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  1. Systemic Factors Affecting Prognosis and Outcomes of Dental Treatment

    Dental Clinics of North America, Volume 68, Issue 4, 2024 Oct, Pages i-i | Thomas, Davis C.
    DENTAL CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA www.dental.theclinics.com October 2024 • Volume 68 • Number 4

  2. Dedication

    Dental Clinics of North America, Volume 68, Issue 4, 2024 Oct, Pages xiii-xiii
    When I was invited by Dental Clinics of North America to be the guest editor for this special edition, my heart was filled with gratitude to all my teachers/gurus who were instrumental in guiding me to be the teacher and mentor I have become. Ther...

  3. Copyright

    Dental Clinics of North America, Volume 68, Issue 4, 2024 Oct, Pages ii-ii
    ELSEVIER 1600 John F. Kennedy Boulevard • Suite 1800 • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19103-2899 http://www.dental.theclinics.com DENTAL CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA Volume 68, Number 4 October 2024 ISSN 0011-8532, ISBN: 978-0-443-24692-0 Editor: John Va...

  4. Forthcoming Issues

    Dental Clinics of North America, Volume 68, Issue 4, 2024 Oct, Pages xii-xii
    Forthcoming Issues January 2025 Inclusivity in Dentistry: Environments of Belonging and Equity Leslie R. Halpern, Linda M. Kaste, and Janet H. Southerland, Editors April 2025 Prosthodontics Leila Jahangiri, Editor July 2025 Oral Cancer: An Update...

  5. Contributors

    Dental Clinics of North America, Volume 68, Issue 4, 2024 Oct, Pages iii-vi
    Editor DAVIS C. THOMAS, BDS, DDS, MSD, MSc Med, MSc Associate Clinical Professor; Program Director, Clinical Preceptorship in General Dentistry, Rutgers School of Dental Medicine, Newark, New Jersey, USA; Clinical Associate Professor of Dentistry,...

  6. Contents

    Dental Clinics of North America, Volume 68, Issue 4, 2024 Oct, Pages vii-xi
    Dedication xiii Preface: Systemic Factors Affecting Prognosis in Dentistry xv Davis C. Thomas Systemic Factors Affecting Prognosis of Dental Implants 555 Davis C. Thomas, Depti Bellani, Jack Piermatti, and Priyanka Kodaganallur Pitchumani Clinicia...

  7. Systemic Factors Affecting Prognosis in Dentistry

    Dental Clinics of North America, Volume 68, Issue 4, 2024 Oct, Pages xv-xvi | Thomas, Davis C., BDS, DDS, MSD, MSc Med, MSc
    Davis C. Thomas, BDS, DDS, MSD, MSc Med, MSc, Editor Dentistry has gone through explosive changes in terms of technology over the past few decades. Advances in science and technology have helped dental clinicians in achieving outstanding levels of...

  8. The Effect of Coronavirus Disease 2019 and Other Emerging Infections on Dentistry

    Dental Clinics of North America, Volume 68, Issue 4, 2024 Oct, Pages 627-646 | Balasubramaniam OAM, Ramesh, BSc, BDSc (UWA), MS, Cert Orofacial Pain (UK), Cert Oral Medicine (Penn), MRACDS (OralMed), ABOP, FOMAA; Patel, Jaimin, BDS, MDS; Shanmugasundaram, Karpagavalli, BDS, MDS;...
    The appearance of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and other emerging infections has significantly impacted the field of dentistry, leading to widespread changes in practices and protocols. This has included the implementation of strict infecti...

  9. Medications Affecting Treatment Outcomes in Dentistry

    Dental Clinics of North America, Volume 68, Issue 4, 2024 Oct, Pages 785-797 | Subramanian, Gayathri, PhD, DMD; Thomas, Davis C., BDS, DDS, MSD, MSc Med, MSc; Bhatnagar, Dipti, BDS, MDS;...
    Today, it is common for medically complex patients who are receiving multiple medications, to seek routine and emergent dental care. It is essential for the practitioner to recognize and comprehend the impact of such medications on the patient’s a...

