Volume 15 Issue 3, September 2014

Letters to the Editor

• Ana Paula Pires dos Santos
• Paulo Nadanovsky
• Branca Heloisa de Oliveira

Prevention and Treatment of Periodontal Diseases in Primary Care

• Debora C. Matthews

Review finds that severe periodontitis affects 11% of the world population

• Derek Richards

Further evidence that periodontal bone loss increases with smoking and age

• Brett Duane

Insufficient evidence to determine the effects of routine scale and polish treatments

• Dagmar Else Slot
• Fridus Van der Weijden

No trials on extraction/ non-extraction of teeth prior to radiotherapy

• Silvia Spivakovsky

Moderate quality evidence finds statistical benefit in oral health for powered over manual toothbrushes

• Richard Niederman

Review suggests that cleft lip and palate patients have more caries

• Martha Wells

Lack of high-quality studies comparing the effectiveness, and cost-effectiveness, of dental auxiliaries and dentists in performing dental care

• Derek Richards

Trial shows partial caries removal is an effective technique in primary molars

• Ruth Santamaria
• Nicola Innes

Fluoride varnish applications and caries incidence in pre-schoolers

• Alexander J Keightley
• Greig D Taylor

Short implants supporting single crowns in atrophic jaws

• Asim Al-Ansari

Review found little difference between sandblasted and acid-etched (SLA) dental implants and modified surface (SLActive) implants

• Gary L. Stafford

Implant-retained overdentures did not have a significant improvement in dietary intake

• Gerald McKenna

No significant differences between conservative interventions and surgical interventions for TMJ disc displacement without reduction

• Daniele Manfredini

Longer treatment times with self-ligated orthodontic brackets

• Kevin O'Brien

Periodontal disease and glycemic control in diabetics

• Steven Engebretson

Forthcoming evidence-based courses and conferences

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