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  Journal of Dental Research and Oral Hygiene  | Stephy publishers Abstract The impact of cigarette smoke on bone grafts in implantodontics has been discussed in the scientific literature. The present study aimed to evaluate bone repair in calvaria of rats after the performance of critical bone defects and graft of bone ceramic biomaterial in animals exposed or not to cigarette smoke. Bone defects of 5mm in diameter were made in parietal bone. Each defect was filled with Bone Ceramic biomaterial. Twenty rats were used and divided into 2groups: test, consisting of 10rats exposed to cigarette smoke; and a control group, consisting of 10rats not exposed to cigarette smoke. The animals were euthanized in the 4th postoperative week and bone tissue samples were extracted to perform the histometric analysis. The test group showed less bone neoformation, with statistical significance (p<0.05) when compared to the control group. We conclude that cigarette smoke had a negative influe...

  Journal of Dental Research and Oral Hygiene | Stephy Publishers Abstract: Cervicofacial necrotizing fasciitis is a rapidly evolving bacterial infection, which can b e  associated with multiple complications and poor health. However, there are few reported cases that are associated with Candida species, and the studies that report this indicate that it is found mainly in areas such as the pelvis, thorax and to a lesser degree in the arms and legs. The presence of Necrotizing Fasciitis in the cervicofacial region is very rare, which makes the present study relevant. Material and Method:  Descriptive, observational and retrospective study of Odontogenic Cervicofacial Necrotizing Fasciitis and the presence of Candida spp., Carried out during one year, in the Maxillofacial Surgery service of the Specialty Hospital, of the National Medical Center “La Raza” (IMSS). Patients older than 18 years, who were diagnosed with Necrotizing Cervicofacial Fasciitis of dental origin, were ...

  Journal of Dental Research and Oral Hygiene - (JDROH)| Stephy Publishers Opinion Dear, I want to share with you my opinion and reflection on what I have experienced these approximately 11 months of pandemic on this side of the world (South America). I live in a regional capital city, Antofagasta, in northern Chile, where the first cases of SarsCov-2 began to be detected in midMarch 2020. At first, many sanitary measures taken globally were also implemented in Chile and South America, where dentists suffer quite harshly and abruptly from the arrival of COVID19. In our local case, I remember that a dentist was diagnosed with COVID19 when performing the PCR for presenting symptoms, and it turns out that the day before he had treated a number of patients no less. Faced with this situation, in the first instance a large number of colleagues spoke about the irresponsibility of the dentist, since he had come from a vacation period in Brazil and apparently he had not respected the manda...

  Journal of Dental Research and Oral Hygiene - (JDROH)   | Stephy publishers Abstract Objective: The effect of music listening on blood pressure (BP), heart rate (HR) and anxiety level (AL) was investigated for thirty patients undergoing periodontal surgery. Methods: A total of sixty patients referred for periodontal surgery were randomized into two equal groups as i) without music (control), and ii) with music (test). Before and after the procedure, BP and HR were recorded. All patients responded to AL assessment using facial image scale (FIS) before and after surgery. After listening to music before and during the procedure BP, HR and AL were assessed for the test group. Results: Systolic BP (SBP) in both groups increased but showed no statistically significant difference between the two groups (p>0.05). Diastolic BP (DBP) increased after treatment with no statistically significant difference (p>0.05) between test (4.70 mmHg) and control (6.20 mmHg) groups. HR decreas...