Authors: Minervini, Giuseppe | Cervino, Gabriele | Chaturvedi, Saurabh | Franco, Rocco | di Francesco, Fabrizio | Fiorillo, Luca | Cicciù, Marco
Article Type: Review Article
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Edentulism conducts to a recognized impairment of oral function with both aesthetic and psychological changes. These patients suffer from a multiplicity of problems with their dentures, such as insufficient stability, retention and pain during mastication. The rehabilitation of a part edentulous patient can be established using a wide range of prosthetic treatment options. The overdenture treatment uses a removable total denture that overlies retained teeth, tooth roots, or dental implants. In the literature it was shown that patients with removable overdentures supported and retained either by tooth roots or implants have more predictable prosthodontic outcomes. OBJECTIVE: The aim of …this review is to provide an overview on the overdenture with a focus on the tooth-supported telescopic overdenture. METHODS: The literature research was performed in the Scopus, Web of Science, and Pubmed electronic databases. Document type was limited to papers written in English, without time restrictions. The Review was recorded in the international PROSPERO (International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews) database with the following number CRD42022326415. RESULTS: A total of 256 articles published were found from electronic searches, Two independent reviewers carried out the screening and the selection process for the studies. First, duplicate citations were eliminated. Then, the two Authors independently screened the retrieved articles by title and abstract of each citation to determine its suitability for inclusion. Finally, 13 full-text articles satisfied the inclusion criteria. CONCLUSION: Prostheses supported by Frictional telescopic crowns offer an effective treatment alternative for patients with Severely reduced dentitions who do not want implant treatment or complete dentures. Show more
Keywords: Jaw rehabilitation, overdenture, tooth-supported telescopic, full arch rehabilitation, implant
DOI: 10.3233/THC-220641
Citation: Technology and Health Care, vol. 31, no. 3, pp. 791-807, 2023
Authors: Qazi, Noreen | Pawar, Madhura | Padhly, Preeti P. | Pawar, Vivek | D’Amico, Cesare | Nicita, Fabiana | Fiorillo, Luca | Alushi, Adela | Minervini, Giuseppe | Meto, Aida
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Instagram statistic has attracted roughly one billion, monthly active users. In 2021, Instagram belonged to the most popular social networks worldwide. It has been considered an effective tool that contributes to the contemporary sharing of information for raising public awareness while providing educational information. The growing presence of Instagram and frequent user engagement has made it a potentially effective platform for patient communication, seeking educational information, product information for consumers, and advertisements in the form of images and videos. OBJECTIVE: To assess and compare the contents of Instagram posts by healthcare professionals (HP) and non-professional healthcare workers (NPHW) on …bruxism and to assess public engagement with this content. METHODS: Twelve “hashtag” terms linked to bruxism were searched. HP and NPHW analyzed the content of relevant posts for the presence of domains. Discourse analysis assessed the post quality for themes. We conducted the descriptive and univariate statistical analysis, whereas inter-rater reliability was tested using Cohen’s kappa. RESULTS: A total of 1184 posts were retrieved, with the majority uploaded by NPHW (622 posts). The posts by HPs were in text and image(s) format (53%) with the range of 25–1100 Instagram post “Likes.” “Mouthguard” (90) % was the most frequently included domain posted by HP, followed by “treatment plan/pain management”, and complaints of clicking or locking of TMJ” (84%). Greater number of domains (p = 0.03) were seen in the posts by NPHWs, compared to HP’s having more bruxism-related content. The inter-rater reliability method (0.89) was used for the presence of domains. CONCLUSION: NPHW uses Instagram more frequently to post bruxism-related information than HP. HPs must ascertain that the content posted by NPHW is relevant and the concerns addressed in posts are to the purpose. Show more
Keywords: Instagram, teledentistry, bruxism, hashtag, temporomandibular disorders
DOI: 10.3233/THC-220910
Citation: Technology and Health Care, vol. 31, no. 5, pp. 1923-1934, 2023