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  • Race in health research : considerations for researchers and research ethics committees 
    Van Staden, Werdie; Nienaber, A.; Rossouw, T.; Turner, A.C. (Astrid); Filmalter, Cecilia Jacoba; Nel, Jan Gert; Bapela, S.; Beetge, Mia-Michaela; Blumenthal, Ryan; Castelyn, Camille De Villebois; De Witt-Jordaan, T.W. (Wilma); Dlagnekova, Antonia; Kotze, Carla; Mangwane, S.; Napoles, Lizeka; Somers, R.; Sykes, Leanne M.; Van Zyl, W.B.; Venter, Marietjie; Uys, Andre; Warren, Nichola (South African Medical Association, 2023-04)
    This article provides ethical guidance on using race in health research as a variable or in defining the study population. To this end, a plain, non-exhaustive checklist is provided for researchers and research ethics ...
  • Self-reported substance use, in dental and oral hygiene students at a university in South Africa 
    Madiba, Thomas Khomotjo; Mostert, Vanessa C.; Sykes, Leanne M. (South African Dental Association, 2022-10)
    BACKGROUND : A recent study amongst South African dental students found that a number of them had perceived moderate to severe stress and as a result, some have resorted to stimulant drugs. AIM : The aim of the study ...
  • Is “failure to treat” a treatment failure? 
    Sykes, Leanne M.; Jagathpal, Avish J.; Bradfield, Charles F.; Cronje, Michael (South African Dental Association, 2021-10)
    Over-servicing in dentistry has been widely reported on and censured due to the potential physical, social and financial harms it can cause a patient. In contrast, under-treatment is less often noticed or raised as a ...
  • "Wear your mask" 
    Sykes, Leanne M.; Wood, Neil H. (South African Dental Association, 2021-02)
    The current pandemic has made the wearing of masks a “necessary, if not life-saving, evil”. However, masks have been admired and worn throughout the world for centuries and play an integral part of many activities ...
  • The “contagious” clinician 
    Sykes, Leanne M.; Babiolakis, George P.; Boers, Bernice (South African Dental Association, 2021-04)
    The many new airborne viral pathogens such as corona-virus (Covid-19), the novel variant (SARS-CoV-2), acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), and Middle East respiratory ...
  • Technicians and dentists : a catch 22 situation? 
    Sykes, Leanne M.; Bradfield, Charles F.; Babiolakis, George P.; Becker, Len (South African Dental Association, 2021-08)
    Dental technicians who regularly receive poor quality impressions and records are often faced with professional and ethical concerns as to how to handle the situation. They may choose to complete the task to the best ...
  • Looking beyond the physical management of patients with head and neck cancer 
    Sykes, Leanne M.; Ntseke, Tshegofatso V.; Nethononda, Portia (South African Dental Association, 2021-07)
    Cancers of the head and neck region often leave patients with conspicuous defects, as well as limitations in physical and psycho-social functions. Rehabilitation is challenging and can never fully restore the anatomical, ...
  • Is it better to be good or to do good? 
    Sykes, Leanne M.; Babiolakis, George Paul; Evans, William G. (South African Dental Association, 2021-05)
    People have contemplated what it entails to be good and to do good. Philosophers propose that being good is an idea about yourself or others, while doing good is an action, towards yourself or others. Other theorists ...
  • Dentists and dental technicians - a united team or uncomfortable alliance? 
    Sykes, Leanne M.; Bernitz, Herman; Becker, L.H.; Bradfield, Charles F. (South African Dental Association, 2021-03)
    The effective practising of dentistry requires that dentists and dental technicians work hand in hand, having mutual respect for each other, while maintaining the highest standards in each of their respective disciplines. ...
  • Alveolar bone resorption following tooth extraction characteristically illustrated 
    Sykes, Leanne M.; Bradfield, Charles F.; Naidu, Karmisha (South African Dental Association, 2021-10)
    Under normal physiological conditions, bone undergoes a constant, balanced and well- regulated process of renewal and remodelling. This is needed for growth, remodelling and maintenance of skeletal form, as well as for ...
