Virtual reality and massive multiplayer online role-playing games as possible prophylaxis mathematical model: focus on COVID-19 spreading

Fiorillo, Luca; Cicciù, Marco; Stefano, Rosa De; Bocchieri, Salvatore; Herford, Alan S.; Fazio, Maria; Cervino, Gabriele

doi:10.1515/em-2020-0003

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“…These findings are important to the encouragement and development of public policies focused on the production of quality health contents, avoiding misinformation, delays in treatment, inadequate palliative solutions, and irreversible damage (Fiorillo et al, 2020;Lotto, Strieder, et al, 2020). In a situation of pandemic and confinement, it may be interesting to widely disseminate information about the opening and operation of available public dental emergency services.…”

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Digital surveillance: The interests in toothache‐related information after the outbreak of COVID‐19

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Objectives The aim of this ecological study was to analyze the relationship of social restriction measures and people's interest in searching toothache‐related information on the Internet. Materials and Methods The following indicators Stringency Index (SI), Years Lived with Disability (YLDs) for untreated caries in permanent teeth, Google market share, Internet penetration, and relative search volume (RSV) for the Topic "Toothache" in Google Trends were determined for 21 countries with available data, from April 2018 to May 2020. Statistical analysis was performed using Mann–Whitney U test, t‐Student test, Pearson's Chi‐square test, and Spearman and Pearson's cross‐correlation tests (α = 0.05). Results Relative search volume values increased significantly after restriction measures in all countries, except for Japan. Higher RSV values were found among 11 countries that presented a cross‐correlation between RSV and SI with r≥│0.6│. The most common queries were linked to the treatment and self‐resolution of toothache, with a sudden increase of searches that combined the symptom with COVID‐19. Conclusions The interests in toothache‐related digital information were associated with social restriction measures. These results allow the identification of dental demands of distinct populations, contributing to the planning of specific public health policies during and after the pandemic period.

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Digital surveillance: The interests in toothache‐related information after the outbreak of COVID‐19

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“…It is evident that in the orthodontic field, the digital intraoral scanner is necessary to produce customized devices such as aligners, but also to fix orthodontic instruments, such as a 3D Printed Orthodontic Distalizer that is very useful in the second dental class [ 33 ]. In general, it is evident that virtual images and digital techniques are changing the clinical approach and viewpoints [ 34 ].…”

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The Potential of Digital Impression in Orthodontics

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Background: Over the past 20 years, there have been many innovations in orthodontic diagnosis and therapy. Among the innovations, there is the taking of dental impressions (DIs). Dental impressions are the negative imprint of hard and soft tissues of one or both arches, and they allow a plaster model to be formed, i.e., a positive reproduction. Traditional dental impressions can be made of different materials, such as alginate, while digital impression is captured by an intra-oral scanner. Digital impression, despite the evident advantages, has not yet replaced the conventional impression. The aim of this study is to evaluate which dental impressions are the most used by dentists. For this purpose, we considered 120 questionnaires sent electronically to patients of different dental private practices from different countries, where the dentists can use both techniques. The results highlighted that the kind of impression adopted is very much influenced by the type of therapy and orthodontic devices used in the treatment. We can conclude that, despite the advent of digital technology, conventional impressions are still used for fixed devices, while digital impressions are more adopted for orthodontic customized devices and therapies with clear aligners, that are very widespread among adult patients.

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“…In the case of COVID-19, the baseline for taking the necessary dental precautions is that all patients have to be considered positive for SARS-CoV-2, even those who are not yet symptomatic, transmitted when dental health care is provided, primarily through aerosols. In this way, according to many guidelines, the infectious reservoir could be impeded by preventing contact with an infected patient [ 5 , 6 , 7 ].…”

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An Eventual Sars-CoV-2 Infection Prevention Protocol in the Medical Setting and Dental Office

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Virtual reality and massive multiplayer online role-playing games as possible prophylaxis mathematical model: focus on COVID-19 spreading

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Digital surveillance: The interests in toothache‐related information after the outbreak of COVID‐19

Digital surveillance: The interests in toothache‐related information after the outbreak of COVID‐19

The Potential of Digital Impression in Orthodontics

An Eventual Sars-CoV-2 Infection Prevention Protocol in the Medical Setting and Dental Office

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