D7000 – D7999 Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Chapter 10. D7000 – D7999 Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery By Steven I. Snyder, D.D.S. Introduction Oral and maxillofacial surgery is a broad area. It encompasses not only the discipline of…
General Dentistry
D6200 – D6999 Prosthodontics, Fixed
Chapter 9. D6200 – D6999 Prosthodontics, Fixed By Teresa Duncan, M.S. Introduction Fixed prosthodontics replace missing teeth using fabricated materials that are cemented into onto existing natural teeth or roots….
D5900 – D5999 Maxillofacial Prosthetics
Chapter 7. D5900 – D5999 Maxillofacial Prosthetics By Terri Bradley Introduction The CDT Code’s Maxillofacial Prosthodontics category of service is a very unique section where the majority of the codes…
D5000 – D5899 Prosthodontics, Removable
Chapter 6. D5000 – D5899 Prosthodontics, Removable By Terry Kelly, D.M.D. Introduction The Removable Prosthodontics category of service describes procedures which replace missing dentition in partially or completely edentulous patients….
D4000 – D4999 Periodontics
Chapter 5. D4000 – D4999 Periodontics By Marie Schweinebraten, D.D.S. and Robert Rives, D.D.S. Introduction Periodontal treatment has seen many changes over the last decade. For example, different types of…
D1000 – D1999 Preventive
Chapter 2. D1000 – D1999 Preventive By Paul Bornstein, D.M.D. Introduction The topic of preventive dentistry is unique in that it really intermixes with many other categories of service. To…
D2000 – D2999 Restorative
Chapter 3. D2000 – D2999 Restorative By Ronald Riggins, D.M.D. Introduction Restorative codes represent the majority of dental procedures done in a general dental practice on a day-to-day basis. Selection…
D3000 – D3999 Endodontics
Chapter 4. D3000 – D3999 Endodontics By Kenneth Wiltbank, D.D.S. Introduction Endodontics utilizes the 3000 section of the CDT Code. These codes concern procedures related to maintenance of the pulp,…
Engineering in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery: From Lab to Clinics
Fig. 9.1 Classical triad of tissue engineering: cells, supporting scaffold and growth factors Fig. 9.2 Current concept of tissue engineering . The cells communicate with its environment with structural, physical,…
Biomaterials: From Lab to Clinics
Property Co-Cr Ti Au GC Al2O3 YZP PFR FRC Isotropicity + + + + + + + +/− Anisotropicity − − − − − − − +/− Toughness − +/−…
Research in Sjögren’s Syndrome
Criterion AECGa ACRa ACR/EULARa Subjective Sicca eye + − Entryb Sicca mouth + − Entryb Objective Ocular signs: Schirmer’s test +…
Remedies for Oral Mucosal Diseases
Fig. 12.1 Healing of aphthous ulcers on the upper labial mucosa following 2 days of treatment with locally applied doxycycline gel (see Ref. 8). The gel was applied to the ulcer…
Secrets of Jönköping: Why Do Most 80-Year-Olds Have More Than 20 Remaining Teeth, and Why Are There Very Few Edentulous?
Fig. 11.1 Frequency (%) of children and adolescents without caries and restorations in 1973, 1983, 1993, 2003, and 2013 11.2.2 Periodontitis and Gingivitis Between 1983 and 2013, there was a…
Cross-Disciplinary Research Has Increased Our Understanding of Oral Mucosal Diseases
Fig. 2.1 The classical cycle of investigation, hypothesis and experimentation in clinical research 2.2 What Is Research in Medical and Dental Schools? It can be argued that research in dental…
Oral Health Research Implants and Bone Regeneration
Fig. 6.1 Immediate implant placement protocol which includes (a) and (b) careful and atraumatic tooth extraction; (c) flapless implant placement in the ideal prosthetically driven position; (d) placement of a…
in Biomedical Research
Fig. 13.1 Hippocrates 460–377 BC Fig. 13.2 Main steps for attaining permit(s) for scientific investigation. In life sciences approval by ethical committee has a central role The need for something broader…
Approach in Translational Dental Research
Fig. 8.1 It has been reported that periodontitis increases the risk of cardiometabolic diseases. It also has been proven that smoking or obesity increases periodontitis and that they independently contribute…
aMMP-8 Oral Fluid PoC Test
Fig. 4.1 Inflammation limited to the gingival margin in a female adult African To effectively manage those “difficult to explain” cases, periodontologists must embrace the shift to the measurement of…
Critical Reason for Conducting Clinical Trials Is that Results with Humans Are Not Necessarily Predictable from Preclinical Studies
!DOCTYPE html SYSTEM “about:legacy-compat”> © Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018 Jukka H. Meurman (ed.)Translational Oral Health Researchhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78205-8_7 7. A Critical Reason for Conducting Clinical Trials Is that Results with Humans…
and Periodontitis: A Source of Connection to Systemic Diseases
miRNA Regulation periodontally affected tissues Type of immune system affected in periodontitis Mechanism Upregulated Downregulated miR-30e – Yes Innate immune system Inhibits NK cell activation. This downregulation increases NK cell…
