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    • Cartes Velásquez, Ricardo; Ramírez S., Hernán; Cortés Araya, Juan Eliecer (Sociedad de Cirujanos de Chile, 2014-04)
      Introducción: El doble grado médico-dental (DG) en cirugía máxilofacial continúa siendo una cuestión controversial y sin resolver en muchos países, aunque hay una fuerte tendencia hacia su implementación en el mundo ...
    • Cavalla Ruiz, Ian; Biguettii, Claudia; Colavite, Priscila; Silveira, Elcia; Martins, Walter; Letra, Ariadne; Favaro Trombone, Ana; Menezes Silva, Renato; Pompermaier Garlet, Gustavo (Taylor & Francis, 2015)
      Th1-polarized host response, mediated by IFN-gamma, has been associated with increased severity of periodontal disease as well as control of periodontal infection. The functional polymorphism TBX21-1993T/C (rs4794067) ...
    • Díaz Zúñiga, Jaime; Monasterio, Gustavo; Álvarez, Carla; Melgar Rodríguez, Samanta; Benítez, Álvaro; Ciuchi, Pía; García, Matías; Arias, Jocelyn; Sanz, Mariano; Vernal Astudillo, Rolando (American Academy of Periodontology, 2015)
      Background: Different serotypes of Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans and Porphyromonas gingivalis have been shown to induce differential dendritic cell (DC) responses. This study investigates whether cytokine and ...
    • Geus, Juliana L. de; Rezende, Márcia; Margraf, Letícia S.; Bortoluzzi, Marcelo C.; Fernández Godoy, Eduardo; Loguercio, Alessandro D.; Reis, Alessandra; Kossatz, Stella (Operative Dentistry Inc., 2015)
      Objective: This single-blind controlled study evaluated the genotoxicity and efficacy of at-home bleaching in smokers and nonsmokers. Methods: We selected 60 patients with central incisors A2 or darker: 30 smokers ...
    • Wu, X.; Offenbacher, S.; López Villarroel, Néstor; Chen, D.; Wang, H.-Y.; Rogus, J.; Zhou, J.; Beck, J.; Jiang, S.; Bao, X.; Wilkins, L.; Doucette Stamm, L.; Kornman, K. (John Wiley, 2015)
      Background and Objective: Genetic markers associated with disease are often non-functional and generally tag one or more functional "causative" variants in linkage disequilibrium. Markers may not show tight linkage to the ...
    • Carrasco Labra, Alonso; Brignardello Petersen, Romina; Santesso, Nancy; Neumann, Ignacio; Mustafa, Reem; Mbuagbaw, Lawrence; Etxeandia Ikobaltzeta, Itziar; De Stio, Catherine; McCullagh, Lauren; Alonso Coello, Pablo; Meerpohl, Joerg; Vandvik, Per Olav; Brozek, Jan; Akl, Elie; Bossuyt, Patrick; Churchill, Rachel; Glenton, Claire; Rosenbaum, Sarah; Tugwell, Peter; Welch, Vivian; Guyatt, Gordon H.; Schuenemann, Holger (BIOMED CENTRAL, 2015)
      Background: Systematic reviews represent one of the most important tools for knowledge translation but users often struggle with understanding and interpreting their results. GRADE Summary-of-Findings tables have been ...
    • Romero, A.; Cáceres, M.; Arancibia, R.; Silva, D.; Couve, E.; Martínez, C.; Martínez, J.; Smith, P. C. (Wiley-Blackwell, 2015)
      Background: Granulation tissue remodeling and myofibroblastic differentiation are critically important events during wound healing. Tobacco smoking has a detrimental effect in gingival tissue repair. However, studies ...
    • Cavalla Ruiz, Ian; Osorio Alfaro, Constanza; Paredes, Rodolfo; Valenzuela Pedevila, María Antonieta; García Sesnich, Jocelyn; Sorsa, Timo; Tervahartiala, Taina; Hernández Ríos, Emma (Elsevier, 2015)
      Periodontitis is a highly prevalent infectious disease characterized by the progressive inflammatory destruction of tooth-supporting structures, leading to tooth loss. The underling molecular mechanisms of the disease ...
    • Fariña Sirandoni, Rodrigo; Pintor, P.; Pérez, J.; Pantoja Parada, Pedro; Berner, D. (Elsevier, 2015)
      The purpose of this study was to measure the changes in facial, occlusal, and skeletal relationships in patients with active unilateral condylar hyperplasia whose sole treatment was a low condylectomy. A retrospective ...
