Smoking and Tobacco Use Cessation
Tobacco use by smoking (cigarettes, cigars, pipes) or by smokeless products (chewing tobacco, snuff) is an addictive disease that continues to be a major public health problem. Smoking is the…
General Dentistry
Liver Disease
The liver has a number of key functions, including metabolism of the byproducts of food, detoxification of drugs, conversion of nitrogenous substances to be excreted by the kidneys, formation of…
Heart Failure (or Congestive Heart Failure)
Heart failure (HF), also known as congestive heart failure (CHF), is defined by the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) as a complex clinical syndrome that can result from…
Cardiac Arrhythmias
Cardiac arrhythmia refers to any variation in the normal heartbeat and includes disturbances in rhythm, rate, or the conduction pattern of the heart. Cardiac arrhythmias are present in a significant…
Ischemic Heart Disease
Coronary atherosclerotic heart disease is the leading health problem in the United States and the world. Atherosclerosis is the thickening of the intimal layer of the arterial wall caused by…
Infective Endocarditis
Definition Infective endocarditis (IE) is a microbial infection of the endothelial surface of the heart or heart valves that most often occurs in proximity to congenital or acquired cardiac defects….
Hypertension
Hypertension is an abnormal elevation in arterial pressure that can be fatal if sustained and untreated. People with hypertension may not display clinical signs or symptoms for many years but…
Patient Evaluation and Risk Assessment
The practice of dentistry continues to evolve, not only in techniques and procedures but also in the types of patients encountered. As a result of advances in medical science, people…
Electromagnetic interference of endodontic equipments with cardiovascular implantable electronic device
Highlights • Endodontic equipment may interfere with CIEDs. • The programming of CIEDs may increase their vulnerability to electromagnetic interference. • In dental office may occur cumulative effect of different…
Patients’ preferences for selective versus complete excavation: A mixed-methods study
Abstract Objectives Despite increasing evidence supporting selective caries tissue removal, the technique is not adopted by most dentists, one possible reason being that patients might reject it. We aimed to…
