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- 1Al Fakir, Hussam
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- 1Aldosary, Tagreed
- 1Alsufyani, Noura, A
- 1Alsumait, Aishah
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Fall 2020
Background: Nitrous oxide (N2O) is a common anesthetic drug used for distress management and improving the cooperation of children in dentistry. In clinical settings where it is used for moderate sedation and analgesia, the effect of N2O is mostly perceived as a single action through subjectively...
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Psychosocial Determinants of Adherence to Preventive Dental Attendance for Preschool Children among Filipino Immigrants in Edmonton
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Abstract Objectives: To explore how immigrant parents in Edmonton’s Filipino community experience the phenomenon of adherence to preventive dental attendance (PDA) for their preschool children and what psychosocial factors influence parental adherence to preventive dental attendance for their...
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Skeletal,Dental, and Nasal Airway Changes After Treatment with Quad-helix Appliance as Evaluated by CBCT
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Introduction: Transverse maxillary deficiency has been associated with a variety of malocclusions, occlusion instability, and breathing problems. Managing this condition at an early stage is recommended to ensure normal dental and skeletal relationships and to improve oral health and aesthetics....
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The effects of stainless steel ligature ties on the mechanical characteristics of conventional and self-ligated brackets subjected to torque
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Stainless steel ligatures ties are routinely used by orthodontists to improve torque; nevertheless, there is a lack of evidence as to the role of stainless steel ligation in bracket retentive characteristics. The objective of this study is to look into the effects of stainless steel (SS) ligation...
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The pro-inflammatory and calcification effects of DMP-1 on pulp fibroblasts. Implications for the prevention of dental pulp calcifc metamorphosis
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Traumatic dental injuries are very common in the first and second decades of life. Trauma, if severe, could result in irreversible changes such as root resorption and/or partial or complete pulp obliteration by hard tissue. Dental pulp calcific metamorphosis is the rapid calcification of the pulp...
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Fall 2013
This thesis was intended to develop two tissue engineering approaches for cleft palate reconstruction. One approach focused on developing a cell-based therapy in vitro, using osteogenically induced mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs). The other approach focused on the delivery of bone morphogenetic...
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Transverse, Vertical, and Antero-posterior changes between Tooth-borne versus Dresden Bone-borne Rapid Maxillary Expansion: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial
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Objectives: 1) To identify accurate and easily repeatable (intra-examiner reliability) 3-D landmarks in the cranial base, maxilla, and mandible which can be used to quantify treatment changes after rapid maxillary expansion (RME). 2) To compare the transverse, vertical and antero-posterior,...
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Treatment effect of Low Intensity Pulsed Ultrasound either alone, with functional appliance and with gene therapy on the mandibular condylar growth
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The aim of this thesis was to investigate the effect of Low intensity pulsed ultrasound (LIPUS) with or without the use of forward bite jumping appliance, also known as functional appliance (FA) on the mandibular condylar growth in the rat model and also to investigate the biological effect on MC...
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Spring 2013
Objectives: To explore how the concept of social capital can be utilized to generate ideas for a First Nations community oral health initiative. Methods: A qualitative case study design was employed. An interview guide developed based on Putnam’s concept of social capital directed 7 individual...