    • Moncada, G.; Vildósola Grez, Patricio; Fernández Godoy, Eduardo; Estay Larenas, Juan; Oliveira, Osmir Batista; Andrade, M. F. de; Martín Casielles, Javier; Mjör, I. A.; Gordan, V. V. (Operative Dentistry, 2015)
      The aim of this prospective, blind, and randomized clinical trial was to assess the effectiveness of repair of localized clinical defects in amalgam restorations that were initially scheduled for replacement. A cohort ...
    • Cornejo Ovalle, Marco; Paraje, Guillermo; Vásquez Lavín, Felipe; Pérez, Gloria; Palencia, Laia; Borrell, Carme (MDPI AG, 2015)
      The study examines changes in the distribution and socioeconomic inequalities of dental care utilization among adults after the major healthcare reform in Chile, 2004-2009. We evaluated the proportion of people who visited ...
    • Fernández Godoy, Eduardo; Martin, J.; Vildósola, P.; Estay, J.; Oliveira, Osmir Batista; Gordan, V .; Mjor, I.; González, J.; Loguercio, A. D.; Moncada, G. (2015)
      Purpose: The objective of this study was to clinically evaluate sealed composite restorations after 10 years and compare their behavior with respect to controls. Methods and Materials: The cohort consisted of 20 ...
    • Fernández Godoy, Eduardo; Martín Casielles, Javier; Vildósola Grez, Patricio; Oliveira, Osmir Batista; Gordan, V.; Mjor, I.; Bersezio Miranda, Cristian; Estay Larenas, Juan; De Andrade, M.; Moncada, G. (Elsevier, 2015)
      Objectives: The aim of this double-blind clinical trial was to assess the longevity of repairs to localized clinical defects in composite resin restorations that were initially planned to be treated with a restoration ...
    • Córdova Jara, Luis; Trichet, V.; Escriou, V.; Rosset, P.; Amiaud, J.; Battaglia, S.; Charrier, C.; Berreur, M.; Brion, R.; Gouin, F.; Layrolle, P.; Passuti, N.; Heymann, D. (Elsevier, 2015)
      Receptor activator of nuclear factor kappa-B (RANK) and RANK-ligand are relevant targets for the treatment of polyethylene particle-induced osteolysis. This study assessed the local administration of siRNA, targeting ...
    • 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 ...
    • Brignardello Petersen, Romina; Carrasco Labra, Alonso; Glick, Michael; Guyatt, Gordon H.; Azarpazhooh, Amir (Amer Dental Assoc, 2015)
      Background and Overview. Questions regarding diagnosis are common in dental practice. Studies in which investigators apply a diagnostic test and a reference standard to all patients and compare their results represent the ...
    • Brignardello Petersen, Romina; Carrasco Labra, Alonso; Glick, Michael; Guyatt, Gordon H.; Azarpazhooh, Amir (AMER DENTAL ASSOC, 2015)
      Background and Overview. Dental practitioners spend most of their time administering treatments. To ensure that their clinical decisions are informed by the best available evidence, dental practitioners need to be skilled ...
    • Brignardello Petersen, Romina; Carrasco Labra, Alonso; Glick, Michael; Guyatt, Gordon H.; Azarpazhooh, Amir (Amer Dental Assoc, 2015)
      Background and Overview. Questions regarding harm are common in dental practice. Observational, nonrandomized studies (that is, cohort studies and casecontrol studies) are the designs used by investigators to answer most ...
    • Smalley, Susan; Preiss, Yudith; Suazo Sanhueza, José Lorenzo; Vega, Javier; Angellotti, Isidora; Lagos, Carlos; Rivera, Enzo; Kleinsteuber, Karin; Campion, Javier; Martínez, J. Alfredo; Maiz, Alberto; Santos, José Luis (Sociedade Brasileira de Genética, 2015)
      Cerebrotendinous Xanthomatosis (CTX), a rare lipid storage disorder, is caused by recessive loss-of-function mutations of the 27-sterol hydroxylase (CYP27A1), producing an alteration of the synthesis of bile acids, with ...
    • Zhang, Yuqing; Montoya, Luis; Ebrahim, Shanil; Busse, Jason W.; Couban, Rachel; McCabe, Randi E.; Bieling, Peter; Carrasco Labra, Alonso; Guyatt, Gordon H. (QUINTESSENCE PUBLISHING, 2015)
      Aims: To conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis to evaluate the effectiveness of hypnosis/relaxation therapy compared to no/minimal treatment in patients with temporomandibular disorders (TMD). Methods: Studies ...