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 ...

This study aimed to determine the color stability of aesthetic brackets (plastic and ceramic) when stored in red wine, subjected to daily baths of wine, and immersed in distilled water for different periods. With the aid ...

Purpose: Different methodology of adhesion have been tested in order to promote better bonding strength between dentinal substrate and composite resin. The increase of temperature associated with the solvent evaporation, ...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the chemical and antimicrobial properties of sodium hypochlorite solutions at different concentrations before and after contact with Enterococcus faecalis. Different concentrations of ...

The aim of this study was compared two measurement methods of dentin in wear risk of mandibular molars. The distal dentin thickness wall of the mesial canals, at 2 mm of ten molar furcation, was measured before and after ...

Happiness is a multidimensional construct of a subjective measurement, which is defined as "the degree to which a person evaluates his/her overall quality of life as favorable", and it is also determined by personal ...

This study aimed to determine the effects of grinding and low temperature aging on the surface micromorphology (roughness measurement, Scanning Electron Microscopy and Atomic Force Microscopy), phase transformation (t→m), ...

This study aimed to evaluate the effect of repolishing after bleaching on color stability and roughness of two composite resins aged in high staining beverage. Sixty-one disc-shaped specimens (8 mm diameter x 2 mm thickness) ...