Essential oils for caries prevention: A viable option?

Essential oils for caries prevention: A viable option?


The latest issue of the Journal of Minimum Intervention Dentistry is now available for download and looks at the following topics:
Online database puts latest MID evidence into the hands of researchers and clinicians

Online database puts latest MID evidence into the hands of researchers and clinicians

The emerging evidence-base on questions related to Minimum Intervention (MI) in dentistry is available online an online resource called the MI Compendium. Available in English, Spanish and Chinese, the MI Compendium has been developed as comprehensive systematic literature review and includes the results of META analyses on topics such as the caries preventive effect of glass ionomer cement as fissure sealants in comparison to resin-based materials and caries incidence on teeth restored with glass ionomers as compared to teeth restored with amalgam.

 

 
RMGIC has a better remineralizing effect than composite resin

RMGIC has a better remineralizing effect than composite resin

Recent updates to the prominent Minimum Intervention Dentistry evidence database, the MI Compendium, include an answer to the research question ‘In patients with comparable caries risk, does RMGIC have a better remineralisation effect than composite resin?’ MI Compendium chapter A8 answer is: The available evidence suggests that in the absence of fluoride exposure from other sources, RMGIC has often a better remineralizing effect than composite resin.
Valuable online database on MID now with meta-analyses

Valuable online database on MID now with meta-analyses

The emerging evidence-base on questions related to Minimum Intervention (MI) in dentistry is available online in the MI Compendium, in English, Spanish and Chinese. The MI Compendium has been developed as a comprehensive systematic literature review and includes the results of meta-analyses to topics such as the caries preventive effect of glass ionomer cement as fissure sealants in comparison to resin-based materials and caries incidence on teeth restored with glass ionomers as compared to teeth restored with amalgam.
Strong evidence leads to wide adoption of MID

Strong evidence leads to wide adoption of MID

Minimum Intervention (MI) in dentistry aims to empower patients through information, skills, and motivation to take charge of their own oral health and consequently require only minimum intervention from the dental profession. Dr Steffen Mickenautsch from the Division of Public Oral Health at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa, recently published a paper in International Dentistry SA about diffusion, bias and the role of scientific evidence in MI dentistry.

GC puts MI philosophy into practice

GC puts MI philosophy into practice

Following the success of the Minimum Intervention Symposium at the 2007 FDI Congress in Dubai, GC’s most recent session took the concept to a new level in the general dental practice. Hosted in Stockholm, Sweden, at the FDI’s 2008 Congress, the symposium aimed to equip practitioners with a clear strategy for implementing the MI approach in daily routines.
Running a practice on MI principles

Running a practice on MI principles

Dr Elmar Reich serves on the FDI Education Committee, has a dental practice in Biberach, Germany, and is the scientific coordinator of the GC MI Advisory Board. He opened his dental practice in 2004 with a clear goal of practising according to the Minimum Intervention philosophy. We asked him a few questions about how he achieves this goal.
New journal addresses gaps in MI evidence

New journal addresses gaps in MI evidence

The Journal of Minimum Intervention in Dentistry (JMID) is an international online journal that aims to promote the electronic publication and indexing of clinical case reports in the field of Minimum Intervention (MI) in dentistry. JMID publishes articles in English, Portuguese, Spanish and Chinese on the MI topics of oral disease risk assessment, early diagnosis and minimally-invasive treatment.

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