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    • Larocca de Geus, Juliana; Bersezio Miranda, Cristian; Urrutia, Javiera; Yamada, Toshiro; Fernández Godoy, Eduardo; Dourado Loguercio, Alessandro; Reis, Alessandra; Kossatz, Stella (American Dental Association, 2015)
      Background. The authors conducted a 2-center controlled clinical study to show the equivalence of at-home bleaching in smokers and nonsmokers at 1 week and 1 month and evaluate tooth sensitivity (TS). Methods. The ...
    • Larocca de Geus, Juliana; Bersezio Miranda, Cristian; Urrutia, Javiera; Yamada, Toshiro; Fernández Godoy, Eduardo; Dourado Loguercio, Alessandro; Reis, Alessandra; Kossatz, Stella (American Dental Association, 2015)
      Background The authors conducted a 2-center controlled clinical study to show the equivalence of at-home bleaching in smokers and nonsmokers at 1 week and 1 month and evaluate tooth sensitivity (TS). Methods The authors ...
    • Bersezio Miranda, Cristian; Estay, Juan; Jorquera, Gilbert; Peña, Manuel; Araya, Carolina; Angel, Pablo; Fernández Godoy, Eduardo (Indiana University School of Dentistry, 2019)
      Objective: This study investigated whether it is possible to achieve equally satisfactory results between 37.5% hydrogen peroxide (HP) gel and 6% HP gel. We also assessed the psychosocial impact and self-perception of ...
    • Contreras, Paula; Kay, Jorge; Burgos, Cristian; Contreras, Constanza; Huber, Hinrich (Universidad de Concepcion, 2017)
      The difficulty experienced by patients with fixed orthodontic appliances in maintaining adequate oral hygiene poses a risk for dental caries. The use of probiotics has been proposed as a means of prevention. The following ...
    • Larocca de Geus, Juliana; Fernández Godoy, Eduardo; Kossatz, Stella; Loguercio, Alessandro; Reis, Alessandra (Indiana University School of Dentistry, 2017)
      Objective: This clinical study evaluated the color longevity after 30 months of at-home bleaching with 10% carbamide peroxide (CP) in smokers and nonsmokers. Methods: Sixty patients, 30 smokers and 30 nonsmokers, were ...
    • Valenzuela, Saúl; Miralles, Rodolfo; Santander, Hugo; Bull, Ricardo; Córdova, Rosa; Celhay, Isabel; Cavada Chacón, Gabriel; Gutiérrez, Mario (Taylor and Francis Ltd., 2017)
      AIM: To compare the effect of breathing type on the activity of respiratory muscles at different body positions. METHODOLOGY: Two groups of 20 subjects each, one with upper costal and the other with costodiaphragmatic ...
    • Yévenes, Ismael; Torres Zamanillo, Carmen; Palma Fluxá, Patricia; Gajardo Ramirez, Marta; Maass, Paula; Quintana, Renata (Editora Universitaria da PUCRS, 2014)
      Objectives: A medicated chewing gum is a solid, single-dose preparation intended to be chewed for a certain period of time and deliver the drug. It may contain one or more than one active pharmaceutical ingredient. Whithin ...
    • Loi, Florence; Córdova Jara, Luis; Zhang, Ruth; Pajarinen, Jukka; Lin, Tzu-hua; Goodman, Stuart B.; Yao, Zhenyu (BioMed Central, 2016)
      Background: Bone formation and remodeling are influenced by the inflammatory state of the local microenvironment. In this regard, macrophages are postulated to play a crucial role in modulating osteogenesis. However, the ...
    • López Villarroel, Néstor; Socransky, Sigmund S.; Da Silva, Isabel; Japlit, Michele R.; Haffajee, Anne D. (BLACKWELL, 2006-09)
      Aim: To determine the effect of metronidazole plus amoxicillin (M+A) as the sole therapy, on the subgingival microbiota of chronic periodontitis. Material and Methods: Twenty-two patients with untreated chronic periodontitis ...
    • López Villarroel, Néstor; Gamonal Aravena, Jorge Antonio (American Academy of Periodontology, 1998-11)
      A randomized, double-blind, clinical study was done to assess the microbiological and clinical effects of metronidazole plus amoxicillin (M+A) as the only therapy in 46 patients with moderate to advanced progressive adult ...
