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Aesthetic outcome following prosthetic rehabilitation after ablative maxillary surgery. A Preliminary Study 上颌消融手术后假体康复的美学效果。初步研究

Nigerian Dental Journal Pub Date : 2020-09-22 DOI: 10.61172/ndj.v23i1.30

B. Akinbami, A. Arigbede

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Awareness and knowledge of orthodontics: its implications among medical and dental undergraduates at the University of Port- Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria 正畸的认识和知识:其对尼日利亚河流州哈科特港大学医学和牙科本科生的影响

Nigerian Dental Journal Pub Date : 2020-09-22 DOI: 10.61172/ndj.v23i1.31

OO Victor-Osho, Ea Aikins

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Compliance in Review Attendance among Orthodontic Patients attending a Tertiary Level Health Care Centre 在三级保健中心接受正畸治疗的病人依从性调查

Nigerian Dental Journal Pub Date : 2020-09-22 DOI: 10.61172/ndj.v23i1.33

O. Temisanren, J. Ifesanya, A. Olatunji

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Knowledge and utilization patterns of information technology among healthcare personnel in Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Lagos 拉各斯大学教学医院医护人员信息技术知识与利用模式

Nigerian Dental Journal Pub Date : 2020-09-22 DOI: 10.61172/ndj.v23i1.34

P. Akeredolu, O. Akinsola, B. Akinboboye, U. Ekwenibe

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Smoker's melanosis or early melanoma- misdiagnosis trap? 吸烟者黑色素瘤还是早期黑色素瘤——误诊陷阱？

Nigerian Dental Journal Pub Date : 2020-09-22 DOI: 10.61172/ndj.v23i1.35

S. Nwhator, Á. Gómez, Alvarez Martínez, J. Gomez, Mosquera R

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COVID -19: The Role of the Periodontologist COVID -19:牙周病医生的作用

Nigerian Dental Journal Pub Date : 2020-06-01 DOI: 10.61172/ndj.v28i1.91

O. Opeodu

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New and Emerging Infections : Impact on the Practice of Dentistry in Nigeria 新出现的感染：对尼日利亚牙科实践的影响

Nigerian Dental Journal Pub Date : 2020-06-01 DOI: 10.61172/ndj.v28i1.88

O. Sofola, O. Uti, EU Idah, AA Leo-Olagbaiye, UI Odogu

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Impact of COVID-19 Outbreak on Oral Healthcare Services 新冠肺炎疫情对口腔保健服务的影响

Nigerian Dental Journal Pub Date : 2020-06-01 DOI: 10.61172/ndj.v28i1.89

To Aladelusi

{"title":"Impact of COVID-19 Outbreak on Oral Healthcare Services","authors":"To Aladelusi","doi":"10.61172/ndj.v28i1.89","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.61172/ndj.v28i1.89","url":null,"abstract":"Objectives: To assess the impact of COVID-19 outbreak on patient attendance at the dental clinic, University College Hospital, Ibadan and to make recommendations on how the oral healthcare services can adapt and evolve practices to appropriately care for increasing patients' load following the ease of lockdown.Materials and Methods: The attendance records of patients in the second quarter of 2019 and 2020 was retrieved from the medical records department of the Dental clinic of the University College Hospital, Ibadan and reviewed. Data collected included age, gender and the specialty clinic attended. Descriptive statistics were used to analyse the data. Frequencies and meanage were calculated and comparison of attendance was done using the student t test.Results: Three thousand, six hundred and seventy patients were seen in the second quarter of 2019 while 1276 were attended to during the same period in 2020. This showed a 66% decrease in clinic attendance in the period under review with reduction of 86.99% and 26.28% in April and June of these years respectively. The reduction in the attendance in the second quarter of 2019compared to the second quarter of 2020 was statistically significant (p=0.002).Conclusion: The COVID-19 epidemic is still a major public health concern that may still persist for some time therefore preventative measures are necessary to curtail the spread of this viral disease. Dental practitioners have an important role in this global fight for preventing the transmission of infectious diseases such as COVID-19 and must be trained ready for this role. It isrecommended that pragmatic approaches including standard infection prevention and control measures must be strictly adhered to in the oral health care settings to mitigate the spread of infection. \u0000 ","PeriodicalId":79241,"journal":{"name":"Nigerian Dental Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48541663","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}

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COVID-19 Pandemic and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery COVID-19大流行与口腔颌面外科

Nigerian Dental Journal Pub Date : 2020-06-01 DOI: 10.61172/ndj.v28i1.86

O. Akadiri, K. S. Yarhere

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Prosthetic Rehabilitation of a patient with partially amputated index finger 1例部分食指截肢患者的假肢康复

Nigerian Dental Journal Pub Date : 2019-01-01 DOI: 10.61172/ndj.v27i1.94

S. Agarwal, A. Chopra, R. Mittal, M. Sethi, S. Tripathi

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