- How do different topical fluoride applications affect salivary and plaque fluoride levels for young children with dental caries? [Journal Article]
- CONCLUSIONS: Children receiving sodium fluoride varnish and silver diamine fluoride had higher plaque and salivary fluoride levels than those treated with silver diamine fluoride alone in the short term. Plaque and salivary fluoride levels returned to baseline at 24 hours for all groups.
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- Is the current evidence sufficient to establish the most effective treatment for dental fluorosis? [Journal Article]
- CONCLUSIONS: The highest aesthetic masking efficacy was observed with sequential multimodal approaches that combined surface modification, bleaching, and resin-based refractive adjustment in fluorosis lesions after 3- and 6-month follow-up.
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- Salivary parameters in individuals undergoing orthodontic treatment with clear aligners: a scoping review. [Journal Article]
- CONCLUSIONS: This scoping review provides a descriptive map of salivary parameters investigated during clear aligner therapy and the methods used for their collection and assessment. Methodological variability limits comparability across studies. Future research should prioritize standardized saliva collection, processing, storage, analytical reporting, age-stratified sampling, and transparent reporting of aligner materials and clinical context.
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- Coronally advanced flap with platelet-rich fibrin or amniotic membrane for the treatment of gingival recession: a systematic review and meta-analysis with trial sequential analysis. [Journal Article]
- CONCLUSIONS: Within the limitations of a small number of short-term randomized trials, outcome-level risk-of-bias concerns, and potential unit-of-analysis issues, current evidence suggests that CAF combined with PRF or AM yields comparable clinical outcomes for the treatment of gingival recession. Although a statistically significant advantage in KGW was observed for AM at 3 months, this difference is unlikely to be clinically meaningful and was not sustained over time.
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- Periodontal disease and risk of dementia: a systematic review and meta-analysis. [Journal Article]
- CONCLUSIONS: Longitudinal evidence suggests that periodontal disease is associated with an increased risk of incident dementia and cognitive decline. Although evidence across studies supports periodontal disease as a potentially relevant exposure associated with adverse cognitive outcomes, causality cannot be inferred.
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- A Commentary on AI-based Prediction Models in Periodontitis Progression. [Journal Article]
- CONCLUSIONS: This study provides encouraging evidence that Machine Learning (ML) approaches can improve the prediction of periodontitis progression. It also suggests the value of integrating biological markers with conventional clinical assessment.
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- Third‑molar extraction: do antibiotics really prevent postoperative infection? [Journal Article]
- CONCLUSIONS: Routine antibiotic administration, both pre- and postoperatively in third molar surgery, demonstrated no relevant clinical benefit in systemically healthy patients.
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- Robotic surgery vs dynamic navigation: does greater accuracy make the difference in implant dentistry? [Journal Article]
- CONCLUSIONS: Autonomous robotic surgery may provide superior angular accuracy compared with dynamic navigation when both systems use the same optical tracking technology. However, this advantage was not accompanied by significant improvements in linear accuracy or early clinical outcomes, and robotic surgery required longer operative time. These findings support the potential of autonomous robotic systems for precise implant placement, while emphasizing the need for larger clinical trials, longer follow-up, and evaluation in more complex scenarios before broad clinical superiority can be established.
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- More therapy is not necessarily better: patient education and self-management perform similarly to other conservative interventions for temporomandibular disorders. [Journal Article]
- CONCLUSIONS: Education and self-management appear to provide clinical outcomes comparable to those of many other conservative treatments for TMDs, particularly beyond the short term. While some interventions may offer greater short-term pain relief or HRQoL improvement, the evidence does not support consistent additional benefit from combining education/self-management with other conservative therapies.
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- Can dentists recognise the hidden burden of Sjögren disease beyond xerostomia? [Journal Article]
- CONCLUSIONS: The lived experience of Sjögren disease extends well beyond sicca symptoms and encompasses substantial physical, emotional and social burdens. Integrating patients' perspectives into clinical care and outcome assessment may facilitate more patient-centred management and improve the relevance of future clinical research.
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- Does preoperative ibuprofen reduce pain during treatment of deep caries in children? [Journal Article]
- CONCLUSIONS: The study concluded that preoperative ibuprofen significantly improved intraoperative pain control and reduced stress responses during VPT in children. It was suggested that preoperative ibuprofen should be incorporated into routine practice for paediatric patients with reversible pulpitis as it will improve cooperation, reduce stress, and enhance overall treatment efficiency.
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- Building the evidence for environmentally sustainable dentistry. [Editorial]
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- The influence of overhanging proximal restorations on periodontal parameters: a systematic review and meta analysis. [Journal Article]
- CONCLUSIONS: Low certainty evidence indicates that overhanging proximal restorations in posterior teeth are associated with increased radiographic bone loss and slight increases in probing depth.
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- The effect of vitamin D supplementation on periodontal health: a systematic review and meta-analysis. [Journal Article]
- CONCLUSIONS: Vitamin D supplementation does not confer a statistically significant additional benefit to non-surgical periodontal therapy in reducing probing pocket depth. Although vitamin D may exert anti-inflammatory effects on gingival tissues, current evidence is limited, heterogeneous, and insufficient to support a clear clinical recommendation. No studies addressing peri-implant health outcomes were identified, underscoring a gap in the literature. Well-designed, long-term randomized controlled trials that control for confounding variables are needed to determine the role of vitamin D supplementation in periodontal health.
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- Chemically modified curcumin in periodontal therapy: a scoping review. [Journal Article]
- CONCLUSIONS: CMC2.24 was a promising host-modulating agent in periodontal therapy. However, the results are mainly derived from preclinical studies and further human clinical trials are required to apply CMCs into everyday practice.
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