Browsing Research Articles (Prosthodontics) by Title

Browsing Research Articles (Prosthodontics) by Title

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  • 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 ...
  • Sykes, Leanne M.; Harryparsad, Ashana; Evans, William G. (South African Dental Association, 2017-08)
    There is an idiom which says "A picture is worth a thousand words". At no time could this be truer than in the very visual digital world of today. The Internet, having the ability to mix text with other media such as ...
  • Sykes, Leanne M.; Evans, William G.; Gani, Fatima; Nethononda, Portia (South African Dental Association, 2017-09)
    Absenteeism from work as a result of sickness places a tremendous financial burden on the economy of any country. In 2013, the Adcorp index revealed that 3.96 million South Africans were absent from work due to illness ...
  • Sykes, Leanne M.; Evans, William G.; Gani, Fatima; Vally, Zunaid Ismail; Dullabh, Hemant D. (South African Dental Association, 2017-11)
    On a regular basis, dental practitioners have to make decisions regarding their care of their patients. Previously, dentists did this almost instinctively, drawing upon personal resources such as clinical experience, ...
  • Sykes, Leanne M.; Evans, William G.; Dullabh, Hemant D. (South African Dental Association, 2018-03)
    A health-care practitioner is an individual who provides preventive, curative, promotional or rehabilitative health care services in a systematic manner to people, families or communities. Sadly, many clinicians could ...
  • Sykes, Leanne M.; Vally, Zunaid Ismail; Evans, William G. (South African Dental Association, 2017-06)
    A prosthodontist was recently called by a dentist who was asking for advice about a patient who was anaesthetized and lying in the chair at that time. The patient was partially dentate in the mandible, with severe periodontal ...
  • Fernandes, N.A. (Nelson Alexander); Herbst, Dirk; Postma, Thomas Corne; Bunn, Belinda Kathleen (Wiley, 2019-04)
    The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of MB2 canals in permanent maxillary molars utilising CBCT; in patients attending a university hospital. A total of 200 patient scans, (100 female and 100 male patients), ...
  • Lekay-Adams, Mary-Rose; Sykes, Leanne M.; Du Plessis, F. (South African Dental Association, 2014-02)
    The eye is a vital organ from a functional perspective, but loss of an eye also often leads to altered emotional, psychological, behavioural and social responses. This may adversely affect the quality of life of a patient ...
  • 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 ...
  • Fernandes, N.A. (Nelson Alexander); Van den Heever, Jacobus; Hoogendijk, Christiaan Frederik; Botha, Sarel; Booysen, Gerrie; Els, Johan (Wiley, 2016-10)
    Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumours are extremely rare tumours arising in peripheral nerves. Only 17 cases involving the trigeminal nerve have ever been reported. These tumours have a very poor prognosis and very ...
  • 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 ...
  • Van den Heever, J.H.; Sykes, Leanne M.; Du Plessis, F. (South African Dental Association, 2012-11)
    Oral cancer may affect up to 275 000 new patients per year worldwide. Many of these will be disfigured by the destruction of tissue within the face and head area. Maxillofacial prosthodontics can play a vital role in ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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. ...
  • 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 ...
  • Sykes, Leanne M.; Gani, Fatima; Vally, Zunaid Ismail (South African Dental Association, 2016-07)
    No abstract available.
  • Sykes, Leanne M.; Gani, Fatima; Dullabh, Hemant D. (South African Dental Association, 2016-08)
    Consider this proposed study. AIM: This cohort case study will use a causal, cross sectional design, based on historical records, to explore and describe the long-term, sequential effects of eating. HO: This study will ...
  • Sykes, Leanne M.; Dullabh, Hemant D. (South African Dental Association, 2012-06)
    Dental teaching institutions in South Africa recently implemented “learner-centred” curricula and expected educators to alter their teaching styles accordingly, but perhaps without providing adequate training in this ...
  • 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 ...
  • Sykes, Leanne M.; Evans, William G.; Buchanan, Glynn Dale; Warren, Nichola; Fernandes, N.A. (Nelson Alexander) (South African Dental Association, 2018-02)
    The question of wellness was explored in Part 15 of this series, based on the definition of health proposed by the World Health Organization (WHO). However that description is now over 70 years old and does not fully ...