https://novapublishers.com Publisher of Books and Journals in Medicine and Health, Science and Technology and Social Sciences Mon, 13 Feb 2023 15:30:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 https://novapublishers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cropped-nova-favicon-32x32.jpg https://novapublishers.com 32 32 https://novapublishers.com/shop/clinical-fundamentals-of-esthetic-posterior-restorations/ Mon, 10 Oct 2022 20:11:38 +0000 https://novapublishers.com/?post_type=product&p=142668 Kasra Tabari, DDS, MSc -  Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran Maryam Sharifi, PhD- Adjunct Professor, Department of ELT, Imam Sadegh University, Tehran, Iran Series: Dentistry and Oral Sciences BISAC: MED016080; MED016050 DOI: 10.52305/OTRU7603 This book is dedicated to the fundamentals of esthetic restorations. Many dentists and students often ask for a coherent, clinical, and applied resource after my lectures or teaching. Therefore, the focus of this edition is to provide students, teachers, and practicing colleagues with a comprehensive and evidence-based resource for esthetic restorations and its related disciplines. In this edition, the patient is examined to detect any caries, and the possible pulp treatments are evaluated and the carious posterior teeth and occlusal abrasions treated. Moreover, the principles and applications of glass ionomer and various types of light cure equipment are explained. Although the techniques, materials, and treatment options continue to evolve, an understanding of these principles and the ability to apply them are critical to providing the outstanding esthetic dental treatment expected by patients. The primary purpose of this book is to improve the clinical practice of general dentists carrying out restorative and esthetic treatments. It is, in effect, a summary of the author’s own experience, studies, and therapeutic findings, intended as a topic-by-topic reference guide for use by other dentists seeking to provide the best treatment for their patients]]> https://novapublishers.com/shop/conservative-treatment-of-pulp-tissue-indications-materials-and-techniques/ Sun, 28 Aug 2022 14:30:47 +0000 https://novapublishers.com/?post_type=product&p=123781 Francine Benetti Faria, DDS, MSc, PhD - Adjunct Professor, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Brazil Series: Dentistry and Oral Sciences BISAC: MED016060 DOI: https://doi.org/10.52305/TTNV3054 Dental pulp is a loose, vascularized connective tissue located within the walls of dentin. This tissue plays an important role in tooth longevity, whose functions are formative, sensitive, nourishing and defensive. Pulp exposure can be caused by several factors, such as a carious lesion or tooth fracture, leading to inflammation of the pulp tissue, which can result in necrosis if intervention is not performed quickly. Conservative treatments may be indicated when removal of the carious lesion results in pulp exposure in a young primary or permanent tooth, with normal pulp or reversible pulpitis, or after accidental pulp exposure. This book addresses the physiology and pathology of pulp tissue in order to communicate the importance, indications, and techniques of conservative treatments to be performed, especially in young patients, as well as the most suitable biomaterials. **Order the printed version and SAVE 50% on the e-book with Print+eBook **]]> https://novapublishers.com/shop/bone-morphogenetic-proteins-role-of-the-super-family-in-periodontal-regeneration-and-implant-dentistry/ Mon, 15 Aug 2022 20:19:10 +0000 https://novapublishers.com/?post_type=product&p=141276 Khushboo Durge Azmi - Assistant Professor, Department of Periodontology and Implantology, Sharad Pawar Dental College and Hospital, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences (Deemed to be University), Maharashtra, India Prasad V. Dhadse - Professor and Head of Department, Department of Periodontology and Implantology, Sharad Pawar Dental College and Hospital, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences (Deemed to be University), Maharashtra, India Chitrika Subhadarsanee - Assistant Professor, Department of Periodontology and Implantology, Sharad Pawar Dental College and Hospital, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences (Deemed to be University), Maharashtra, India Ranu Oza - Postgraduate Student, Department of Periodontology and Implantology, Sharad Pawar Dental College and Hospital, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences (Deemed to be University), Maharashtra, India Series: Dentistry and Oral Sciences BISAC: MED016040; MED016000 DOI: 10.52305/XRJQ5617 This monograph presents to the reader an extensive and comprehensive description of individual BMPs. Their role in signal transduction is presented. A more specific description of the historical background, classification with a clear understanding of its physiology and mechanism of action are elaborated upon. This monograph sequentially depicts all the recent evidence supporting the use of BMPs in therapeutic interventions concerning periodontal bony defects, implant dentistry, non-union fractures, and osteoporosis, with more emphasis on periodontal regeneration. This book also presents a clear understanding of the genetic components, including naturally occurring mutations in BMPs and related genes. Successful targeted treatments, presented with updated and varied options, stand as a remarkable finding in our book which we sincerely feel to be more appropriate, easy to understand and analytically useful for treating clinicians.]]