Background: The health status of a population is directly associated with the social conditions of the place where they live. Likewise, oral health is also linked to social determinants, especially the individual and family ...

Localized irregularities in the canal walls are sities which concentrate stresses and make the stresses distribution occurs asymmetrically in the root structure during the filling phase. This asymmetric distribution of ...

The aim of this study was to verify the color and opacity of a ceramic system (IPS e.max Ceram - Ivoclar Vivadent) and an indirect composite resin (SR Adoro Ivoclar Vivadent), with and without polishing, when stored in ...

BACKGROUND: Data about the interaction of different predictors for the use of dental services among representative samples of Brazilian children are scarce. Understanding the effect of psychosocial, clinical, sociodemographic, ...

Purpose: to assess the saliva contamination on shear bond strength about two chromatics adhesives (Ortho Lite and Transbond Plus Color Change) comparing with the conventional adhesive Transbond XT. Material and method: the ...

The aim of this study was to determine the influence of substruture and veneer ceramic thickness variation, of a lithium disilicate all ceramic system, in its color and opacity. The sample was composed by of 12 specimens, ...

Objetive: The aim of this study was to assess the influence of malocclusion on COHRQoL and self-reported happiness of adolescents. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional design study with multistage random sample of 1134 ...

The number of people aged over 60 years, defined as elderly by the Elderly Statute, has grown increasingly in Brazil. Hence, population aging is one of the biggest challenges of contemporary public health, both by the need ...

AIM: To compare the rate of cell proliferation in two sites of the oral mucosa (tongue and floor) of patients exposed to crack cocaine and patients not exposed to drug. METHODS: The sample consisted of 71 individuals divided ...

Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess the impact of oral health conditions and socioeconomic factors on subjective happiness of Brazilian adolescents. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in a sample ...