Relationship of self-reported sleep bruxism and awake bruxism with chronotype profiles in Italian dental students

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Cranio. 2019 May;37(3):147-152. doi: 10.1080/08869634.2018.1431600. Epub 2018 Jan 29. ABSTRACT OBJECTIVES: A cross-sectional study was performed to assess the association between possible sleep bruxism (SB) and awake bruxism (AB) with sleep characteristics and chronotype (i.e. circadian cycle preference). METHODS: One-hundred-nineteen young adults filled out a self-reported questionnaire to assess SB and AB, a questionnaire about…

Comparative SEM analysis of nine F22 aligner cleaning strategies

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Prog Orthod. 2017 Dec;18(1):26. doi: 10.1186/s40510-017-0178-9. Epub 2017 Sep 11. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: The orthodontics industry has paid great attention to the aesthetics of orthodontic appliances, seeking to make them as invisible as possible. There are several advantages to clear aligner systems, including aesthetics, comfort, chairside time reduction, and the fact that they can be removed…

The mechanical behavior of as received and retrieved nickel titanium orthodontic archwires

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Prog Orthod. 2019 Jan 7;20(1):1. doi: 10.1186/s40510-018-0251-z. ABSTRACT OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study is to investigate and compare the characteristics of as received and retrieved NiTi archwires at a constant temperature by plotting their load/deflection graphs and quantifying three parameters describing the discharge plateau phase. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Two hundred four NiTi archwires, traditional…

Mechanical Tillage Diversely Affects Glomalin Content, Water Stable Aggregates and AM Fungal Community in the Soil Profiles of Two Differently Managed Olive Orchards

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Biomolecules. 2019 Oct 22;9(10):639. doi: 10.3390/biom9100639. ABSTRACT This work was designed to investigate the effect of mechanical tillage on glomalin content, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) abundance and diversity, and the concentration of water stable aggregates (WSA), in two adjacent olive groves located in Basilicata (Italy) that were managed over the course of 11 years in…

Smartphone-based application for EMA assessment of awake bruxism: compliance evaluation in a sample of healthy young adults

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Clin Oral Investig. 2020 Apr;24(4):1395-1400. doi: 10.1007/s00784-019-03098-2. Epub 2019 Oct 24. ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: A smartphone-based ecological momentary assessment (EMA) strategy to collect real time data on awake bruxism (AB) has been recently introduced. The aim of this study was to assess the compliance with its use over 1 week in a sample of healthy young…

Experimental Study of the Pressures and Points of Application of the Forces Exerted between Aligner and Tooth

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Nanomaterials (Basel). 2019 Jul 12;9(7):1010. doi: 10.3390/nano9071010. ABSTRACT The analysis of forces, moments and pressure points has long been of great interest in orthodontics. Hence, we set out to define a method for measuring the pressure exerted by aligners on the teeth, and specifically to identify the precise points of pressure exertion. Intraoral scans were…

Marsupialization of a dentigerous cyst followed by orthodontic traction of two retained teeth: A case report

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Int Orthod. 2019 Jun;17(2):365-374. doi: 10.1016/j.ortho.2019.03.019. Epub 2019 Apr 22. ABSTRACT This case report discussed a combined surgical-orthodontic rescue of two impacted teeth in a large dentigerous cyst by the means of fixed orthodontic appliances. After careful evaluation of the 3D radiographic exams, extraction of the deciduous elements was carried out, followed by marsupialization and…