> https://novapublishers.com/shop/multiple-choice-questions-in-oral-medicine-and-radiology-a-rapid-review-in-dentistry/ Thu, 03 Feb 2022 13:50:23 +0000 https://novapublishers.com/?post_type=product&p=111231 Series: Dentistry and Oral Sciences BISAC: MED016000; MED019010 DOI: https://doi.org/10.52305/AZYT1272 This book contains a series of multiple-choice questions on oral medicine and radiology that will be helpful for undergraduates and postgraduates in the field of dentistry, as well as undergraduates who are applying for licensure examinations like NEET, USMLE, and National Board examinations. **Order both the printed version and the e-book together and SAVE!**]]> https://novapublishers.com/shop/a-compendium-of-principles-and-practice-of-laser-biophotonics-in-oral-medicine/ Wed, 05 Jan 2022 14:47:00 +0000 https://novapublishers.com/?post_type=product&p=108360 Series: Dentistry and Oral Sciences BISAC: MED016000 DOI: https://doi.org/10.52305/EWUD9733 Photonics is a light-based optical technology that is considered as the leading technology for the new millennium. The science of light generation, manipulation, transmission, and measurement is known as photonics. The application of photonics technologies and principles to medicine and life sciences is known as biophotonics. Laser (Light Amplification by the Stimulated Emission of Radiation) is one of the most important inventions of the 20th century in biophotonic technology. In the field of oral medicine, lasers have a multitude of preventive, therapeutic and adjunctive applications. Applications in clinical scenarios like orofacial pain, temporomandibular joint disorders, potentially malignant disorders of oral mucosa, herpes, recurrent apthous ulcers, burning mouth syndrome, nerve repair, laser and antimicrobial photodynamic therapies in cancer patients, non-neoplastic proliferative lesions of oral soft tissue, and vascular lesions have shown promising results. Lasers also aid in optically enhanced diagnosis of oral lesions using florescence, coherence and spectroscopic techniques. This endeavor, entitled A Compendium of Principles and Practices of Laser Biophotonics in Oral Medicine, is a concise but comprehensive body of information, written in a simple tone, attempting to cruise the readers’ vision through every perspective, to seek objective information on all aspects of the instrument and its uses, fostering a preliminary step towards efficient laser diagnosis and therapy. This book facilitates exploration of physical concepts with lucidity without getting engrossed in excruciating jargon. **Order both the printed version and the e-book together and SAVE!**]]> https://novapublishers.com/shop/laser-light-therapy-in-dentistry-efficacy-uses-and-limitations/ Sun, 19 Sep 2021 16:45:50 +0000 https://novapublishers.com/?post_type=product&p=106342 Series: Dentistry and Oral Sciences BISAC: MED016000 DOI: https://doi.org/10.52305/YICB6320 Light Therapy in Dentistry: Efficacy, Uses and Limitations is a scientific puzzle of new information for laser applications in dentistry and their translation to medicine. It describes a symphony of essential information and orchestration of therapeutic concepts presenting the jewels of learning to clinicians, researchers, and specialized individuals who want to know more about laser applications in dental sciences.]]> https://novapublishers.com/shop/platelet-concentrates-in-periodontal-therapy-an-update/ Fri, 21 May 2021 15:02:11 +0000 https://novapublishers.com/?post_type=product&p=97674 Diksha Ramesh Agrawal, BDS (Author) - Department of Periodontics, Sharad Pawar Dental College and Hospital, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Sawangi (Meghe), Wardha, Maharashtra, India Priyanka Ganesh Jaiswal, BDS, MDS, Ph.D (Periodontology and Implantology), M.Phil (HPE) (Author) - Department of Periodontics, Sharad Pawar Dental College and Hospital, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Sawangi (Meghe), Wardha, Maharashtra, India. Series: Dentistry and Oral Sciences BISAC: MED016040 This book offers an extensive and comprehensive description of platelet concentrates in the field of periodontal regeneration as well as a more specific description of biological properties and biologic efficacy of these concentrates. The evolution of platelet concentrates and their application in periodontal therapy as well as their limitations are explained. The book also details treatment protocols and methods with demonstrated success. The development of bioactive surgical additives to regulate inflammation and increase the speed of the healing process is one of the great challenges in clinical research. Platelet concentrate has a higher number of platelets per millimeter and, therefore, contains a higher concentration of growth factors to enhance regeneration. Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) is the first generation of platelet concentrate. However, the short duration of cytokine release and its poor mechanical properties have resulted in a search for new material. Platelet rich fibrin (PRF) appears as a natural and satisfactory alternative with favorable results and low risks. This monograph may prove extremely useful for clinicians and those pursuing undergraduate and postgraduate education in the fields of dentistry and medicine. The information compiled in this monograph will continue to provide interesting and new information for teachers and faculty members in the field of dentistry. This review will surely give valuable information for achieving the highest standard in clinical dentistry.]]> https://novapublishers.com/shop/critical-thoughts-on-oral-lichen-planus/ Tue, 09 Feb 2021 14:16:58 +0000 https://novapublishers.com/?post_type=product&p=86857 Dante Antonio Migliari (Author) - Department of Stomatology, School of Dentistry, University of São Paulo, SP, Brazil Silvio Kenji Hirota (Author) - Department of Dentistry and Stomatology, Social Service of Commerce, São Paulo, SP, Brazil Series: Dentistry and Oral Sciences BISAC: MED016000 This well-illustrated publication deals with one of the most fascinating conditions in oral medicine: oral lichen planus (OLP). The importance of addressing this clinical subject is two-fold. First, OLP is among the most common oral changes observed in oral medicine clinics. Second, OLP has caused many controversies surrounding its diagnostic criteria, its association with systemic factors, and, above all, its potential for malignant transformation. This latter controversy is an issue of utmost concern for patients and clinicians alike with respect to the management of this disease. This e-book offers a well-informed and critical perspective on all these OLP-related issues. Rather than offering solutions, this publication aims to provide a valuable reflection on these controversies, trying to call the attention of editors, reviewers, and researchers so they are more cautious in accepting some “truths” on OLP that have yet to be fully proven. The text is based on the extensive experience of the authors on the subject, and its content may stir controversy within the scientific community itself. One of the highlights of this publication is its illustrations. Each clinical picture is presented with a robust diagnostic evaluation analyzing the signs of the lesions along with the differential diagnosis and management used in the clinic. Some aspects of the direct immunofluorescent examinations used in OLP are also presented, focusing on their diagnostic value and relevance for the management of the disease. This book may inspire readers to develop an acute critical sense when reading about controversial issues that require more robust judgments based on the available scientific data.]]> https://novapublishers.com/shop/dentistry-advances-in-research-and-future-directions/ Wed, 02 Dec 2020 18:15:52 +0000 https://novapublishers.com/?post_type=product&p=89355 Series: Dentistry and Oral Sciences BISAC: MED016000 DOI: 10.52305/GGHV5909 This book focuses on the future direction of dental research in every discipline. In this context, dental research must be deliverable to society, not just to churn out scientific publications but to truly change protocols applied in the clinic. Most of the topics covered in this book discuss the current trends and future advances in clinical dentistry as well as dental research. The book covers advances in research, future perspectives and challenges faced in different disciplines of dentistry. Various chapters discuss the recent advances in materials, methods and diagnostics, as well as their future implications. The contents review the applications of big data, artificial intelligence and machine learning in various branches of dentistry like orthodontics, prosthodontics, periodontics, pediatric dentistry, endodontics and oral and maxillofacial surgery. With the world moving into the digital age and advancing technology, we have collated the latest developments in the field of dental research.]]> https://novapublishers.com/shop/chronic-desquamative-gingivitis/ Mon, 12 Oct 2020 17:15:20 +0000 https://novapublishers.com/?post_type=product&p=86742 Dr. Kiran R Sethiya (Author) Dr. Chitrika Subhadarsanee (Author) Series: Dentistry and Oral Sciences BISAC: MED016000 This book offers an extensive and comprehensive description of individual dermatologic disease manifesting in the form of chronic desquamative gingivitis. A more specific description of the historical background of this condition, the individual dermatoses associated with it, and the pathology is presented. Treatment methods with demonstrated success are detailed for treating clinicians.]]