female subjects represented 35.6% of the total population. Most of the undergraduates were in their 5^th year of dentistry school and accounted for 36.9%, followed by 6^th year 36.2% and 4^th year 26.8%. 67.1% of the undergraduates never encountered any medical emergency during their study, while 32.9% encountered an emergency. Furthermore, 58.4% of the analyzed subjects recorded medical history thoroughly, while priority in an emergency was adrenaline, with a percentage of 45%. For the patient suffering syncope the Trendelenburg position was chosen. Also, the first action choice with unresponsive patients was CPR.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>In the present study, the findings revealed that the majority of the population never encountered an emergency in their career, but their knowledge about drug priority and patient's position was good. Most of them do not measure vital signs routinely; specifically, females do not usually measure, while males measure when needed. About Basic Life Support (BLS), participants took BLS or were interested in taking it in the future; furthermore, in group population, both have taken it and are interested in further carrying it.</p>","PeriodicalId":18709,"journal":{"name":"Minerva dental and oral science","volume":" ","pages":"77-84"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141616853","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Efficacy of concentrated growth factor in the surgical treatment of postanaesthetic palatal necrosis.","authors":"Mariagrazia Paglianiti, Lucrezia Togni, Gabriele Monarchi, Enrico Betti, Marco Mascitti, Andrea Balercia, Andrea Santarelli, Giuseppe Consorti","doi":"10.23736/S2724-6329.24.05109-X","DOIUrl":"10.23736/S2724-6329.24.05109-X","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Although uncommon, adverse local and systemic reactions to local anesthetic administration can occurred. The postanesthetic necrosis is a rare complication which usually involved the palatal region. The wound healing is a complex process regulated by a range of growth factors. Concentrated growth factor (CGF) is the latest generation of autologous platelet concentrate which has been widely used in the repair and regeneration of oral soft and hard tissue. The study aims to analyses the clinical benefit of CGF in the treatment of postanesthetic necrosis of the hard palate.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The study included all patients referred to the Department of Maxillo-Facial Surgery, Marche University General Hospital, between 2020 and 2022, for aseptic ulcer of the hard palate due to local anesthetic administration. For each patient, the surgical debridement of the necrotic tissue and a peripheral blood sample were performed. The CGF was obtained by a centrifuge device and sutured in the affected site. The greasy gauze, placed to prevent the matrix detachment, was removed seven days post-operative.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Seven patients (M:F=4:3, mean age 48.6±5.1 years) were enrolled in the study. After 7 days post-operative, no infection, discomfort, or dysphagia were reported. Moreover, 4 patients (57%) showed a total re-epithelialization, while 3 patients (43%) with larger defects, displayed a partial re-epithelialization. A complete recovery occurred in all cases 15 days after surgery.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>CFG represents a promising potential preparation for the oral mucosa wound healing able to promote the granular tissue formation and the mucosa re-epithelialization.</p>","PeriodicalId":18709,"journal":{"name":"Minerva dental and oral science","volume":" ","pages":"107-113"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143409179","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Retracted articles in endodontic-related literature: an analysis of 60 cases.","authors":"Giovanni Mergoni, Benedetta Ghezzi, Andrea Salvaterra Toffoli, Maddalena Manfredi","doi":"10.23736/S2724-6329.24.05043-5","DOIUrl":"10.23736/S2724-6329.24.05043-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>The number of retracted articles in the bio-medical field, including dentistry, is increasing. The objective of this study was to identify retracted articles in endodontic-related literature and outline their main characteristics.</p><p><strong>Evidence acquisition: </strong>The Medline and Scopus databases were searched in January 2024. Additional records were identified by consulting the online database www.retractiondatabase.org. Retracted articles concerning endodontic topics and the relative retraction notes were retrieved and relevant data extracted.</p><p><strong>Evidence synthesis: </strong>Sixty articles were identified, published between 2004 and 2022, with a mean of 3.0±2.3 retracted articles per year. The number of retracted articles per year did not significantly grow over time. The average time between the article and retraction note publication was 36.1±22.3 months. The majority of articles originated from Asia and were in-vitro studies. Only 6.7% of the articles were retracted due to honest errors. The main reasons of retraction were image/data manipulation (20%), plagiarism (18%), unavailability of raw data (10%), authorship issues (10%) and publication process issues (10%). A single research group accounted for 17 retractions.