Clinical Oral Investigations

Development of a validated process for manual preparation of dental transmission instruments

Andre Büchter, Birgit Kruse-Loesler

Periodontal therapy and risk for adverse pregnancy outcomes

Alcione Maria Soares Dutra Oliveira, Peterson Antonio Dutra de Oliveira, Luís Otávio Miranda Cota, Claúdia Silami Magalhães, Allyson Nogueira Moreira, Fernando Oliveira Costa

Influence of ultrasound application on inlays luting with self-adhesive resin cements

Amerigo Cantoro, Cecilia Goracci, Ivanovic Coniglio, Elisa Magni, Antonella Polimeni, Marco Ferrari

Effects of surface conditioning on repair bond strengths of non-aged and aged microhybrid, nanohybrid, and nanofilled composite resins

Margareta Rinastiti, Mutlu Özcan, Widowati Siswomihardjo, Henk J. Busscher

Performance of laser fluorescence devices, visual and radiographic examination for the detection of occlusal caries in primary molars

Klaus W. Neuhaus, Jonas Almeida Rodrigues, Isabel Hug, Herman Stich, Adrian Lussi

Inhibition of the activity of matrix metalloproteinase 2 by triethylene glycol dimethacrylate

Rodrigo Varella de Carvalho, Fabrício Aulo Ogliari, Marcelo Rocha Marques, Ana Paula de Souza, Cesar Liberato Petzhold, Sergio Roberto Peres Line, Evandro Piva, Adriana Etges

Sex differences in dental caries experience: clinical evidence, complex etiology

John R. Lukacs

Galvano- vs. metal-ceramic crowns: up to 5-year results of a randomised split-mouth study

Michael Naumann, Juliane Ernst, Sven Reich, Peggy Weißhaupt, Florian Beuer

Comparison of some physical properties of finger spreaders made of stainless steel or nickel-titanium alloys

Hélio P. Lopes, Mônica A. S. Neves, Carlos N. Elias, Edson J. L. Moreira, José F. Siqueira Jr

Push-out bond strength of circular and oval-shaped fiber posts

Ivanovic Coniglio, Elisa Magni, Amerigo Cantoro, Cecilia Goracci, Marco Ferrari

Effect of carbamide peroxide and hydrogen peroxide on enamel surface: an in vitro study

Thaer Abouassi, Martin Wolkewitz, Petra Hahn

Extramasticatory dental wear reflecting habitual behavior and health in past populations

Petra Molnar

Oral health-related quality of life is linked with subjective well-being and depression in early old age

Alexander Jochen Hassel, Daniel Danner, Marina Schmitt, Ina Nitschke, Peter Rammelsberg, Hans-Werner Wahl

Mannose-binding lectin gene (MBL-2) polymorphism in oral lichen planus

Andreza Barkokebas, Alessandra de Albuquerque T. Carvalho, Paulo Roberto Eleutério de Souza, Ricardo Santiago Gomez, Guilherme Machado Xavier, Camila Maria Beder Ribeiro, Sergio Crovella, Stephen Ross Porter, Jair Carneiro Leão

Salivary IL-6 levels in oral leukoplakia with dysplasia and its clinical relevance to tobacco habits and periodontitis

Mohit Sharma, Indira Bairy, Keerthilatha Pai, Kapaettu Satyamoorthy, Shailendra Prasad, Barry Berkovitz, Raghu Radhakrishnan

Spatial relation between a rigid (digital) intraoral X-ray receptor and longitudinal axes of maxillary teeth

Felix Roeder, Isabell von Rechenberg, Bernd d’Hoedt, Ralf Schulze

Measurements on 3D models of human skulls derived from two different cone beam CT scanners

Olivier J. C. van Vlijmen, Frits A. Rangel, Stefaan J. Bergé, Ewald M. Bronkhorst, Alfred G. Becking, Anne Marie Kuijpers-Jagtman

Three-dimensional evaluation of craniofacial asymmetry: an analysis using computed tomography

Rosa María Yáñez-Vico, Alejandro Iglesias-Linares, Daniel Torres-Lagares, José Luis Gutiérrez-Pérez, Enrique Solano-Reina

Muscle and joint forces under variable equilibrium states of the mandible

Stefan Rues, Jürgen Lenz, Jens C. Türp, Karl Schweizerhof, Hans J. Schindler

Correlation of RDC/TMD axis I diagnoses and axis II pain-related disability. A multicenter study

Daniele Manfredini, Jari Ahlberg, Ephraim Winocur, Luca Guarda-Nardini, Frank Lobbezoo

Immunohistochemical expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in different types of odontogenic cysts

Corrado Rubini, Luciano Artese, Antonio Zizzi, Massimiliano Fioroni, Giuliano Ascani, Gaia Goteri, Daniela Stramazzotti, Marcello Piccirilli, Giovanna Iezzi, Adriano Piattelli

Diagnostic efficiency of differentiating small cancerous and precancerous lesions using mucosal brush smears of the oral cavity—a prospective and blinded study

Felix Peter Koch, Martin Kunkel, Stefan Biesterfeld, Wilfried Wagner

Poster abstracts of the 5th biennial meeting of the European Federation of Conservative Dentistry (EFCD) held in association with the 6th international congress of the Society of Restorative Dentistry, Turkey (RDD), 13–15 October 2011, Istanbul, Turkey