  • South Africa’s contribution in the field of forensic odontology - a textbook review 
    Sykes, Leanne M.; Robinson, Liam (South African Dental Association, 2021-08)
    This textbook represents an up-to-date, comprehensive compilation of the field of Forensic Odontology. The chapters have been uniquely structured to take the reader through all aspects of this discipline in a methodical ...
  • Outsmarting COVID-19 through rapid 3D printing and flipped learning in fixed prosthodontics 
    Fortuin, Alwyn; Van den Heever, J.H.; Postma, Thomas Corne (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2021-09)
    Fixed prosthodontics comprises an array of advanced clinical skills that dental students need to master before qualification. Fixed prosthodontics involves the rehabilitation of absent and severely damaged teeth by means ...
  • Upholding parameters of care in a service-provision constrained time period 
    Sykes, Leanne M. (South African Dental Association, 2020-10)
    Advances in technology necessitate constant changes in all aspects of medical education and patient care. This requires educators and clinicians to merge traditional practices with new innovations, materials and techniques. ...
  • Dental images - their use and abuse 
    Sykes, Leanne M.; Uys, Andre; Bradfield, Charles F.; Van Reede van Oudtshoorn, Nicolaas W. (South African Dental Association, 2020-11)
    Patients’ exposure to medical and dental radiographic examination has increased over the years,1 with dental X-ray procedures now accounting for almost one-third of all radiographic examinations.2 Although they ...
  • Can an ethical question answered with a “Yes, but...” ever be defensible? 
    Sykes, Leanne M.; Crafford, Elmine; Bradfield, Charles F. (South African Dental Association, 2020-03)
    This paper will use the issue of sterility of medical equipment as an example, but the points discussed may be extrapolated to a number of other areas in the dental setting.
  • From pandemic, to panic to ‘pendemic’ 
    Sykes, Leanne M.; Crafford, Elmine; Bradfield, Charles F. (South African Dental Association, 2020-04)
    Medical doctors and dentists working in private practice are generally faced with the situation of “no work, no pay”. Although most have some form of indemnity cover to ensure they will receive and income if they are ...
  • Root canal preparation with reciprocating instruments - a literature review and clinical application 
    Victor, Christiaan; Van der Vyver, Petrus Jacobus; Vorster, Martin; Vally, Zunaid Ismail (South African Dental Association, 2020-10)
    It is well described that the presence of microbial flora in the pulp space of the tooth, and the inability of the immune system to remove these pathogens, are the major sources of peri-apical and radicular inflammation. 1 ...
  • Dental students’ self-perceived competency and usage of the internet for learning and evaluation purposes - Part 2 
    Sykes, Leanne M.; Postma, Thomas Corne; Uys, Andre; Brandt, Paul Dieter; Crafford, Elmine (South African Dental Association, 2020-08)
    Many dental lecturers are moving away from providing hand-out notes to their students and are rather opting for posting lecture material and tutorials on the internet using the various university platforms such as ...
  • Yes, you can say no 
    Sykes, Leanne M.; Crafford, Elmine; Fortuin, Alwyn (South African Dental Association, 2020-05)
    Quality dental care begins with determining the patient’s understanding of the dental treatment, their expectations, attaining all the diagnostic information and compiling a treatment plan best suited to each individual.1 ...
  • The ‘digital access divide’ at a South African dental school – a cross-sectional study - Part 1 
    Postma, Thomas Corne; Sykes, Leanne M.; Uys, Andre; Brandt, Paul Dieter; Crafford, Elmine (South African Dental Association, 2020-08)
    This study sought to investigate the digital divide, from an access perspective, of dental students at the University of Pretoria. Second to final year students (n= 218 (87.2% response rate) completed a custom-designed survey ...