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Unlike the dental field, the number of retracted articles in endodontics has not increased significantly over the time period considered. Despite this, controls against research misconduct must be increased to preserve the credibility of scientific research.</p>","PeriodicalId":18709,"journal":{"name":"Minerva dental and oral science","volume":" ","pages":"128-137"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143008051","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Quantitative in-vitro evaluation of enamel surface roughness following two debonding procedures using laser scanning confocal microscope.","authors":"Babak Sayahpour, Sarah Bühling, Abdolreza Jamilian, Sara Eslami, Nicolas Plein, Jakob Stuhlfelder, Silivia Brandt, Vincenzo Grassia, Ludovica Nucci","doi":"10.23736/S2724-6329.24.05005-8","DOIUrl":"10.23736/S2724-6329.24.05005-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The objective of the in vitro study was to evaluate the impact of two adhesive removal techniques on the surface roughness of the human enamel surface using laser scanning confocal microscopy (LSCM).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Forty healthy first upper molar teeth were included in this experiment (20 teeth per each group). T0 measurement of surface roughness parameter of the teeth were conducted using LSCM. The teeth were bonded with metal brackets. Following 24 hours of sample storage in distilled water, the brackets were debonded. A modified adhesive remnant index (ARI) was used to exclude samples with below 90% adhesive remnants on their surface. The remaining 36 teeth were then randomly divided into two groups (18 teeth per group) with the following debonding procedures: group TC (single stage method using a Smoozie tungsten carbide bur) and group TCP (two stage method using a Smoozie tungsten carbide bur, followed by a Smoozie polisher). The time needed for complete adhesive removal was recorded and T1 surface roughness measurements were conducted again after adhesive removal using LSCM.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Significantly higher surface roughness values were recorded in group TC, compared to group TCP (P<0.01). Method TCP, on the other hand, was significantly more time-consuming than method TC (P<0.01).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Despite the fact that the two-stage method (group TCP) was more time consuming, the lower level of enamel surface roughness in this method suggests the superiority of this method.</p>","PeriodicalId":18709,"journal":{"name":"Minerva dental and oral science","volume":" ","pages":"85-94"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143008088","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Effects of rapid maxillary expansion in pediatric patients affected by obstructive sleep apnea syndrome: a literature review.","authors":"Angela Militi, Alessandra Maio, Riccardo Nucera, Angela M Bellocchio, Luca Fiorillo, Fulvia Galletti, Marco Portelli","doi":"10.23736/S2724-6329.24.04993-3","DOIUrl":"10.23736/S2724-6329.24.04993-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is a breathing disorder during sleep, characterized by upper airway obstruction with many subsequent daytime and nocturnal symptoms. Children with OSAS may show abnormalities of the maxillary structure. This review aims to evaluate the effectiveness of rapid maxillary expansion (RME) as a treatment for OSAS in children to reduce apnea/hypopnea index and oxygen saturation.</p><p><strong>Evidence acquisition: </strong>An electronic search for all articles published in English from January 2004 to February 2022. The study focused on children between 5 and 12 years old and meeting the following inclusion criteria: clinical signs of malocclusion, no syndromic children, adenotonsillar hypertrophy, underwent an otolaryngology evaluation and no previous treatment for OSAS. The device was fixed to the second deciduous molars. After 12 months, the RME was removed.</p><p><strong>Evidence synthesis: </strong>The investigation recorded a statistically significant reduction in AHI (apnea/hypopnea index) (on average 60-65%) and an increase in oxygen saturation ranging from 95% to 97%.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This review shows that RME, through the enlargement of dental arches and nasal-maxillary structures, may be a helpful approach in children with malocclusion and OSAS.</p>","PeriodicalId":18709,"journal":{"name":"Minerva dental and oral science","volume":" ","pages":"114-119"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143409178","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Non-surgical management of gingival cleft.","authors":"Jacopo Lanzetti, Armando Crupi, Vincenzo Ronsivalle, Giuseppe Minervini, Diana Russo, Ennio Bramanti, Massimo Carossa, Francesco Pera","doi":"10.23736/S2724-6329.24.05071-X","DOIUrl":"10.23736/S2724-6329.24.05071-X","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The aims of the present case report are to describe the non-surgical management in addition to hyaluronic acid application of two gingival recessions with cleft and to perform a narrative review on the newest evidence of non-surgical treatment of gingival recessions. A 47-year-old female patient with dentine hypersensitivity and pain during brushing has type 1 gingival recession with red Stillman's cleft on 1.4 and 1.5. The gingival defects have been treated with a Gracey curette n° 7/8 to cause bleeding. Sodium hyaluronate gel has been applied in the gingival sulcus of both elements affected. Three months after treatment the gingival tissue on 1.5 and 1.4 revealed complete healing of the Stillman's cleft and the mean value of REC depth reduced by 0.50 mm. Furthermore, four articles about this topic were selected for a narrative review. Based on the recent literature, the non-surgical treatment of Stillman's clefts and gingival recessions is not highly rated. The clinical result of this case report suggests a non-surgical method to treat Stillman's cleft. However, the evidence from a single case report is weak and more clinical trials are required to deepen the knowledge on the topic.