Litao Sun, Yongming Tang, Wei Zuo
Sidra Fahim, Afsheen Maqsood, Gotam Das, Naseer Ahmed et al.
Many modern advancements have taken place in dentistry that have exponentially impacted the progress and practice of dentistry. Augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) are becoming the trend in the practice of modern dentistry because of their impact on changing the patient’s experience. The...
Mohammad Khursheed Alam, Huda Abutayyem, Bushra Kanwal, Maher Al Shayeb
Technology is rapidly evolving in the modern world, and the accompanying developments due to its influence are shaping each and every aspect of our life, with the field of orthodontics being no exception. This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to examine such trends in orthodontics and hypot...
Mostafa Kamal Arefin, Shakila Khan Rumi, A. K. M. Nasir Uddin, Sultana Sahana Banu et al.
Povidone-iodine (PVP-I) is a time-tested antiseptic agent with excellent virucidal (99.99%) properties. Repurposing it against coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) is a relatively newer concept and has been sparsely tested in vivo. The most common route of entry of severe acute respiratory syndrome cor...
Samia Naz Isha, Ashfi Ahmad, Russell Kabir, Ehsanul Hoque Apu
Dental clinics are at high risk of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and cross-infection due to the use of instruments that produce aerosols, droplets of secretions, saliva, and blood. These can cause transmission between dental practitioners and patients. Large droplets could potentially cause the...
David Pollard, J C Davenport
The authors of this paper produced a computer-assisted learning (CAL) program on aspects of partial denture design which covered the topics of surveying, support and indirect retention. Version 1 of the program was evaluated by 65 general dental practitioners, the majority of whom did this at their ...
Md Iqbal Mahmud Choudhury, Nilufar Shabnam, Tazin Ahsan, Md Saiful Kabir et al.
Background: The sudden onset of COVID-19 began in late 2019 caused by a novel coronavirus (SARS-COV2) and on 11th March, WHO declared it to have developed pandemic status. There is still no specific treatment and vaccine available for COVID-19; causing wide spread health problem and concern of the g...
Romaisa Arshad Khokhar, Waleed A. Ismail, Adnan Sunny, Gul Muhammad Shaikh et al.
Objective: Teledentistry is considered to be a technological advancement in providing dental care to patients while effectively addressing the time management. Furthermore, the pandemic of COVID-19 has been here for quite long now, forcing the dental practitioners to ponder upon other methods of hea...
Md Irteja Islam, Shah Saif Jahan, Mohammad Tawfique Hossain Chowdhury, Samia Naz Isha et al.
BACKGROUND: During the COVID-19 pandemic, dental education institutions throughout the world experienced significant challenges, including a quick shift to an online learning paradigm. Since the pandemic has had a considerable impact on dental education, this research evaluated the perspectives and ...
Mostafa Kamal Arefin
SARS- CoV-2 or novel coronavirus enters in human body through nose and mouth, stays there for a while. Then binds with ACE2 receptor, enters inside cell, multiply there and manifests. Again, Polyvinyl Pyrrolidone or Povidone Iodine (PVP-I) is a strong microbicidal agent having 99.99% virucidal effic...
Kona Chowdhury, Mainul Haque, Afzalunnessa Binte Lutfor, Tosaddeque Hossain Siddiqui et al.
Objective: Lockdown and other measures, including the closure of universities, introduced by Governments across countries in response to the COVID-19 pandemic have appreciably impacted on the education of dental and medical students across countries. Key challenges included the need to rapidly move ...
Aslam Md Aurangjeb, Tamanna Zaman, Meghdeep Badruddoza
Aim: This descriptive type of cross-sectional study was conducted among 105 dental surgeons working in the outpatient departments at some renowned educational institutions and a few private dental clinics in Dhaka city. Methods: The respondents were interviewed using structured questionnaire and the...
Md Shakhawat Hossain, Md Mahmudur Rahman, M. M. Mahbubul Syeed, Ummae Hamida Hannan et al.
Caries detection is a routine clinical task in dental practice. If caries are detected at an early stage, non-invasive or micro-invasive treatment such as fillings and a root canal can be effective and thereby invasive treatment and therapies such as gum surgery and dental implants can be avoided. I...
Mohammad Jahid Hasan, Shakila Khan Rumi, Sultana Sahana Banu, A. K. M. Nasir Uddin et al.
OBJECTIVE: General: To assess the virucidal efficacy of povidone iodine (PVP-I) on COVID-19 virus located in the nasopharynx Specific: i. To evaluate the efficacy of povidone iodine (PVP-I) to removeCOVID-19 virus located in the nasopharynx ii. To assess the adverse events of PVP-I TRIAL DESIGN: Thi...
Abhishek Lal, Sara Saeed, Naseer Ahmed, Mohammad Khursheed Alam et al.
Vaccination is critical to control the rate of coronavirus transmission and infectivity. Dental practices are a high-risk area for contracting coronavirus; this fact generates psychological disturbances amongst patients. In this study, we aimed to assess the levels of anxiety of patients while visit...