Certain elements of a patient’s diet may be associated with dentin hypersensitivity. The intent of this study was to evaluate the degree of removal of

Background: The literature indicates that people with an intellectual disability have a prevalence of dental caries that is either lower than or similar to that

Objectives: To document the trends in expenditures on dental health care services and the number of dental health care professionals in Canada from 1990 to

Parts 5 and 6 of this series examine innovations in diagnostic and management procedures and assess their potential to become everyday tools of the dental

This study examined Ontario dentists’ and dental hygienists’ attitudes to independent dental hygiene practice and changing the scope of practice. Data were collected from a

Individual dentists and organized dentistry alike invariably claim to be (members of) a profession. This label is cherished because it suggests special social, moral and

Purpose: Dental caries is a disease that, although decreasing in the non-Aboriginal child population, remains high for Canadian Aboriginal and Native American children and adolescents.

This article, the third in a series, uses the tools described in the first 2 articles to examine some of the radiographic diagnostic procedures that

The objective of this study was to compare unstimulated salivary flow rate and residual salivary volume (the volume of saliva retained in the mouth after

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine how early in a dental career musculoskeletal problems develop, by comparing the prevalence of such symptoms

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the effects of light intensity and type of light unit (quartztungsten- halogen [QTH] or light-emitting diode

When a clinician is planning to use a diagnostic test or procedure, it is important to establish the likelihood that an individual patient is affected