</p>","PeriodicalId":18709,"journal":{"name":"Minerva dental and oral science","volume":" ","pages":"138-145"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143008042","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Analysis of the effects of mesh reduction of digital files on the surface area and volume accuracy of complete dentures using an intraoral scanner.","authors":"Ilser Turkyilmaz, Johari Y Abdullah, Gregory N Wilkins, Sara Bernardi, Giuseppe Varvara","doi":"10.23736/S2724-6329.24.04898-8","DOIUrl":"10.23736/S2724-6329.24.04898-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The purpose of this study was to determine the accuracy of an intraoral scanner to digitally duplicate complete dentures and analyze the effects of mesh reduction of digital files on the surface area and volume accuracy of complete dentures, in vitro.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A mandibular complete denture was scanned by a desktop scanner to create a digital STL reference file (control). Fifteen identical scans were created by using an intraoral scanner and exported as STL files (test group). These 15 files were saved at 100% of the original scan resolution then reduced to 75%, 50%, 25%, and 10% of their original quality. These 75 scans were statistically analyzed by calculating The Hausdorff Distance (HD) and Dice Similarity Coefficients (DSC) to assess the variation between the mean reduced intraoral scanner files test and the control desktop scanner file and eventual inconsistencies. The volumes of the reduced mesh files were also compared with the 100% resolution intraoral mesh files to evaluate precision and trueness of the intraoral scanner.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Reduced mesh files of 10%, 25%, 50%, 75% of the original scan yielded a percentage similarity average of 99.7%, indicating a very high precision value for the intraoral scanner. Also, the volumes of each associated mesh reduction slightly decreased with non-statistically significant results.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This study concluded that the chosen intraoral scanner for this study provided very high trueness (98.34%) and precision (99.7%), and also the volumes of reduced mesh files slightly decreased but were not statistically significant.</p>","PeriodicalId":18709,"journal":{"name":"Minerva dental and oral science","volume":" ","pages":"12-19"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142676340","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Immediate versus conventional loading in short and ultra-short implants: a protocol design.","authors":"Fulvia Galletti, Cosimo Galletti, Rodrigo Gonzalez Terrats, Cesare D'Amico, Francesca De Angelis, Gabriele Cervino, Luca Fiorillo","doi":"10.23736/S2724-6329.24.05057-5","DOIUrl":"10.23736/S2724-6329.24.05057-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>After tooth extraction, inevitable resorption of the postextraction socket occurs. Placing an immediate implant does not fully preserve the bone integrity of the socket. Preservation techniques cannot avoid alveolar resorption. In residual atrophies, bone augmentation techniques are necessary for subsequent rehabilitation with implants. The aim of this study was to propose a protocol of immediate loading in short implants as an alternative to bone augmentation techniques, comparing the immediate versus conventional loading, evaluating peri-implant bone loss, the biological and prosthetic complications, the survival of the implant and prosthesis and the patient satisfaction after one year.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This study consists of a randomized controlled clinical trial. For implant planning, periapical intraoral radiographs and Cone Beam Computed Tomography will be used. All patients will receive Straumann Group^® (Basel, Switzerland) titanium-zirconia implants with a 4.1mm or 4.8mm diameter and a 4 mm or 6 mm length.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The expected results show similar or even minor bone loss, biological and prosthetic complications, identical or even better survival of the short implants with immediate loading, and greater satisfaction.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Short implants demonstrate similar survival to conventional length implants, with comparable or even minor biological and prosthetic complications and bone loss. Immediate loading gives satisfactory results similar to conventional loading, with similar biological and prosthetic complications, and generally depends on poor hygiene levels. Bone loss is even less, and the satisfaction increases.</p>","PeriodicalId":18709,"journal":{"name":"Minerva dental and oral science","volume":" ","pages":"49-65"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142291440","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}