An assessment of Brazilian dentists' knowledge about tooth fragment reattachment: A cross-sectional study.

Background/aim: Crown fractures are common traumatic dental injuries and tooth fragment reattachment is a viable option for restoring a fractured tooth. The aim of this study was to assess the knowledge and experience of dentists in the Federal District regarding the tooth fragment reattachment technique for enamel and dentin fractures.

Materials And Methods: For the cross-sectional observational study, an electronic form was designed with objective and self-report questions for dentists.

Composite Resin Preheating Techniques for Cementation of Indirect Restorations.

Purpose: Resin-based materials have been preheated by using different techniques and commercial devices. However, a consensus on the clinical protocol for cementing with preheated composite resins is lacking. The aim of this scoping review was to identify the different methods used for heating composite resins as used for cementing indirect adhesive restorations and to determine the benefits and limitations.

Restorations after selective caries removal: 5-Year randomized trial.

Objective: To compare the survival of restorations placed in deep caries lesions after selective caries removal to soft dentin (SCRSD) over a 5-year period. A secondary aim was to investigate whether the material (amalgam or resin composite) affected the survival of restorations.

Methods: This study used data derived from a multicenter randomized controlled clinical trial (Clinical trials registration NCT00887952).

In vitro tooth reattachment techniques: A systematic review.

Background/aims: Fragment reattachment is a procedure that offers advantages, such as preservation of tooth structure and maintenance of color, shape, and translucency of the original tooth. The aim of this study was to analyze the reattachment techniques used to restore anterior teeth fractured by trauma.

Materials And Methods: The PubMed, LILACS, Web of Science, Cochrane, and Scopus databases were searched in October 2016, and the search was updated in February 2017.

Remote diagnosis of traumatic dental injuries using digital photographs captured via a mobile phone.

Background: Intra-oral photographs have been aided diagnosis of several pathologies in teledentistry. Mobile phone cameras may produce high-quality photographs, presenting itself as a viable tool for remote diagnosis of traumatic dental injuries.

Aim: To evaluate the levels of interexaminer agreement in cases of traumatic dental injuries when comparing diagnoses conducted in person and remotely.

Bonding to dentin as a function of air-stream temperatures for solvent evaporation.

This study evaluated the influence of solvent evaporation conditions of acid-etching adhesives. The medium dentin of thirty extracted human third molars was exposed and bonded to different types of etch-and-rinse adhesives: 1) Scotchbond Multi-Purpose (SBMP) ; water-based; 2) Adper Single Bond 2 (SB) ; ethanol/water-based, and 3) Prime & Bond 2.1 (PB) ; acetone-based.

Effectiveness of immediate bonding of etch-and-rinse adhesives to simplified ethanol-saturated dentin.

This study examined the immediate bond strength of etch-and-rinse adhesives to demineralized dentin saturated with either water or absolute ethanol. The research hypothesis was that there would be no difference in bond strength to dentin between water or ethanol wet-bonding techniques. The medium dentin of 20 third molars was exposed (n = 5).