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The Australian Dental Association is a not-for-profit professional membership organisation. A voluntary member organisation with branches in every state and territory, it has three main objectives: To support members by enhancing their ability to provide safe, high quality professional oral health care. To encourage the improvement of the oral ...
Dental Materials. Dental and Medical Problems. Frontiers of Oral Biology. International Journal of Oral Science. Journal of the American Dental Association. Journal of Conservative Dentistry. Journal of Dental Research. Journal of Dentistry. Primary Dental Journal.
Drug-induced gingival enlargement (DIGE), also referred to as drug-induced gingival hyperplasia (DIGH) or drug-induced gingival overgrowth (DIGO), [ 1] is a side effect of many systemic medications for which the Gingervae are not the target receptor. It is normally resultant of medications including immunoregulators, calcium channel blockers ...
Amalgam (dentistry) Amalgam filling on first molar. In dentistry, amalgam is an alloy of mercury used to fill teeth cavities. [1] It is made by mixing a combination of liquid mercury and particles of solid metals such as silver, copper or tin. The amalgam is mixed by the dentist just before use.
The NHMRC an Australian Government statutory body, released the public statement of efficacy and safety of fluoridation 2007 to set the recommended water fluoridation to the target range of 0.6 to 1.1 mg/L, depending on climate, to balance reduction of dental caries (tooth decay) and occurrence of dental fluorosis (mottling of teeth). Moreover ...
Evidence-based dentistry (EBD) is the dental part of the more general movement toward evidence-based medicine and other evidence-based practices. The pervasive access to information on the internet includes different aspects of dentistry for both the dentists and patients. This has created a need to ensure that evidence referenced to are valid ...
Hereditary gingival fibromatosis (HGF), also known as idiopathic gingival hyperplasia, is a rare condition of gingival overgrowth. [1] HGF is characterized as a benign, slowly progressive, nonhemorrhagic, fibrous enlargement of keratinized gingiva. It can cover teeth in various degrees, and can lead to aesthetic disfigurement. [2]
The Adelaide Dental School at the University of Adelaide engages in teaching and research. Its programs include the Bachelor of Dental Surgery and the Bachelor of Oral Health together with a range of postgraduate degrees. The school also offers to the dental profession a program of continuing education. The teaching programs are highly regarded ...