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The Causes of Marginal Discrepancy of Fixed Dental Prostheses: A Cross-Sectional Study
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Churro Jumper Arch: A Modified Approach to Improve Efficiency
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Bilateral Body of Mandible Fracture in an Oral Submucous Fibrosis Patient: Treatment Modifications
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Bilateral Fusion in Mandibular Primary Anterior Teeth: Report of a Rare Case With a Brief Review of Literature
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3D Printing in Dental Implantology
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The Management of Orofacial Pain in Developing Countries: The Current Challenges
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In developed countries, orofacial pain is one condition in dentistry that has been well defined, explored, and managed. Unfortunately, unlike the grown and developed management of orofacial pain in developed countries, the management of orofacial pain in developing countries is still poorly performed. The current article discusses about the current management of orofacial pain in developing countries. At the time being, there are several factors that are considered to be the etiology of the unsuccessful management of orofacial pain in developing countries. Lack of knowledge about the symptoms of orofacial pain is considered to be one of them. Therefore, educating more people about orofacial pain and its symptoms should be included in the comprehensive plan of orofacial pain management plan in developing countries. As the problem of orofacial pain in developing countries is happening at the root level, the education should not only cover those who are responsible in treating orofacial pain but also the one who might experience orofacial pain. It is expected that the current article will provide a current insight about the management of orofacial pain in developing countries as we as well the current barriers of orofacial pain management. And furthermore, initiates more studies in the field of orofacial pain in developing countries.
Churro Jumper Arch: A Modified Approach to Improve Efficiency
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In this clinical innovation the Churro jumper has been modified, by inserting it on an auxillary wire which is placed on the mandibular arch, instead of directly placing it on the main arch wire, to improve its efficiency.
Bilateral Body of Mandible Fracture in an Oral Submucous Fibrosis Patient: Treatment Modifications
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Bilateral Fusion in Mandibular Primary Anterior Teeth: Report of a Rare Case With a Brief Review of Literature
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Fusion is a developmental anomaly of teeth. It is defined as the dentinal union of two embryologically developing teeth. It is more commonly seen in primary dentition and more frequently in incisor region. This paper reports a rare case which had the presence of bilaterally fused primary central incisor and lateral incisor in the mandibular region.
3D Printing in Dental Implantology
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Editor-in-Chief
Pouran Famili, DMD, MDS, MPH, PhD
Professor Department of Periodontics School of Dental Medicine University of Pittsburgh 4200 Fifth Ave Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
Associate Editors
Daniel Kazachkov, DMD
Dental Arts of Westwood Dentist Serving Westwood Needham, Dedham, Norwood, MA, USA
Saurabh Gupta, MDS
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon Bangalore, India
F. Cleymand
Institut Jean Lamour N2EV Department UMR-CNRS 7198 Université de Lorraine Campus Artem, 2 allée André Guinier 54 000 NANCY cedex (France)