Facultad de Odontología: Recent submissions

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    • Financial performance rankings as trading organizing devices: The case of chilean pension funds 
      Espinosa, Juan; Alarcón, José (Revista Espacios, 2016)
      The aim of this paper is to describe some of the mechanisms that connect financial performance rankings with crowd thought and herd trading behaviour. The paper aims to analyse these complex phenomena using data produced ...
    • Pro-inflammatory M1 macrophages promote Osteogenesis by mesenchymal stem cells via the COX-2-prostaglandin ... 
      Lu, Laura; Loi, Florence; Nathan, Karthik; Lin, Tzu; Pajarinen, Jukka; Gibon, Emmanuel; Nabeshima, Akira; Cordova, Luis; Jämsen, Eemeli; Yao, Zhenyu; Goodman, Stuart (John Wiley and Sons Inc., 2017)
      Bone fractures are among the most common orthopaedic problems that affect individuals of all ages. Immediately after injury, activated macrophages dynamically contribute to and regulate an acute inflammatory response that ...
    • Comparison of effectiveness and sensitivity using two in-office bleaching protocols for a 6% hydrogen ... 
      Vildósola Grez, Patricio; Vera, F.; Ramirez, J.; Rencoret, J.; Pretel, H.; Oliveira, Osmir; Tonetto, M.; Martin, J.; Fernandez, E. (Indiana University School of Dentistry, 2017)
      Objective: The aim of this blinded and randomized clinical trial was to compare two application protocols (one 36-minute application vs three 12-minute applications). We then assessed the effectiveness of the bleaching ...
    • Comparación de proporciones áuricas encontradas antes y después de la rehabilitación con prótesis totales 
      Meza Fuentealba, Carmen; Orrego Ramirez, Carola; Vergara Nuñez, Cristian (Editorial Ciencias Medicas, 2016)
      Introducción: La belleza tiene una "proporción ideal" que se presenta en ciertas formas geométricas de la naturaleza con las características de ser armónicas, simétricas y equilibradas. Según Ricketts "es necesario ...
    • Prevalence of Candida albicans and carriage of Candida non-albicans in the saliva of preschool children, ... 
      Lozano Moraga, Carla; Rodríguez Martínez, Gonzalo; Lefimil Puente, Claudia; Morales Bozo, Irene; Urzúa Orellana, Blanca (Taylor and Francis Ltd, 2017)
      Objective: This study was conducted to establish associations among the Candida carriage rate, the diversity of Candida species carried and the different caries status of preschool children. Materials and methods: Sixty-one ...
    • Influence of TNF-α-308 G/A gene polymorphism on temporomandibular disorder 
      D'Aurea Furquim, Bruno; Sales Pinto Flamengui, Lívia; Palanch Repeke, Carlos; Cavalla, Franco; Pompermaier Garlet, Gustavo; Rodrigues Conti, Paulo (Mosby Inc., 2016)
      Introduction: Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-a) levels are significantly upregulated in the synovial fluid of patients with temporomandibular joint disorder (TMD). The TNF-a influences pain generation and maintenance. ...
    • A practical approach to evidence-based dentistry: X How to avoid being misled by clinical studies' results ... 
      Carrasco Labra, Alonso; Brignardello Petersen, Romina; Azarpazhooh, Amir; Glick, Michael; Guyatt, Gordon H. (American Dental Association, 2015)
      Background and Overview Clinicians using evidence to inform decisions on a daily basis have access to a number of tools to help them judge the importance of discriminating studies conducted using suboptimal methods from ...
    • Personality style in patients looking for tooth bleaching and its correlation with treatment satisfaction 
      Martin, Javier; Rivas, Vanessa; Vildósola Grez, Patricio; Moncada, Laura; Oliveira, Osmir; Saad, José; Fernández Godoy, Eduardo; Moncada, Gustavo (Associacao Brasileira de Divulgacao Cientifica, 2016)
      In the last years the focus in dentistry has shifted to an "esthetic dentistry" approach, where patients are concerned about reaching a better look of their teeth. Vital tooth bleaching is a technique with immediate results, ...
    • PGC-1α-dependent mitochondrial adaptation is necessary to sustain IL-2-induced activities in human NK cells 
      Miranda, Dante; Jara, Claudia; Ibañez, Jorge; Ahumada, Viviana; Acuña Castillo, Claudio; Martin, Adrian; Córdova, Alexandra; Montoya, Margarita (Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2016)
      Human Natural Killer (NK) cells are a specialized heterogeneous subpopulation of lymphocytes involved in antitumor defense reactions. NK cell effector functions are critically dependent on cytokines and metabolic activity. ...
    • The GRADE evidence-to-decision framework: A report of its testing and application in 15 international ... 
      Neumann, Ignacio; Brignardello Petersen, Romina; Wiercioch, Wojtek; Carrasco Labra, Alonso; Cuello, Carlos; Akl, Elie A; Mustafa, Reem; Al-Hazzani, Waleed; Etxeandia-Ikobaltzeta, Itziar; Rojas, María; Falavigna, Maicon; Santesso, Nancy; Brozek, Jan; Iorio, Alf; Alonso-Coello, Pablo; Schünemann, Holger (BioMed Central Ltd., 2016)
      Background: Judgments underlying guideline recommendations are seldom recorded and presented in a systematic fashion. The GRADE Evidence-to-Decision Framework (EtD) offers a transparent way to record and report guideline ...
