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  • Immediate implant placement and provisionalization following tumor-resective surgery in the midfacial region : a case series 
    Fernandes, N.A. (Nelson Alexander); Van den Heever, Jacobus; Sykes, Leanne M. (Wiley, 2018-06)
    Surgical and prosthodontic restoration of the midfacial region following tumor resection has always posed a considerable challenge, as this area serves crucial functional and esthetic roles. Being diagnosed and subsequently ...
  • Implant retained nasal prosthesis for a child with congenital arhinia - a case report 
    Goossens, I.C.; Kemp, P.L.; Bredell, M.G.; Sykes, Leanne M. (South African Dental Association, 2008-08)
    No abstract available
  • "In my hands” : Part 9 : The case for case reports 
    Sykes, Leanne M.; Evans, William G.; Harryparsad, Ashana; Gani, Fatima; Vally, Zunaid Ismail (South African Dental Association, 2017-05)
    Evidence based practice (EBP) was developed to assess available scientific evidence and rank it according to the rigour, strength and precision of the research. It aims to provide guidance for clinicians on which to ...
  • “In my mouth” : Part 11 : Ethical concerns regarding dental over-treatment and under-treatment 
    Sykes, Leanne M.; Evans, William G.; Gani, Fatima (South African Dental Association, 2017-07)
    Dental practitioners have been accused of over-treating, failing to treat, or delaying treatment. However, deciding precisely on what constitutes each is not easy or clear cut, and it is often hard to draw a distinct ...
  • In vitro comparison of the compressive strengths of seven different provisional crown materials 
    Vally, Zunaid Ismail; Sykes, Leanne M.; Aspeling, M.E.; Van De Merwe, J.; Ballyram, R. (South African Dental Association, 2013-03)
    Provisional crowns may be used for many weeks during healing of soft tissues, while other dental procedures are being performed and whilst the permanent restorations are being fabricated. The provisional occlusion they ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • The longevity of restorations - a literature review 
    Fernandes, N.A. (Nelson Alexander); Vally, Zunaid Ismail; Sykes, Leanne M. (South African Dental Association, 2015-10)
    Dentists need to consider various factors when choosing restorative materials, with the longevity of restorations being one of the most important criteria. Replacement of failed restorations constitutes over 60% of ...
  • 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, ...
  • Nasal reconstruction of a patient with complete congenital arhinia : a clinical report 
    Fernandes, N.A. (Nelson Alexander); Van den Heever, Jacobus; Sykes, Leanne M.; Kluge, Herman (Elsevier, 2016-12)
    Complete congenital arhinia is a rare embryonic disorder of unknown etiology. This is a clinical report of prosthetic nasal rehabilitations done in the early childhood and adolescent stages of a patient with complete ...
  • 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 ...
  • Part 12. Dental images : ensuring the understanding, acceptance and consent of and by patients to all possible usages 
    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 ...
  • Part 13. Issuing medical certificates : how sick do you have to actually “Be sick”? 
    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 ...
  • Part 15 : Secondary use of unethically obtained data : fifty shades of grey/ aye/nay 
    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, ...
  • Patients are people treating the person, not the problem 
    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 ...
  • Practicing beyond your expertise - Part 10. Who's to blame, who's to name? 
    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 ...
  • The prevalence of second canals in the mesiobuccal root of maxillary molars : a cone beam computed tomography study 
    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), ...
  • Prosthetic challenges in a patient with ocular evisceration and global preservation 
    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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • Reconstruction of an extensive midfacial defect using additive manufacturing techniques 
    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 ...