  10. Medications Affecting Outcomes and Prognosis of Dental Treatment

    Dental Clinics of North America, Volume 68, Issue 4, 2024 Oct, Pages 767-783 | Thomas, Davis C., BDS, DDS, MSD, MSc Med, MSc; Shah, Saurabh K., BDS, PGDMLS; Chawla, Jitendra, BDS, MDS;...
    This article gives valuable insight into the effect of selected groups of medications on dental treatment outcome and prognosis. The review emphasizes the importance of thorough medical history, which may have an impact on the prognosis of dental...

  11. Stress and Hypothalamic–Pituitary–Adrenal Axis

    Dental Clinics of North America, Volume 68, Issue 4, 2024 Oct, Pages 619-626 | Iturriaga, Veronica, DDS, MSc, PhD; Velasquez, Nicol, DDS; Eliav, Eli, DMD, PhD;...
    Stress is a process that activates neuronal, metabolic, and neuroendocrine mechanisms. The individual’s response may be determined by variables such as genetic factors, environmental conditions, sex, and age, among others. These responses are crit...

  12. Systemic Factors Affecting Pain Management in Dentistry

    Dental Clinics of North America, Volume 68, Issue 4, 2024 Oct, Pages 725-737 | Thomas, Davis C., BDS, DDS, MSD, MSc Med, MSc; Khan, Junad, DDS, MSD, MPH, PhD; Ananthan, Sowmya, BDS, DMD, MSD;...
    There are several factors that affect a patient’s experience of pain. These include both local and systemic factors. The systemic factors that affect patients’ dental and orofacial pain experience include, but not limited to, hormonal, nutritional...

  13. Systemic Factors Affecting Prognosis and Outcome of Endodontic Therapy

    Dental Clinics of North America, Volume 68, Issue 4, 2024 Oct, Pages 813-826 | Falcon, Carla Y., DMD, MDS; Agnihotri, Varsha, DMD, MBS; Gogia, Amrita, BDS, MDS;...
    The successful outcome of endodontic treatment is dependent on the immune response and the reparative potential of the individual. Alteration in the host immune response is a common characteristic shared by both apical periodontitis and systemic d...

  14. Systemic Factors Affecting Prognosis in Periodontics

    Dental Clinics of North America, Volume 68, Issue 4, 2024 Oct, Pages 603-617 | Pitchumani, Priyanka Kodaganallur, BDS, MS; Parekh, Srishti, BDS, MDS; Rachana Hegde, BDS, MS;...
    This study gives an insight into certain systemic conditions and factors such as nutrition, age, hematological disorders, hypertension, smoking, obesity, and metabolic syndrome that have a notable effect on the periodontium. The review highlights...

  15. Systemic Factors Affecting Prognosis of Dental Implants

    Dental Clinics of North America, Volume 68, Issue 4, 2024 Oct, Pages 555-570 | Thomas, Davis C., BDS, DDS, MSD, MSc Med, MSc; Bellani, Depti, BDS, MDS; Piermatti, Jack, DMD;...
    Clinicians who place and restore implants are always concerned about the success and longevity of the same. There are several local and systemic factors that affect osseointegration and the health of the peri-implant tissues. In this study, we rev...

  16. Systemic Factors Affecting Healing in Dentistry

    Dental Clinics of North America, Volume 68, Issue 4, 2024 Oct, Pages 799-812 | Fatahzadeh, Mahnaz, DMD, MSD; Ravi, Anjali, BDS; Thomas, Prisly, BDS, MDS;...
    Healing process in the oral cavity is influenced by a range of systemic factors. More specifically, patient health status, medications, habits, and nutritional state play crucial roles in dental healing. Additionally, the body’s immune response, i...

