Review suggests that fracture rates for all-ceramic crowns after 5-years is acceptable

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Improvements in dental ceramic materials in the past decade has led to the increasing use of all ceramic crowns on posterior teeth. The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical fracture incidence of tooth-supported all-ceramic crowns according to restored tooth type. The authors searched the Medline/PubMed, Embase, the Cochrane Library, the Chinese Biomedical [read the full story…]

Review suggests a modest failure rate for orthodontic mini-screws used for anchorage reinforcement

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Orthodontic mini-screw implants have become a popular method of providing anchorage reinforcement during orthodontic treatment.  The aim of this review was to assess the failure rates for mini-screw implants used for orthodontic anchorage purposes and to identify any significant risk factors possibly affecting these failure rates. A wide range of databases (19 in all) were [read the full story…]

Limited available evidence on dental implant treatment in diabetics

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Diabetes mellitus has long been considered a relative contraindication to dental implant therapy.  The aim of this review  was to assess the impact of diabetics glycaemic control on dental implant survival. The authors conducted a search of the Medline database and the references of identified articles that assessed implant survival or failure for patients with [read the full story…]