New Books for April!

April brings spring showers, and we have a few new titles at Bibby. They’re all shelved in Bibby New Books.

Open-Bite Malocclusion: Treatment and Stability. 1st edition from Wiley Blackwell.
http://catalog.lib.rochester.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=5203918

Manual of Temporomandibular Disorders. 3rd edition from Wiley Blackwell.
http://catalog.lib.rochester.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=5234464

Bell’s Oral and Facial Pain. 7th edition
http://catalog.lib.rochester.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=5200072

Pharmacology & Therapeutics for Dentistry. 6th edition.
http://catalog.lib.rochester.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=1654420

Orofacial Pain: A clinician’s guide.
http://catalog.lib.rochester.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=5234057

Enjoy!

 

Read Summaries of Systematic Reviews

Wouldn’t it be nice if you could find all the systematic reviews pertaining to dentistry in one place?  You can!

The American Dental Association (ADA)  Evidence Based Dentistry website includes a database of systematic reviews in oral health. The reviews may be found by searching the site or using the ADA’s drill down topic menu.

Even better, the ADA provides  critical summaries of many of these  systematic reviews.  Critical summaries are brief, concise assessments of a review that are written by ADA Evidence Reviewers.  These reviewers are trained  in the critical appraisal of scientific literature.

Here is a list of the most recently published critical summaries:

• Limited evidence exists that glass ionomer restorations in permanent teeth offer a lower risk of developing carious lesions at margins compared with amalgam restorations
• Insufficient evidence to support the use of stabilization splint therapy over other active interventions in the treatment of temporomandibular myofascial pain
• Evidence linking gastroesophageal reflux disease and dental erosion is not strong
• Evidence indicates minimal short-term space loss after premature loss of primary first molars
• A moderately favorable five-year success rate for resin-bonded bridges
• Prescription of antibiotics for prophylaxis to prevent bacterial endocarditis
• Inconclusive evidence of the effects of orthodontic therapy on periodontal health
• Limited evidence suggested that patients with a history of periodontitis receiving implants might have a greater risk of peri-implantitis.

Diabetes, TMJ and November

November is American Diabetes Month and TMJ Awarness Month.  Here are some resources related to these topics.

Diabetes and Dentistry:

• Browse articles indexed in PubMed.
• Read previous postings on this blog.

TMJ:

• Links to relevant websites.
• Read previous posts on this blog.
• Browse reviews indexed in PubMed

TMJ Treatment – New Review

BMC Oral Health recently published results from a study aimed at identifying systematic reviews that compared  temporomandibular joint disorder surgical and non-surgical treatment.  The study, conducted by Bessa-Nogueira et. al, evaluated the quality and evidence grade of these reviews.

The authors conclude that little attention has been given to systematically implementing clinical trial methodology that would improve validity and reliability of outcome measures.

The complete article may be read here.

Citations for recent articles on TMJ and surgical treatment may be found in PubMed.

Other TMJ resources, including information for patients, may be found here.