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Dental Clenching: A Way to Improve Body Stability in Subject Suffering From Whiplash Injury. Part 2: Patients with Malocclusion – Juniper Publishers

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JUNIPER PUBLISHERS-OPEN ACCESS JOURNAL OF DENTISTRY & ORAL HEALTH Dental Clenching: A Way to Improve Body Stability in Subject Suffering From Whiplash Injury. Part 2: Patients with Malocclusion Authored by Maurizio Stefano Giacomello Abstract Aim of this study is analyze the variations on the postural stability in patients with previous whiplash with different conditions of dental occlusion. 66 adult patients suffering from masticatory muscles pain caused by clenching during sleep with previous experience of whiplash were selected for this study. Vestibular or neurologic pathologies, use of prescription drugs or psychotropic substances. The patients have been divided into two groups: 36 adult patients with normal occlusion (good alignment, 1st class or mild 2nd class deep bite for mandibular retrusion) constituted the group A, while 30 adult patients with previous whiplash and malocclusion (cross bite, mandibular shift, bad alignment, edentulous spaces) constit

Clinical Diagnostic Procedures in Endodontics- Juniper Publishers

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JUNIPER PUBLISHERS-OPEN ACCESS JOURNAL OF DENTISTRY & ORAL HEALTH Clinical Diagnostic Procedures in Endodontics Authored by Humaira Anjum Baig Abstract Endodontics is a branch of dentistry that deals with the etiology, diagnosis, prevention and treatment of the diseases of the pulp and periapical tissues compatible with good health. To arrive at a diagnosis, there is a definitive procedure to be followed which involves step by step implementation of the clinical diagnostic methods. A key purpose of establishing a proper pulpal and periapical diagnosis is to determine what clinical treatment is needed. Another important purpose of establishing universal classification system is to allow communication between educators, clinicians, students and researchers. In 2008, the American Association of Endodontists held a consensus conference to standardize diagnostic terms used in Endodontics. The goals were to propose universal recomme