    • López Villarroel, Néstor; Quintero, Antonio; Casanova, Patricia A.; Ibieta Hillerns, Carola; Baelum, Vibeke; López, Rodrigo (2012-03)
      Background: The systemic inflammation in both metabolic syndrome (MetS) and periodontitis is a common denominator of the association of these conditions with higher risk of atherosclerosis. The current study investigat ...
    • Yanine Montaner, Nicolás; Araya Cabello, Ignacio; Brignardello Petersen, Romina; Carrasco Labra, Raúl; González, Almudena; Preciado, Arelis; Villanueva Maffei, Julio; Sanz, Mariano; Martin, Conchita (Springer, 2013)
      Objectives This study was designed to determine the effects of probiotics in prevention and/or treatment of periodontal diseases. Materials and methods We performed broad searches in the MEDLINE, Embase, and Cochrane ...
    • Magrin, Gabriel Leonardo; Strauss Avendaño, Franz; Magalhães Benfatti, César Augusto; Cople Maia, Lucianne; Gruber, Reinhard (MDPI, 2020)
      Short-chain fatty acids (SCFA), bacterial metabolites released from dental biofilm, are supposed to target the oral epithelium. There is, however, no consensus on how SCFA affect the oral epithelial cells. The objective ...
    • Sepúlveda Troncoso, Gerson; Soto Norambuena, Reinaldo; Cortés Araya, Juan Eliecer; Suazo Galdames, Iván Claudio (Universidad de La Frontera, 2008-07)
      Regional anesthesia is of utility in facial and cervical territories, and is the basis that allows the performance of diverse surgical procedures and diagnostic tests. An important part of the cranial and cervical tegument ...
    • Khouly, Ismael; Pardinas López, Simón; Ruff, Ryan Richard; Strauss Avendaño, Franz Josef (Springer, 2020)
      Objectives The aim of this study was to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis on the efficacy of growth factors (GF) on clinical outcomes after treatment (surgical/non-surgical) of peri-implant diseases (peri-implant ...
    • Lin, Zhikai; Strauss Avendaño, Franz; Lang, Niklaus P; Sculean, Anton; Salvi, Giovanni E.; Stahli, Alexandra (Springer, 2020)
      Objective To evaluate and compare the effects of laser monotherapy with non-surgical mechanical instrumentation alone in untreated periodontitis patients. Materials and methods A focused question was formulated based on ...
    • Martínez García, L.; Sanabria, A. J.; Araya Cabello, Ignacio; Lawson, J.; Solà, Iván; Vernooij, R. W. M.; López, D.; García Álvarez, E.; Trujillo Martín, M. M.; Etxeandia-Ikobaltzeta, I.; Kotzeva, A.; Rigau, D.; Louro González, A.; Barajas Nava, L.; Díaz del Campo, P.; Estrada, M. D.; Gracia, J.; Salcedo Fernández, F.; Haynes, R. B.; Alonso Coello, Pablo (BioMed Central, 2015)
      Background: A major challenge in updating clinical guidelines is to efficiently identify new, relevant evidence. We evaluated the efficiency and feasibility of two new approaches: the development of restrictive ...
    • Pérez, Vidal; Díaz, Jaime; Rojas, Sandra; Onetto, Juan Eduardo (SciELO Agencia Nacional de Investigacion y Desarrollo (ANID), 2020)
    • Fuentes del Campo, Aler; Martínez, Karin; Miralles Lozano, Rodolfo Isaac; Gutiérrez, Mario Felipe; Santander, Hugo; Fresno Rivas, María Javiera; Valenzuela Fernández, Saul (Informa Healthcare, 2013)
      Objective. The goal of this study was to evaluate the electromyographic (EMG) activity of the anterior temporalis, suprahyoid, infrahyoid and trapezius muscles during tooth grinding at different jaw posture tasks. Materials ...
    • Campillo, Bárbara; Martín, Conchita; Palma, Juan Carlos; Fuentes del Campo, Aler Daniel; Alarcón, José Antonio (Medicina oral S L, 2017)
      Background: A necessary step to use neuromuscular analysis as diagnostic tool is to establish normal reference values for the physiological range in a healthy population. Surface electromyographic (sEMG) activity of the ...