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Albertan Orthodontists’ Perceived Challenges and Strategies to Obtain Adult Patients’ Informed Consent
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Introduction: Informed consent (IC) is a communication process between a patient and a doctor that often leads to agreement or permission for health care management. For the IC process to be effective, provision of appropriate and accurate information to patients is fundamental and must be...
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Analysis of Anterior Dentofacial Aesthetic Characteristics and their Association to Post-Phase I Orthodontic Treatment Decisions
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Background. Researchers have conducted extensive studies regarding dentoalveolar factors that affect anterior dental aesthetics; however, there is no consensus regarding how these factors affect orthodontic treatment decisions. Methods. A systematic search of electronic databases was conducted to...
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Analysis of the biological effects of Therapeutic ultrasound on orthodontically induced tooth root resorption repair
DownloadFall 2012
The aim of this thesis was to investigate the biological effects of LIPUS on orthodontically induced inflammatory resorption (OIIRR) in in vivo and in vitro models. The in vitro samples were obtained from healthy human premolars and cultured for 5-days or 24-hours with application of LIPUS at...
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Fall 2023
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has shown us that our infection prevention and control (IPC) knowledge has some glaring gaps on what best ways to treat dental patients, leading to a flurry of research to understand the best mitigation strategies to reduce aerosols. One of these strategies...