    • Chilean patients’ perception of oral health-related quality of life after third molar surgery 
      Aravena, Pedro; Delgado, Felipe; Olave, Hugo; Ulloa Marín, Carolina; Pérez-Rojas, Francisco (Dove Medical Press Ltd., 2016)
      Objective: To describe the perception of the quality of life in oral health based on the Health-Related Quality of Life instrument in its Spanish version (HRQOL-sp) in Chilean patients with third molar extraction ...
    • Corticotomy-assisted Le Fort I osteotomy: An alternative to segmentation of the maxilla in orthognathic surgery 
      Fariña, Rodrigo; Salinas, Felipe; Zurbuchen, Alejandro; Hinojosa, Andrés; Barreda, Mauricio (Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2015)
      Purpose: The aim of this study was to describe a surgical technique that can be used to solve dentofacial deformities associated with narrow interradicular spaces of the anterior teeth of the maxilla and inadequate ...
    • The effect of proanthocyanidin-containing 10% phosphoric acid on bonding properties and MMP inhibition 
      Hass, Viviane; Luque-Martinez, Issis; Muñoz, Miguel; Gutierrez Reyes, Mario; Abuna, Gabriel; Coelho Sinhoreti, Mario; Yi Liu, Alex; Loguercio, Alessandro; Wang, Yong; Reis, Alessandra (Elsevier Inc., 2016)
      Objectives. This study evaluated the effect of etching using 2% proanthocynidin-containing 10% phosphoric acid 2% PA/10% PhA vs. 35% phosphoric acid 35% PhA on immediate (IM) and 6-months (6 M) resin–enamel microshear ...
    • Professionally-applied chemically-induced whitening of teeth in adults 
      Carrasco Labra, Alonso; Brignardello Petersen, Romina; Yanine, Nicolás; Araya, Ignacio; Rada, Gabriel; Graham Chadwick, R. (John Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2013)
      This is the protocol for a review and there is no abstract. The objectives are as follows: To assess the effects of tooth whitening products developed to be professionally-applied with chemical, bleaching action (in-office). ...
    • DL-2-hydroxyisocaproic acid attenuates inflammatory responses in a murine Candida albicans biofilm model 
      Nieminen, M.; Hernández, M.; Novak-Frazer, L.; Kuula, H.; Ramage, G.; Bowyer, P.; Warn, P.; Sorsa, T.; Rautemaa, R. (2014)
      Chronic biofilm infections are often accompanied by a chronic inflammatory response, leading to impaired healing and increased, irreversible damage to host tissues. Biofilm formation is a major virulence factor for Candida ...
    • Poly(lactic acid)/TiO 
      Fonseca, Carmen; Ochoa, Almudena; Ulloa, Maria Teresa; Alvarez, Eduardo; Canales, Daniel; Zapata, Paula (Elsevier Ltd, 2015)
      Poly(lactic acid) (PLA) composites with titanium oxide (TiO2) ~ 10-nm nanoparticles were produced by the melting process and their main properties were evaluated. The nanoparticles are homogeneously dispersed in the matrix ...
    • Sensibilidad ética empresarial 
      Nicolas-Alarcón, Carolina; Valenzuela-Fernández, Leslier; Gutiérrez-Caques, Alexis; Gil-Lafuente, Jaime (Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 2015)
      Considerando los distintos sucesos nacionales e internacionales que han puesto en duda el comportamiento ético de ejecutivos de empresas, surge la necesidad de investigar cuáles son las variables relevantes que podrían ...
    • Fluoride release from fissure sealants 
      García Godoy, Franklin; Abarzua, Isabel; De Goes, Mario; Chan, Daniel (1997)
      This 30-day study, compared the amounts and patterns of fluoride release from 5 commercially available fluoride-containing pit and fissure sealants: FluroShield, Helioseal-F, Ultraseal XT, Baritone L3, and Teethmate-F; ...
    • Factores asociados a la somnolencia diurna en adultos mayores chilenos 
      Durán Agüero, Samuel; Sánchez Reyes, Hugo; Díaz Narváez, Víctor; Araya Pérez, Mónica (Ediciones Doyma, S.L., 2015)
      Objetivo: Determinar la prevalencia de somnolencia leve y excesiva y qué factores están asociados a la presencia de somnolencia diurna en adultos mayores. Métodos: Participaron 1.780 adultos mayores de 60 anos, ˜ autónomos, ...
    • MUC1/SEC and MUC1/Y overexpression is associated with inflammation in Sjögren's syndrome 
      Sung, H. H.; Castro, I.; González, S.; Aguilera, S.; Smorodinsky, N. I.; Quest, Andrew F. G.; Bahamondes, V.; Alliende, C.; Cortés, J.; Molina, C.; Urzúa, U.; Barrera, M. J.; Hermoso Ramello, Marcela; Herrera, L.; Leyton, C.; González, M. J. (Blackwell, 2015)
      ORIGINAL ARTICLEMUC1/SEC and MUC1/Y overexpression is associatedwith inflammation in Sj€ogren’s syndromeHH Sung1,*, I Castro1,*, S Gonz alez2, S Aguilera3, NI Smorodinsky4, AFG Quest1,5, V Bahamondes1,C Alliende1, J Cort ...