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DentalReach Practice Perspective: A Novel Method to Treat Peri-Implantitis (This is a part of the ‘ Implant Dentistry – Updated Yet Simplified Series ’ by prosthodontist & implantologist. The…
DentalReach Clinical Contributor: The finding is clinically interesting, but its weight depends on study design, sample, comparator, follow-up and whether the outcome is patient-important rather…
DentalReach Evidence Review: The finding is clinically interesting, but its weight depends on study design, sample, comparator, follow-up and whether the outcome is patient-important rather than…
DentalReach Critical Appraisal: Explore emerging approaches for detecting caries and periodontal disease earlier, including sensor-based monitoring and preventive diagnostic technologies. The…
DentalReach Practice Perspective: Bacterial colonisation in the oral cavity starts few hours after a baby is born. As soon as teeth start erupting, the oral microflora starts changing. The oral...…
DentalReach Academic Editor: The finding is clinically interesting, but its weight depends on study design, sample, comparator, follow-up and whether the outcome is patient-important rather than…
Supportive periodontal care should be based on stability, residual pocketing, bleeding, plaque control, previous progression, smoking, diabetes, implants and adherence. A fixed three-month interval…
Confirm the periodontitis diagnosis, assign stage from attachment loss or bone loss, then account for complexity. Estimate grade separately from progression evidence and modifiers. Record extent and…
Compare restorability, ferrule, periodontal support, orthodontic extrusion, crown lengthening, endodontics and replacement alternatives.
The gingival zenith is the most apical point of the gingival margin and helps clinicians evaluate tooth-specific gingival architecture, symmetry and aesthetic proportion. Its ideal position is not…
Plaque is involved in caries and periodontal disease, but are the biological pathways actually the same?
When can tooth movement be considered in a patient with stage IV or severe periodontitis?