{"title":"Valutazione della collaborazione del paziente in funzione dell’età: metodiche preventodontiche","authors":"C. Maspero, G. Galbiati, L. Giannini","doi":"10.1016/j.pad.2010.03.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pad.2010.03.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objectives</h3><p>The aim of this work is to evaluate if patients of different sex and ages learn oral preventive methods in different ways.</p></div><div><h3>Materials and methods</h3><p>One-hundred and twenty patients in preventodontic iter of different sex and age were included in the study.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Remarkable results were obtained regarding both the effective reduction of bacterial oral flora and patient's compliance and learning, especially in the group of patients older than 10 years.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Patient instruction and motivation allow to obtain optimal results in particular in patients aged more than 10 years.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":77593,"journal":{"name":"Prevenzione & assistenza dentale","volume":"36 4","pages":"Pages 130-134"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.pad.2010.03.001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"55097916","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}
M. Ricci , M. Pasini , M. Lucchesi , A. Genovesi , M.R. Giuca
{"title":"Valutazione di un sigillante automordenzante in vitro e in vivo","authors":"M. Ricci , M. Pasini , M. Lucchesi , A. Genovesi , M.R. Giuca","doi":"10.1016/j.pad.2009.09.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pad.2009.09.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Obiettivi</h3><p>Lo scopo del presente studio è stato di comparare, <em>in vitro</em> e <em>in vivo</em>, la ritenzione allo smalto e il grado di infiltrazione di un moderno sigillante di tipo automordenzante con un sigillante non automordenzante, per stabilire il miglior materiale da usare per la sigillatura dei solchi e delle fossette.</p></div><div><h3>Materiali e metodi</h3><p>Per l’esperimento <em>in vitro</em> sono stati esaminati 11 molari, privi di carie, estratti per motivi disodontiasici o parodontali; il sigillante automordenzante è stato applicato su solchi e fossette di sette molari ed è stato analizzato allo stereo-microscopio dopo essere stato immerso in una soluzione di eosina; i restanti molari sono stati sigillati con un sigillante di tipo classico. Inoltre, per l’esperimento <em>in vivo</em>, sono stati esaminati 20 molari permanenti e privi di carie di bambini di età compresa tra 6 e 12 anni; 10 molari sono stati sigillati con il sigillante automordenzante, i restanti con il sigillante classico. Il grado di ritenzione e di microinfiltrazione è stato valutato dopo 3, 6 e 12 mesi.</p></div><div><h3>Risultati</h3><p>Entrambi i sigillanti <em>in vitro</em> sono risultati efficienti nell’ottenere la sigillatura dei solchi e delle fossette. Al contrario, nell’esperimento <em>in vivo</em> il sigillante automordenzante ha mostrato una progressiva infiltrazione e perdita di ritenzione nel tempo. Dopo 12 mesi, il sigillante automordenzante ha evidenziato una ritenzione completa solo in 1 molare (10%), una ritenzione parziale in 3 molari (30%) e una ritenzione nulla in 6 molari (60%).</p></div><div><h3>Conclusioni</h3><p>Il sigillante automordenzante non è risultato efficiente rispetto al sigillante di tipo classico nell’ottenere la sigillatura dei solchi e delle fossette di denti privi di processi cariosi. È possibile concludere che l’utilizzo di una tecnica automordenzante per le procedure preventive di sigillatura non rappresenta una metodica affidabile.</p></div><div><h3>Objectives</h3><p>To compare enamel retention and microleakage both <em>in vitro</em> and <em>in vivo</em> of a modern self-etch sealant with a non self-etch sealant in order to determine the best material to seal pits and fissures.</p></div><div><h3>Materials and methods</h3><p>Eleven caries-free molars were extracted because of periodontal disease or altered eruption. Pits and fissures of 7 molars were sealed with the self-etch sealant and analysed under a stereomicroscope for dye penetration after immersion in eosin solution; 4 molars were sealed with a classical sealant. For the <em>in vivo</em> evaluation, 20 permanent caries-free molars were analysed in children aged between 6 and 12 years; 10 molars were sealed with the self-etch sealant, the others with the classical sealant. Enamel retention and microleakage were evaluated after 3, 6, and 12 months.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Both sealants resulted efficient in the <em>in vitro</em> pits and f","PeriodicalId":77593,"journal":{"name":"Prevenzione & assistenza dentale","volume":"36 3","pages":"Pages 115-120"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.pad.2009.09.001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"55097216","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}
E. Bazzini, F. Ventrini, P. Armienti, S. Porcari, G. Garattini
{"title":"Prevenzione della carie dentaria e della malattia parodontale durante la terapia ortodontica fissa","authors":"E. Bazzini, F. Ventrini, P. Armienti, S. Porcari, G. Garattini","doi":"10.1016/j.pad.2010.02.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pad.2010.02.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objectives</h3><p>This work describes the most frequent risks related to fixed orthodontic treatment (i.e., caries and periodontal disease) and how to prevent them.</p></div><div><h3>Materials and methods</h3><p>The authors reviewed the most recent literature regarding the relationship between fixed appliances, dental caries, and periodontal diseases in orthodontic patients. The most useful preventive systems were analyzed as well.</p></div><div><h3>Results and conclusions</h3><p>The risk of caries and periodontal disease is higher in orthodontic patients with fixed appliances. The prevention of these pathologies relies on a thorough oral hygiene, periodic applications of fluoride and/or chlorexidine (varnishes, mouthwashes, sprays, etc.), and regular supervisions by the oral hygienist and the orthodontist.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":77593,"journal":{"name":"Prevenzione & assistenza dentale","volume":"36 3","pages":"Pages 108-112"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.pad.2010.02.001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"55097728","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}
