Terkko Navigator / Journal of the American Dental Association

Coronavirus disease 2019 and dental care for older adults: New barriers require unique solutions.

Is your mouth always dry?

Getting whiter teeth.

Dental practice reopening: Following the American Dental Association Principles of Ethics and Code of Professional Conduct.

Bonding crowns and bridges with resin cement: An American Dental Association Clinical Evaluators Panel survey.

Utility of measuring anterior-posterior spread to determine distal cantilever length off a fixed implant-supported full-arch prosthesis: A review of the literature.

Sugar-sweetened beverage consumption and caries experience: An examination of children and adults in the United States, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2011-2014.

Prophylactic antibiotic prescribing in dental practice: Findings from a National Dental Practice-Based Research Network questionnaire.

Patient aggression toward dentists.

Teaching and utilization of silver diamine fluoride and Hall-style crowns in US pediatric dentistry residency programs.

Measuring sealant placement in children at the dental practice level.

Intraoral radiographs: A comparison of dose and risk reduction with collimation and thyroid shielding.

Correction.

Author's response.

Surveillance and Safety.

Evaluating the Evidence.

Authors' response.

Author's response.

Blood Pressure Screening.

Contemporary radiation protection in dentistry: Recommendations of National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements Report No. 177.

Is there an upside to COVID-19 for dentistry?

Small trial does not provide sufficient evidence to learn how an occlusal splint compares with a laser to treat myofascial pain.

There seems to be a low risk of undergoing root canal treatment after a full-coverage crown.

There seems to be a high rate of success in immature teeth that undergo regenerative endodontic treatment, regardless of the cause of pulp necrosis.

Smokers may have a higher prevalence of apical periodontitis and root canal treatment than nonsmokers, but this is not evidence that smoking is a risk factor for these outcomes.

Orofacial pain: Time to see beyond the teeth.

An ulcerated, pedunculated nodule in the vestibule.

Pigmented lesion in the maxillary alveolar mucosa.

Periodontal regeneration may have similar outcomes as tooth replacement and extraction after 10 years.

Patients with temporomandibular pain who receive propranolol are more likely to experience pain reduction than those who receive a placebo.

Aromatherapy may be effective in reducing anxiety in patients undergoing dental treatment.

Small trial did not find evidence that preemptive use of acetaminophen or ibuprofen reduces perioperative pain in children undergoing primary molar extraction.

Are glia targets for neuropathic orofacial pain therapy?

Uncertainty about the effect of pregabalin to control anxiety in patients undergoing oral surgery owing to limitations in the systematic review addressing this question.

Soft-tissue expander before vertical guided bone regeneration probably results in small but important gains in vertical soft- and hard-tissue levels after 6 months.

Small study suggests that outcomes of free gingival grafts around implants with lack of keratinized mucosa remain stable from 18 through 48 months.

Uncertainty about association between mouthrinses and oral and pharyngeal cancer owing to serious limitations in systematic review addressing this question.

Sleep medicine education in US and Canadian orofacial pain residency programs: Survey outcomes.

Glossopharyngeal neuropathy: A case report.

A firm mass of the maxillary gingiva.

Systematic review does not find trustworthy evidence to support an association between malocclusion and bruxism.

There seems to be a low proportion of persistent pain 3 years after root canal treatment in patients who experience pain 6 months after treatment.

Small trial does not find differences between articaine and lidocaine in children undergoing primary molar extraction.

There is probably a small association between sugar-sweetened beverages and caries burden in 10-year-old children, but there is no evidence of such association among 15-year-old children.

There is probably little to no difference in oral health-related quality of life and anxiety in children with carious lesions treated using 3 different strategies.

Children and adolescents with Down syndrome seem to have a lower prevalence of caries experience than those without Down syndrome.

Twin block appliance seems to have better outcomes than preorthodontic trainer after 9 months.

Preventing tooth loss.

Anosmia: A review in the context of coronavirus disease 2019 and orofacial pain.

Simplified occlusal replica adapted technique with glass ionomer cement for molar-incisor hypomineralization-affected molars: An 18-month follow-up.