Higher risk of vitamin D deficiency for people with learning disabilities

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To date there has been little research on vitamin D deficiency in people with learning disabilities. In this debut blog by Brant Cebulla, we look at a new case control study which sets out to answer some key questions and consider areas for further research.

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All -ceramic posterior crowns fractured at a higher rate than anterior crowns – ADA-EBD critical summary

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This ADA-EBD critical summary has looks at a 2012 systematic review by Wang et al.  The aim of the review was to evaluate the clinical fracture incidence of tooth-supported all-ceramic crowns according to restored tooth type. The appraiser considered the reviews search strategy to be thorough but noted that the studies were not assessed for [read the full story…]

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…]