Most bond failures took place at enamel-adhesive interface. ARItooth was a predictor to enamel surface damage. The type of material did not affect enamel surface damage.

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During orthodontic treatment, pain is a subjective experience influenced by several factors. Orthodontic patients consume analgesics at different rates to alleviate this pain. Correlations between orthodontic pain and analgesic consumption were analyzed. Predictive factors to analgesics consumption were not statistically analyzed. This study was conducted to identify the predictive factors for analgesic consumption after initiation of orthodontic treatment with fixed appliances. Two hundred and eighty-six patients involved in this study kept a seven-day diary in which they recorded pain intensity (using a 0–10 numerical rating scale), analgesic consumption, localization of pain, pain triggers, and pain characteristics. Univariable analyses identified potential predictive factors: age, gender, pain intensity, pain localization, pain while chewing, pain at rest, night pain, headache, pulsating pain, sharp pain, dull pain, and tingling. Logistic regression was conducted to create a model that could predict analgesic consumption. Multivariate analyses demonstrated that analgesic consumption was increased by increased age, increased intensity of pain, and presence of a headache. Overall, the model explained 33% of analgesic requirement variability. Age, intensity of pain, and headache proved to be predictors of analgesic consumption. Knowledge of such factors may help clinicians identify orthodontic patients who will consume analgesics on their own.

Introduction/Aim. Essential Science Indicators (ESI) Highly Cited Papers (HCPs) refer to the most influential scientific articles and breakthrough research within a research field in the past decade. This study aimed to identify the characteristics of ESI HCPs in the subject category Dentistry, Oral Surgery and Medicine, to recognize authors, institutions and countries of origin, and determine research trends that attracted the most scientific interest in dentistry. Methods. A descriptive analysis of bibliographic data, network extraction and visualization were completed. Furthermore, analyzed ESI HCPs were classified according to a field of interest, main research domain, type of study, and level of evidence. Results. The set of 185 dental HCPs was published in 42 journals from 2010 to 2020, with an average number of 211.7 citations per paper. Nearly half of HCPs were issued by the Journal of Dental Research, Dental Materials, and Journal of Clinical Periodontology. There were 765 authors affiliated with 351 institutions from 42 countries. The most productive institutions were the University of Hong Kong, the University of Michigan, and the University of Bern. The USA contributed with the highest number of publications, followed by China, and the United Kingdom. Dental Materials, Dental Implantology, Periodontology, and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery represented areas of significant interest within this subject category. The highest proportion of HCPs were narrative and systematic reviews, expert opinions, consensus reports, and in vitro /lab studies. Conclusion. Results obtained from this study can provide valuable information for researchers to better identify present and future hotspots in dental research.

Introduction/Objective. This study aimed to translate the original disease specific Malocclusion Impact Questionnaire (MIQ) into Serbian and validate the new version in the cohort of young Serbian orthodontic patients. Methods. At the university clinic 154 patients filled out MIQ in Serbian before the start of the orthodontic treatment from which 112 participants completed the same questionnaire after four weeks. Index of Orthodontic Treatment Need (IOTN-DHC) and Peer Assessment Rating (PAR) pretreatment score were recorded. Descriptive statistic, Cronbach?s Alpha, Spearman's rho and Exploratory Factor Analysis followed by Parallel Analysis for factor reduction were calculated and analyzed. Results. One hundred forty-eight patients with no missing responses (51 male, 97 female), average age 13.3 ? 2.00 years had MIQ total scores mean of 10,14 ? 7,451. Internal reliability (? = 0.913), external reliability (? = 0.906; p = 0.000), construct validity tested by MIQ total scores and two global question scores correlations (? = 0.682; p = 0.000 and ? = 0.366; p = 0.000), as well as clinical validity tested by correlations of MIQ total scores with PAR pretreatment scores (? = 0.181; p < 0.05), and IOTN-DHC scores (? = 0.192; p < 0.05) were positive and statistically significant. One item factor was extracted and explained great part of the cumulative variance. Conclusion. Reliability and validity of the translated and cross-culturally adapted MIQ in Serbian is satisfactory. It could be used for malocclusion related quality of life assessments in young Serbian orthodontic patients.