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Patient-reported outcomes in oral oncology: new approaches, contemporary visions

Background: Emerging trends in Patient Reported Outcomes (PROs) are transforming healthcare by centering the patient experience and emphasizing Quality of Life (QoL) in clinical decision-making [1]. Objective: Analyze the benefits of using PROs in daily critical practice based on the experience of our research group and literature review. To explore new strategies to apply results more efficiently in clinical d...

Gamification in e-Health: strategies for oral health

Background: Gamification in healthcare is an innovative approach that uses game elements to motivate and engage patients in healthy behaviors. Gamification in oral health uses various game elements to create engaging and motivating experiences for patients [1-7]. Some of the most common elements include goals and challenges to achieve, rewards to obtain, competition, feedback, and the creation of an engaging na...

Editorial

The Athena Health & Research Journal (AHRJ) is a project dedicated to disseminating research in the health sciences field. The works published in this journal include groundbreaking research that drives new discoveries in the prevention and treatment of diseases, promotes efficiency in patient care, shows promise for health policies, among other pertinent objectives. This is a space for innovation, where ac...

SARS-COV-2 vaccination and immune trends from a portuguese university cohort st...

Aesthetic preference in the transverse orientation of the occlusal plane in reh...

The present study had a convenience sample with 236 laypeople and 242 dentists who completed an online questionnaire to choose the most attractive image among six pairs for comparison. Control image: symmetric (parallelism between occlusal plane (OP), commissural line (CL), and interpupillary line (IL)). Change of Control, obtaining three images with a 3-degree inclination of the labial commissures. Image A: OP...

Is MRSA/MSSA a contamination risk on surfaces of the dental equipment?

Bacterial contamination of gutta-percha points from different brands and the ef...

Objective: To evaluate the bacterial contamination of different brands of Gutta-Percha (GP) points routinely used in clinical practice and the efficacy of a chairside disinfection protocol with sodium hypochlorite. Methods: GP points (n=240), in sizes A, B, C, D, K15, K20, K25, K30, K35, K40, F1, F2, F3 (Dentsply®, Proclinic®, ProTaper® and R&S®), were randomly sampled from commercial packages already in use. T...

Detection of Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA/MSSA) in surfaces of dental medicine e...

Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) represents one of the major causes of nosocomial infections, leading to high mortality. Surfaces in clinics, as well as the attending uniform and the hands of the dental doctor can be MRSA reservoirs. Having this in mind, the purpose of this study was to evaluate the presence of Methicillin-Sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) and MRSA on dental medicine equi...

Multi-Mode adhesives performance and success/retention rates in NCCLs restorati...

Aim: Compare clinical performance and success/retention rates of two multi-mode (MM) adhesives, applied in self-etch (SE) or etch-and-rinse (ER) modes, with SE-all-in-one adhesive (SE/SE with enamel etching) in NCCL restorations at one-year follow-up. Material and methods: Prospective, double-blind RCT approved by the University Fernando Pessoa and the National-Clinical-Research-Ethics Committees (CEIC-20150305...

Effect of thermal cycling on the shear bond strength of different orthodontic a...

Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the influence of thermal cycling on the shear bond strength of three types of adhesives used for orthodontic brackets to human enamel.Methods: Sixty six human premolars were used in this study. Two groups of dental resin composite adhesives (ED; G) and one compomer (TP) were thermal cycled from 5 up to 55 degrees C at 4000 cycles for 45 s in an artificial saliva so...