Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Sydney, 2002. / Includes list of published articles and presentations: leaves xxxii-xxxiii. Includes bibliographical references. Also available in print form.

Thesis (M.S.)--West Virginia University, 2008. / Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains iii, 22 p. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 19-22).

Thesis (doctoral)--München, 1934.

Thesis (doctoral)--München, 1934.

Thesis (M.S.)--West Virginia University, 2006. / Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains ii, 24 p. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 20-24).

(Thesis: M.A.) / In 2000, US Surgeon General David Satcher released a report on the severity of oral health disease in the high risk demographic. His grave report ushered in an era of oral health prevention programs utilizing a combination of education, mouth rinses, fluoride varnishes, dental sealants, and more invasive procedures. Given this wide range of acceptable treatment interventions available, the aim of this paper is to evaluate the effectiveness of certain treatments both by themselves and in tandem with one another on target high risk school age children. The first program we analyzed was a fluoride mouth rinse program based in North Carolina. While we found that although this program may have positive impacts on school age children in the future, it did not currently provide statistically significant benefits to these children. Access to Baby and Child Dentistry, a program in Washington State that used a multi-pronged prevention program involving education, fluoride varnishes, and glass ionomer sealants provided a much clearer benefit to reducing the overall dental caries experience in target school age children. Lastly, the ForsythKids Program, based in Massachusetts which utilized a comprehensive care model of caries prevention was shown to be effective in reducing the number of new caries in school age children. Their comprehensive care model consisted of providing the children with fluoride toothpaste, applying fluoride varnish, fitting glass ionomer sealants and temporary restorations. Armed with this information and based on a model involving four steps and two factors crucial in the successful implementation of an oral health prevention program, we hope to offer a foundation for future forays into both installing and maintaining an oral health prevention program.

The impact of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder is material in the dentistry field which not only centers its efforts on managing the oral health of the afflicted patients, prescribing proper medications, but also on raising awareness mainly through dental hygiene and smoking cessation. This literature review will explore the status and accomplishments of the field of dentistry with regards to battling COPD. The first section of the paper discusses the nature and dynamics of the disease which ranks between the third and fourth most common cause of death in the United States alone. Certain data trends from 1970 until 2002 showed double the death rates caused by the disease, and that exposure to environmental or occupational risk factors (e.g. dust, fumes, etc.) must be seriously considered for the effective management of COPD. The pressure of COPD management is great among dental practitioners who must ensure the safety of patients by providing the most suitable drug regimen and having a well-coordinated dental practice (i.e. with other health practitioners) to avoid exacerbation of the disease which often leads to hospitalization. The latter is often the result of oral devices or materials that are often comprised of small objects which might be swallowed or aspirated into the oropharynx of the patient when proper positioning during dental check-ups is not properly performed. Dentists must also make sure that they are able to gain the patient’s confidence and to avoid patient reluctance during dental care. Numbers and statistics also reveal that an estimated 24 million of the population in the United States is afflicted by COPD, and that is from 2015 alone. It is also prevalent among the male population which has a death rate of 83 per 100,000, while the death rate among women is 57 per 100,000. Immediate treatment of COPD is also emphasized to prevent hospitalization rates from rising, and as far as dental practice is concerned, they are often aware of CODP patients which number approximately 130 out of 2000. Smoking cessation is considered the best preventive measure in COPD management. Educating patients on the real dangers involved with smoking will help encourage them to quit while promoting better oral health. The field of dentistry is constantly responding to the challenges of COPD, and significant breakthroughs have already been achieved due to research efforts on COPD management. Through professional coordination with other fields in the healthcare system, it is with great hope that dental practitioners will contribute more to the alleviation of patient conditions and providing improved quality of life.

The newly emerging Clarity™ Clear Aligner System from 3M has set out to address one of the biggest pitfalls of thermoplastic aligners: accuracy of orthodontic movements. The 3M Clarity™ Clear Aligner System is unique among clear aligners because it employs a proprietary, sophisticated machine-learning algorithm to design orthodontic movement schematics. The core of the Clarity™ Aligner System is artificial intelligence, meaning that a prospective analysis of preliminary data is essential for the development and improvement of the accuracy of the algorithm. This study investigates movement and accuracy of the Clarity™ Aligner System, from a preliminary data subset from ongoing prospective, randomized clinical trials. Movement from the first trial subset is examined in terms of the following movement factors: secondary premolar-secondary premolar (5+5 in the Palmer system) arch expansion or crowding resolved, absolute rotation, absolute mesial-distal tipping, and absolute torque for both the crown and root. These movements are further examined according to specific tooth types. Both actual observational orthodontic movements and theoretical movements are designed by the Clarity™ System. The accuracy of actual movement in terms of theoretical movements is calculated; however, it is impossible to calculate the significance of these accuracies due to a complete lack of benchmark movement values for the clear aligner market. There are no benchmark values to compare to, so orthodontic movements will be critically examined for performance, and casually compared to alternative aligner systems. Identifying potential weaknesses in the Clarity™ Aligner System is imperative for maximizing its effectiveness.

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