Faculty Contributions: Recent submissions
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Agents Used in the Management of Oral Ulceration
( Wiley , 2024 , Book chapter)This chapter discusses the topical agents used in the management of oral ulcers in general dental practice settings. The common causes of oral ulcers including drug-associated oral ulcers are enlisted. The principles of ... -
Plastic Restorations for Primary Teeth
( CRC Press , 2024 , Book chapter)Plastic restorative materials available for primary teeth range from the traditional amalgam through to the newest version of compomers. Despite the lack of strong scientific evidence of any medical problems to the use of ... -
Comprehensive Care: Examples of Treated Cases
( CRC Press , 2024 , Book chapter)The aim of this chapter is to illustrate some clinical cases requiring comprehensive paediatric dental treatment. It should never be forgotten when planning treatment that children are not ‘miniature adults’, and each child ... -
Dental Caries Management Using the Hall Technique
( CRC Press , 2024 , Book chapter)The concept of minimal intervention dentistry (MID) for managing dental caries in children is composed of a set of biological management techniques that aim at increasing access to dental care, decreasing prevalence of ... -
Black Titania Janus Mesoporous Nanomotor for Enhanced Tumor Penetration and Near-Infrared Light-Triggered Photodynamic Therapy
( American Chemical Society , 2024 , Article)Thanks to their excellent photoelectric characteristics to generate cytotoxic reactive oxygen species (ROS) under the light-activation process, TiO2 nanomaterials have shown significant potential in photodynamic therapy ... -
A Synergistic Approach to Develop Sustainable Scale Inhibitors Combining Amino Acids and Polyphosphates
( Springer Nature , 2024 , Article)Applying conventional antiscalants, e.g., polyphosphates, may bring about environmental and health concerns, warranting the application of green compounds. This work reports the application of amino acids such as glutamic ... -
Antibiotic Prophylaxis Against Infective Endocarditis in Dentistry
( Wiley , 2024 , Book chapter)This chapter discusses the risks bacterial endocarditis following dental procedures in susceptible patients. Risk assessment of patients, indications, and antibiotic regimens for prophylaxis are described in the light of ... -
Local Analgesia
( CRC Press , 2024 , Book chapter)Effective pain control is a prerequisite for the successful restoration of teeth. By far, the most widely used technique in dentistry is the injection of local analgesic (LA) agents to block neural transmission, commonly ... -
Political Determinants of Health in Australia: A Planetary Perspective
( Taylor and Francis , 2024 , Book)Exposing the explicit and implicit relationships between politics, political decisions, and public policy within a planetary perspective, this book focuses on the importance of the political environment as a determinant ... -
Aesthetic Full Coverage Restorations: Primary Tooth Zirconia Crowns
( CRC Press , 2024 , Book chapter)The demand for aesthetics restorations in dentistry has been growing rapidly. The social impact of having a natural and aesthetically pleasing appearance is affecting the choices of not only adults but children as well. ... -
Treatment Planning
( CRC Press , 2024 , Book chapter)A treatment plan must be developed and designed to provide high-quality restorative care for each individual child’s needs. The details will vary according to the types of restorations needed, as will the sequence of placing ... -
Rubber Dam
( CRC Press , 2024 , Book chapter)Unlike many of the techniques used in modern restorative dentistry, rubber dam is not a recent innovation. Its use was described by Barnum as early as 1865 in the British Journal of Dental Science. -
The treatment of bacterial biofilms cultivated on knee arthroplasty implants using the bioelectric effect
( Frontiers Media S.A. , 2024 , Article)Introduction: The formation of bacterial biofilms on knee arthroplasty implants can have catastrophic consequences. The aim of this study was to analyze the effectiveness of the bioelectric effect in the elimination of ... -
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: the latest on diagnosis, molecular profiling, and systemic treatments
( Frontiers Media S.A. , 2024 , Article)Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is currently the fourth leading cause of death in the United States and is expected to be ranked second in the next 10 years due to poor prognosis and a rising incidence. Distant ... -
Preterm birth in low-middle income Countries
( Elsevier , 2024 , Article)Preterm birth (PTB), remains a major cause of significant morbidity and mortality world-wide with about 12–15million preterm births occurring every year. Although the overall trend is decreasing, this is mainly in high-income ... -
Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii and Associated Risk Factors among Pregnant Women in Algeria
( American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene , 2024 , Article)Toxoplasma gondii is an obligate intracellular protozoan parasite affecting all warm-blooded vertebrates, including humans. Infections in humans can lead to severe clinical manifestations in pregnant women and immunocompromised ... -
Challenges of prenatal diagnosis in obese pregnant women
( Elsevier , 2024 , Article)Obesity rates are increasing world-wide with most of the increase in women of the reproductive age group. While recognised as an important contributor to non-communicable diseases, pregnant women with obesity are particularly ... -
Drivers and outcomes of a shopper-retailer's app relationship
( Elsevier , 2024 , Article)Drawing on the theory of consumption values, consumer-brand relationship paradigm and "lovemark" notion, the reported research offers insights into the role of retail apps in cultivating meaningful relationships with mobile ... -
Achieving the sustainable development goals in developing countries: The role of remittances and the mediating effect of financial inclusion
( Elsevier , 2024 , Article)This study investigates the pivotal role of remittances in advancing Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) within developing countries. While previous literature has acknowledged the potential of remittances in fostering ... -
Beyond economic growth goals: can foreign aid mitigate carbon dioxide emissions in developing countries?
( Elsevier , 2024 , Article)We provide novel and compelling evidence that foreign aid has significant mitigating impacts on carbon dioxide emissions in a comprehensive panel dataset of 127 developing countries from 1995 to 2019. This impact operates ...
