• A comparative study of the cutting efficiency of diamond rotary instruments with different grit sizes with a low-speed electric handpiece against zirconia specimens 

  Van Aswegen, Ane; Jagathpal, A.J.; Sykes, Leanne M.; Schoeman, Hermanus Stephanus (Elsevier, 2024-01)

  STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM : The use of zirconia in dentistry has increased. However, little attention has been given to the difficulty experienced by clinicians when cutting zirconia restorations intraorally. Evidence ...
• Situational awareness in the context of clinical practice 

  Feller, Shani; Feller, Liviu; Bhayat, Ahmed; Feller, Gal; Khammissa, Razia Abdool Gafaar; Vally, Zunaid Ismail (MDPI, 2023-12-04)

  In the context of clinical practice, situational awareness refers to conscious awareness (knowledge), which is a mental model of a given clinical situation in terms of its elements and the significance of their interrelation. ...
• 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 ...
• Leadership diversity in prosthodontics: Number and percentage of women chief editors of journals publishing prosthodontic science 

  Bennie, Karen R.; Koka, Sreenivas (Elsevier, 2022-09)

  STATEMENT OF PROBLEM : The number and percentage of women chief editors of journals publishing prosthodontic science is unknown. PURPOSE : The purpose of this observational study was to calculate and compare the number ...
• 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 ...
• Leadership diversity in science : women editors of dental journals are underrepresented compared to women editors of medical journals 

  Bennie, Karen R.; Koka, Sreenivas (Elsevier, 2021-12)

  OBJECTIVES : Increasing numbers of women are entering dentistry and medicine and it is anticipated that global leadership positions represent this demographic. In this study, the proportion of women editors of prominent ...
• 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 ...

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