• The interrelation between aerobic exercise, mental well-being, stress response and epigenetics   

  Feller, Liviu; Nemutandani, S.M.; Feller, Gal; Jose, R.J.; Lemmer, Johan; Khammissa, Razia Abdool Gafaar (Open Access Text, 2021-08)

  Mental well-being is a subjective, adaptive state of mind arising from complex dynamic interactions between cognitive, emotional and psychosocial factors. Positive mental well-being may promote good physical health, ...
• Giant cell lichenoid stomatitis - an oral medicine case book 

  Robinson, Liam; Kotze, Leande; Van Heerden, Willem Francois Petrus (South African Dental Association, 2020-11)

  A 53-year-old female patient presented with a two-week history of intermittently painful oral mucosal lesions when eating spicy, salty or sour foods. The patient reported a long-term history of psoriasis treated by ...
• 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 ...
• 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 ...
• Judgment and decision-making in clinical dentistry 

  Feller, Liviu; Lemmer, Johan; Nemutandani, Mbulaheni Simon; Ballyram, Raoul; Khammissa, Razia Abdool Gafaar (SAGE Publications, 2020)

  The development of clinical judgment and decision-making skills is complex, requiring clinicians— whether students, novices, or experienced practitioners—to correlate information from their own experience; from discussions ...
• Interrelations between pain, stress and executive functioning 

  Feller, Liviu; Feller, Gal; Ballyram, Theona; Chandran, Rakesh; Lemmer, Johan; Khammissa, Razia Abdool Gafaar (Sage, 2020-08)

  AIM: The purpose of this narrative review is to discuss the interrelations between pain, stress and executive functions. IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE : Self-regulation, through executive functioning, exerts control over ...
• Consent and confidentiality in children 

  Sykes, Leanne M.; Crafford, Elmine (South African Dental Association, 2020-09)

  Confidentiality is central to the establishment and preservation of trust between a doctor and their patient, yet is one of the lesser-discussed principles of medical bioethics. A “duty of confidence arises when one person ...
• Diffuse gingival enlargement with stromal calcifications occurring in a background of amelogenesis imperfecta - an oral medicine case book 

  Heyl, E.; Robinson, Liam; Kotze, Leande; Van Heerden, Willem Francois Petrus (South African Dental Association, 2020-09)

  A 12-year-old female patient presented with diffusely enlarged fibrous gingivae, enamel hypoplasia, an anterior open bite and impacted permanent maxillary canines. The patient's mother reported that the child had an ...
• Selected pathobiological features and principles of pharmacological pain management 

  Khammissa, Razia Abdool Gafaar; Ballyram, Raoul; Fourie, Jeanine; Bouckaert, Michael; Lemmer, Johan; Feller, Liviu (Sage, 2020-05)

  Pain induced by inflammation and nerve injury arises from abnormal neural activity of primary afferent nociceptors in response to tissue damage, which causes long-term elevation of the sensitivity and responsiveness of ...
• The socket-shield technique at molar sites : a proof-of-principle technique report 

  Schwimer, Charles W.; Gluckman, Howard; Salama, Maurice; Nagy, Katalin N.; Du Toit, Jonathan (Elsevier, 2019-02)

  The socket-shield technique for avoiding postextraction tissue alteration was first described in 2010. The technique was developed for hopeless teeth in anterior esthetic sites but has not yet been described for molar ...
• Peri-implant diseases at a glance – do we have all the answers? 

  Beetge, Mia-Michaela; Todorovic, V.S.; Van Zyl, Andre W. (South African Dental Association, 2018-07)

  Peri-implant diseases result from chronic inflammatory processes within the tissues surrounding an intra-oral implant. The incidence of the disease is increasing at an alarming rate. Bacterial infections are amongst the ...
• A micro-CT study of the greater palatine foramen in human skulls 

  Beetge, Mia-Michaela; Todorovic, V.S.; Oettle, Anna Catherina; Hoffman, Jakobus; Van Zyl, Andre W. (Nihon University School of Dentistry, 2018-03)

  The greater palatine foramen (GPF) is an important anatomical landmark and has substantial clinical relevance in dental surgery. Knowledge of its precise location and dimensions is required for proper planning of ...
• Assessment of the anterior loop of the inferior alveolar nerve using reformatted computed tomography : a retrospective study 

  Todorovic, V.S.; Postma, Thomas Corne; Van Zyl, Andre W. (Elsevier, 2018-04)

  The anterior loop of the inferior alveolar nerve (IAN) is an important landmark in the anterior mandible that must be considered during the placement of dental implants. We measured the length and prevalence of loops of ...
• An insight into the malocclusion of cleidocranial dysplasia 

  Nel, W.R.; Dawjee, Salahuddien M.; Van Zyl, Andre W. (South African Dental Association, 2012-06)

  Cleidocranial dysplasia (CCD), formerly known as Cleidocranial dysostosis,is a rare congenital disorder of bone that is characterised by aplasia of, or deficient, clavicular formation, delayed and imperfect ossification ...
• Early detection of oral cancer : who is responsible? 

  Van Zyl, Andre W.; Van Heerden, Willem Francois Petrus (South African Dental Association, 2012-05)

  Oral squamous carcinoma or oral cancer (OC), as it is generally known, has an average five-year survival rate of less than 50%. This has not changed much in 50 years. The survival rate can be more than 90% with early ...
• The midline mandibular lingual canal : importance in implant surgery 

  Oettle, Anna Catherina; Fourie, Jeanine; Human-Baron, René; Van Zyl, Andre W. (Wiley, 2015-02)

  PURPOSE : To determine the position and occurrence of the midline mandibular canal (MLC) in the various age, sex, population and dentition groups. The average distances from the MLC to a planned mandibular midline implant ...
• Oral medicine case book 59 : Syphilis of the oral mucosa 

  Bunn, Belinda Kathleen; Marnewick, J.C. (Johan); Van Zyl, Andre W.; Van Heerden, Willem Francois Petrus (South African Dental Association, 2014-05)

  A 35-year-old male patient presented to the Oral Medicine Clinic complaining of painful oral ulcers of six weeks duration. The patient was a non-smoker and did not report any additional medical history of clinical significance.

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