Dental Tribune Nordic Edition No.4, 2016

DENTALTRIBUNE The World’s Dental Newspaper · Nordic Edition Published in Scandinavia www.dental-tribune.com Vol. 2, No. 4 PATIENT PROFILING Esben Toftdahl Nielsen on how the PI Dental solution uses data intelligence to improve patients’ dental experiences. THE MOCK-UP Easily performed in daily practice, the dental mock-up is a reversible technique with benefits for both patients and practitioners. today SWEDENTAL Read all about Scandinavia’s largest dental show in our today specialty section included in this issue. ” Page 6 ” Page 13 ” Page 17 Bruxism and implant failure Dental fear heritable By DTI MALMÖ, Sweden: Affecting up to a billion people worldwide, brux- ism is a common disorder that can cause severe damage to the denti- tion and dental restorations. In ad- dition, the findings of a new study from Malmö University suggest that excessive tooth grinding or jaw clenching may be linked to a higher implant failure risk. In the study, implant failure rates were three times higher in bruxers than in patients without the parafunctional habit. Aiming to investigate the as- sociation between bruxism and the risk of dental implant failure, the researchers analysed data on 3,549 implants that were placed in 994 patients. Of these, 56 patients (with 185 implants in total) suf- fered from bruxism. Overall, 179 implants were reported as failures among both groups. Comparing implant failure in patients with bruxism to patients without the condition, the Swed- ish researchers found that the failure rates were 13 per cent and 4.6 per cent, respectively. Thus, the risk of losing an implant was almost three times higher in the bruxer group in the current study. The analysis further showed that bruxism was more common in men and failure rates were higher for short and wide im- By DTI MORGANTOWN, USA: Psychologists in the US have found that, in addi- tion to environmental factors, ge- netic influences play an important role in the development of dental fear and anxiety. The study, which included 1,370 participants (aged 11–74), of whom 827 were female, demonstrated that fear of pain, a problem related to, but separate from dental fear, is heritable. The researchers found that some of the genes that influence fear of pain likely influence dental fear too. They believe that the new findings could have important implications for improving future dental treatment, as a better un- derstanding of dental anxiety could lead to the development of interventions aimed at reducing distress that is a barrier to seeking dental care. A study from Malmö University has found that implant failure was more common in patients with bruxism. Dental Tribune International The World’s Largest News and Educational Network in Dentistry www.dental-tribune.com Essential Dental Media AD Oral cancer therapy By DTI COPENHAGEN, Denmark/LUGANO, Switzerland: Compliance is a major issue in medical therapy in general. Non-adherence may impact the efficacy of treatment and survival, with high costs for the patient and health care sys- tem. In a new study, conducted by the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO), 111 patients (me- dian age of 70) underwent a neu- ropsychologicaltestandcompleted a questionnaire one month after they had started their first exclu- sive oral therapy. Global cognitive impairment was observed in 50 per cent of the participants. According to the researchers, the overall ad- herence rate was 90 per cent. How- ever, working memory disorders and depression were significantly associated with and appeared as predictors of non-adherence. The findings indicate that on- cologists need to take cognitive functions before initiation of oral anti-cancer therapy into account too, in order to identify patients who are more likely to fail in self-management of oral anti-can- cer therapy. “I believe the current concept of adherence is too narrow i.e. physicians expect patients to taketheirmedicationasprescribed and non-adherence is considered a form of disobedience,” said Dr Bet- tina Ryll, Chair of the ESMO Patient Advocates Working Group. The findings of the study were first presented at the ESMO 2016 Congress, which took place from 7 to 11 October in Copenhagen. © pathdoc/Shutterstock.com © Stockholmsmässan ” Page 2 © BlurryMe/Shutterstock.com

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