  17. Systemic Factors Affecting Prognosis in Restorative and Prosthetic Dentistry

    Dental Clinics of North America, Volume 68, Issue 4, 2024 Oct, Pages 751-765 | Zheng, Fengyuan, BDS, PhD; Annamma, Lovely Muthiah, BDS, MDS, PhD; Harikrishnan, Sunil Suresh, MDS;...
    The field of restorative and prosthetic dentistry focuses on restoring lost tooth structures and replacing missing teeth and lost tissue to restore or improve esthetics and oral health. Many systemic factors such as metabolic, bone, autoimmune, ca...

  18. Psychological Factors Determining Prognosis of Dental Treatments

    Dental Clinics of North America, Volume 68, Issue 4, 2024 Oct, Pages 739-750 | Kalladka, Mythili, BDS, MSD; Markman, Stanley, DDS, DABOP, FOFP; Raman, Kartik R., BDS, MDS, FOFP;...
    Many psychological factors may have a significant bearing on an individual’s oral health and success of dental treatments. Overall, these factors may result in the avoidance of dental visits, emergency-based dental appointments, noncompliant denta...

  19. Systemic Factors Affecting Prognosis and Outcomes in Periodontal Disease

    Dental Clinics of North America, Volume 68, Issue 4, 2024 Oct, Pages 571-602 | Sangalli, Linda, DDS, MS, PhD; Banday, Fatma, BDS, MS; Sullivan, Andrew, DDS;...
    This review delves into the effects of autoimmune conditions like rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory disorders such as irritable bowel syndrome, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, infectious ailments like human immunodeficiency virus, and their med...

  20. Sleep Disorders Affecting Prognosis of Dental Treatment

    Dental Clinics of North America, Volume 68, Issue 4, 2024 Oct, Pages 647-657 | Colonna, Anna, DDS, MSC; Thomas, Davis C., BDS, DDS, MSD, MSc Med, MSc; Do, Thao Thi, DDS, MSc, PhD;...
    This study provided an overview of the knowledge on the main sleep-related disorders and conditions affecting the prognosis of dental treatment: sleep bruxism (SB), obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). Current...

  21. Systemic Factors Affecting Orthodontic Treatment Outcomes and Prognosis–Part 2

    Dental Clinics of North America, Volume 68, Issue 4, 2024 Oct, Pages 707-724 | Ardeshna, Anil, DMD, MDS; Gupta, Sumit, BDS, MDS; Rossouw, Paul Emile, BSc, BCHD(Dent), BCHD-Hons (Child Dent), MCHD (Ortho), Cert (Ortho), PhD (Dental Science), FRCD(C);...
    This article explores the various challenges systemic conditions can pose before and during orthodontic treatment. Cardiovascular conditions like infective endocarditis require antibiotic prophylaxis before certain orthodontic procedures are start...

  22. Systemic Factors Affecting Orthodontic Treatment Outcomes and Prognosis – Part 1

    Dental Clinics of North America, Volume 68, Issue 4, 2024 Oct, Pages 693-706 | Gupta, Sumit, BDS, MDS; Ardeshna, Anil, DMD, MDS; Rossouw, Paul Emile, BSc, BCHD(Dent), BCHD-Hons(Child Dent), MCHD (Ortho), PhD, Cert (Ortho), PhD (Dental Science), FRCD(C);...
    This article explores the intersection of various systemic conditions with orthodontic treatment. Renal diseases, including chronic kidney disease and renal transplant, present challenges such as delayed tooth eruption and gingival overgrowth, nec...

  23. Genetics Affecting the Prognosis of Dental Treatments

    Dental Clinics of North America, Volume 68, Issue 4, 2024 Oct, Pages 659-692 | Korczeniewska, Olga A., PhD; Dakshinamoorthy, Janani, MTech, PhD; Prabhakar, Vaishnavi, BDS, MDS;...
    Genetics plays a significant role in determining an individual's susceptibility to dental diseases, the response to dental treatments, and the overall prognosis of dental interventions. Here, the authors explore the various genetic factors affecti...