L. Prosper, P. Consigli, E. Gherlone, E.M. Polizzi
{"title":"Analisi dei metodi di mantenimento dei margini di chiusura nelle protesi senza struttura in metallo","authors":"L. Prosper, P. Consigli, E. Gherlone, E.M. Polizzi","doi":"10.1016/j.pad.2010.03.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pad.2010.03.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objectives</h3><p>We used scanning electron microscopy (SEM) to comparatively evaluate damage to the finish line of metal-free dental crowns produced by dental hygiene maintenance procedures performed with different types of manual and mechanical instruments.</p></div><div><h3>Materials and methods</h3><p>Twenty-one extracted teeth (all in good condition) with chamfered margins were divided into seven identical groups. The three teeth in each group were fitted with metal-free crowns (1 zirconium oxide, 1 aluminum oxide, and 1 ceramic) and treated with the following: steel-tipped ultrasound (US) device (<em>group 1</em>); polyether ether ketone (Peek)-tipped US device (<em>group 2</em>; steel scaler (<em>group 3</em>); polycarbonate curette (<em>group 4</em>); red ring handpiece with soft rubber tip (<em>group 5</em>); prophylaxis paste applied with cups on a contra-angle handpiece (<em>group 6</em>); soft glycine-powder air polishing (<em>group 7</em>). All instruments were used by the same operator under standard conditions. After the completion of decontamination protocols, the crowns were examined with SEM. The three teeth of group 1 were also subjected to SEM before the treatment (as an untreated control group).</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Compared with their respective untreated controls, the treated crowns all displayed surface modifications. Those treated with the steel-tipped US device or the steel scaler displayed sulci and scratches on the surface of the area inspected. Only light scratches were seen on the crowns treated with the Peek-tipped US device. In the groups treated with devices designed to remove plaque only, no appreciable changes were observed. In group 7 (treated with soft glycine air polishing), the aluminum and ceramic crowns displayed tiny “craters” a few microns in diameter (magnification 1000×), but no significant changes were observed in the zirconium crown from this group.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>The results of this study suggest that deplaquing alone may be the method of choice in this setting. Of the methods tested, it was the only one that did not produce morphological or structural damage to the metal-free crowns. However, if tartar has to be removed from the finish line of the crown, the only solution is the Peek-tipped US device, which proved to be the most effective and least aggressive of the methods tested.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":77593,"journal":{"name":"Prevenzione & assistenza dentale","volume":"36 3","pages":"Pages 91-107"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.pad.2010.03.003","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"55097961","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":"Analisi dell’evoluzione delle abitudini di igiene orale dal 1989 a oggi: tre indagini a confronto","authors":"C. Mazza , N. Satta , M. Caputo , F. Caruso","doi":"10.1016/j.pad.2010.03.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pad.2010.03.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objectives</h3><p>The objective of this research is to show the development of home oral hygiene habits in the last 20 years in a sample of patients from the Dipartimento di Discipline Odontostomatologiche, Ortodontiche e Chirurgiche of the Seconda Università degli Studi di Napoli. The authors compared three investigations made in 1989, 1999 and 2009.</p></div><div><h3>Materials and methods</h3><p>Data collection was achieved through a questionnaire. Dental hygienists instructed patients about the purpose of this research and led the interviews.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>The data were compared with those of the previous investigations.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>The most recent investigation shows a general improvement in oral hygiene habits when compared with previous results. Increased sensitivity towards oral health and better patient education are also evident.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":77593,"journal":{"name":"Prevenzione & assistenza dentale","volume":"36 3","pages":"Pages 82-89"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.pad.2010.03.002","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"55097438","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}
A. Scattarella , G. Esposito , R. Di Giorgio , G.M. Nardi
{"title":"Protocolli preventodontici per pazienti diabetici","authors":"A. Scattarella , G. Esposito , R. Di Giorgio , G.M. Nardi","doi":"10.1016/j.pad.2009.06.005","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pad.2009.06.005","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objectives</h3><p>To suggest a treatment protocol for diabetic patients with periodontal disease, and to assess the effectiveness of probiotic bacteria in controlling periodontal pathogens.</p></div><div><h3>Material and methods</h3><p>Ten patients affected by diabetes and periodontal disease were selected. PCR real time was used for bacterial count in samples collected from periodontal pockets before and after the maintenance therapy, including the administration of probiotic bacteria.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>A greater reduction of the bacterial count was observed in patient taking probiotic bacteria comparing the bacterial count before and after the experimental protocol.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>The administration of probiotic bacteria, together with the use of toothbrush, dental floss, and specific oral care products, may help to balance bacterial flora. At the end of an active therapy, an appropriate maintenance protocol allows excellent results in diabetic patients as well.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":77593,"journal":{"name":"Prevenzione & assistenza dentale","volume":"36 3","pages":"Pages 121-125"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.pad.2009.06.005","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"55097138","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}