Prevalence of dentigerous cysts in a Portuguese university clinic population with bone pathology

    Objectives: To assess the prevalence and characterize the dentigerous cyst in a Portuguese population with bone pathology and to study the concordance rate between clinical and histological diagnoses of all cases. Methods: Clinical records of patients attending Oral Surgery and Oral Pathology consultations in a Por...

  • Margarida Cura, Pedro Mesquita
  • 22-27
  • Original research
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Malocclusion in primary dentition: a cross-sectional study in a Lisbon population

    Objectives: To study the prevalence of malocclusion in deciduous dentition and its associated factors. Methods: The target population consisted of children between 3 and 5 years old who attended four kindergartens in Alvalade, Lisbon. Data was collected through a questionnaire to parents and an intraoral examinatio...

  • Carolina Pimenta, Carina Esperancinha, Mário Bernardo, Sónia Mendes
  • 28-34
  • Original research
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Prevalence of root canal system configurations in the brazilian population analyzed by cone-beam computed tomography – a systematic review

    Objectives: This study performed a systematic review of anatomy prevalence studies using cone-beam computed tomography to comprehend the root and root canal configuration types in Brazilian sub-populations. Methods: This systematic review followed PRISMA’s statements. Four electronic databases (PubMed, Scienc...

  • Emmanuel João Nogueira Leal Silva, Marina Carvalho Prado, Marco Antonio Hungaro Duarte, Marco A. Versiani, Duarte Marques, Jorge N.R. Martins
  • 69-80
  • Review Article
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Epidemiological study of lesions associated with mandibular and maxillary bones diagnosed by a brazilian reference center over 11 years

    Objectives: To determine the prevalence of lesions associated with the maxillary bone biopsied from patients assisted at the Reference Centre for Oral Injuries of the State University of Feira de Santana (CRLB – UEFS) from 2006 to 2017, identifying the three most frequent lesions and their clinical characteris...

  • Jener Gonçalves de Farias, Laís Reis Pereira, Sheinaz Farias Hassam, Tarsila de Carvalho Freitas Ramos, Antonio Varela Cancio, Juliana Andrade Cardoso
  • 162-168
  • Original research
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Partial recording protocols performance on the assessment of periodontitis severity and extent: bias magnitudes, sensibility, and specificity

    Objectives: This study aimed to assess bias magnitudes, sensibility, and specificity of particular partial-mouth recording protocols (PRPs) to estimate periodontal clinical measurements and periodontal status. Methods: Estimates of mean clinical attachment loss (MCAL) and mean probing depth (MPD) were calculated fo...

  • Vanessa Machado, João Botelho, Paulo Mascarenhas, Maria Alzira Cavacas, Ricardo Alves, José João Mendes
  • 145-153
  • Original research
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