> https://novapublishers.com/shop/clinical-reports-in-dentistry/ Tue, 31 Mar 2020 16:04:54 +0000 https://novapublishers.com/?post_type=product&p=67697 Series: Dentistry and Oral Sciences BISAC: SCI049000 The book presents extensive case reports covering various clinical dentistry disciplines. In Oral Medicine, cases of various oral lesions and their risk factors were reported, as well as the precautions of radiotherapy for oral condition. In Oral Surgery, various surgical techniques were discussed related to orbital cavity reconstruction, mandibular defect reconstruction, arthoplasty, management of tumors in maxillofacial region, management of Schneiderian membrane perforation and lateral sinus lifting procedures in severe bone loss case. The use of CBCT on implant planning and identification of ameloblastoma tumor margin were reported. In Prosthodontics, treatment of removable partial denture and orbital defect reconstruction were discussed. In Conservative Dentistry, endodontics treatment and retreatment in rare cases were discussed, including management of fracture instruments and iatrogenic pulp exposure and replantation of avulsed teeth. In Pediatric Dentistry, various techniques related to intrusive luxation, treatment of lip sucking and approach for children in special need toward dental anxiety were addressed. In Orthodontics, a case of management malocclusion of a difficult case was reported. In Forensic Dentistry, the importance of forensic odontology in burnt victim age estimation and post mortem reconstruction methods were reported. In Periodontology, cases of trauma from occlusion and the aesthetic of crown lengthening were reported. This large collection of case reports, discussing various treatments of clinical problems, identification of oral diseases that are frequently encountered in daily practice will surely give valuable information for general practitioners and dental specialists in order to achieve the highest standard in clinical dentistry.]]> https://novapublishers.com/shop/contemporary-use-of-plant-extracts-in-dentistry-scientific-evidence-for-phytotherapy-and-ethnopharmacology/ Thu, 30 Jan 2020 17:35:12 +0000 https://novapublishers.com/?post_type=product&p=70122 Carlos Roberto Emerenciano Bueno, PhD (Editor) Department of Restorative Dentistry, São Paulo State University (Unesp), School of Dentistry, SP, Brazil Series: Dentistry and Oral Sciences BISAC: MED016000 Since ancient times, mankind has used plants as a valuable source of natural products for maintaining human health and to treat or prevent diseases. The common knowledge around plants’ healing properties, known as folk medicine, has been transmitted over the centuries for generations throughout human communities. The use of natural products and herbal medicines have been documented in the past. The antibacterial activity of plant extracts has been reported since the late 1800s and some of these traditional medicines are still used, especially in the last decade, with more intensive studies for natural therapies. Active compounds produced during vegetal metabolism are responsible for the antimicrobial and biological properties interacting with specific chemical receptors in the human body and, due to these components, plants extracts are popular as anti-inflammatory, anti-bacterial or anti-fungal drugs. However, in the absence of scientific studies, the use of aleatory plant extracts may lead to harmful adverse effects. Previously considered empirical, current data on the antimicrobial activity and biocompatibility of numerous plants have been scientifically confirmed. Phytosciences, as ethnopharmacology or phytotherapy, are emerging multidisciplinary areas with almost unlimited sources and several aspects to be discussed. Recently, there has been a growing trend to seek natural drugs as part of dental treatment. In dentistry, the association of plant extracts with restorative dentistry, endodontics or periodontics materials have been used to reduce inflammation, as antimicrobial enhancer agent, antiseptics, antifungals, antioxidants, analgesics or even as mouth rinse to prevent or reduce dental plaque. Thus, this book will address the use of plant extracts in different fields of dentistry, highlighting its use in cariology, restorative dentistry, endodontics and periodontics, besides other uses of herbal plants in dentistry, as in dental trauma, osteointegration or hemostatic, among others. As will be shown and stated, the vast variety of different plants described in literature with medicinal properties makes it impracticable to discuss all extracts found in scientific literature. Therefore, this book will contribute with some of these extracts and different methodologies to assess, as an introduction to new research and new researchers. Also, different in vivo and in vitro tests used to evaluate biological response, such as biocompatibility and antimicrobial activity in dental treatment will be discussed. (Imprint: Nova Medicine and Health)]]>