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    Frecuencia de rasgos dentales no métricos presentes en una muestra de población venezolana de origen italiano, residente en el Estado Mérida
    (2019) Pierangelo Lunini; Remi Uzcátegui
    The dental characters besides being readily visible to human eye also have a high heritability and can identify specific populations through traits of each ethnic group, like the Italians. The objective of this research is to study the frequency of non-metric dental traits of Venezuelans with Italian descent, resident in Merida state. For this, the ASUDAS methodology was applied in a sample of 12 individuals, men and women, Venezuelan descendants of Italians in first, second and third line, with ages between 16 and 30 years and full integrity of analyzed dental units. Presence/absence of 8 dental morphological features was observed. Data were analyzed with SPSS and frequency measurements were calculated for each variable. The results showed low and moderate frequencies of Carabelli complex, shovel shaped tooth, Y groove and cuspid 6, while for the hypocone and hypoconule, a higher prevalence was obtained.
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    Lactobacillus reuteri como coadyuvante en el tratamiento de la enfermedad gingival y periodontal. Revisión sistemática de la literatura
    (2019) Rodolfo J. Flores; Pierangelo Lunini; Paola Goyoneche
    La enfermedad periodontal es una infeccion multifactorial en la que la microbiota de la biopelicula dental y las reacciones inflamatorias del hospedero contribuyen a la destruccion de los tejidos como consecuencia de una disbiosis de la misma. Posee elevada prevalencia y distribucion a nivel mundial y representan la mayor parte de las enfermedades bucales, considerandose un problema de salud publica. El tratamiento convencional es la tartrectomia, raspado y alisado radicular, que en determinados casos debe ser complementado con antibioticoterapia, ya que puede generar resistencia por parte de los microorganismos causantes de la condicion, haciendo necesaria la busqueda de terapias alternativas. El objetivo de esta investigacion consistio en determinar la efectividad del probiotico Lactobacillus reuteri como terapia coadyuvante en el tratamiento de la enfermedad gingival y periodontal, sobre la base de una revision sistematica y actualizada de la literatura comprendida entre diciembre de 2016 y enero de 2019. La busqueda electronica se realizo en la Biblioteca Virtual en Salud (BVS) y BIREME a traves de las bases de datos MEDLINE, LILACS, BBO-Odontologia, BINACIS, IBECS; catalogo electronico de SERBIULA y Google Academico, usando los descriptores “probioticos” “enfermedad gingival” y “enfermedad periodontal”. Se obtuvieron 101 estudios, de los que se seleccionaron 13 ensayos clinicos a partir de los cuales se demostro mejoria en los indices gingival y biopelicula dental, disminucion de la profundidad de sacos, microorganismos periodontopatogenos y citoquinas proinflamatorias. Se concluyo que el probiotico Lactobacillus reuteri resulta efectivo como terapia coadyuvante en el tratamiento de la enfermedad gingival y periodontal. Recibido: 07-07- 2019 / Aceptado: 21-09 -19
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    Uso del láser de baja intensidad en odontología: Ortodoncia y periodoncia.
    (2014) María José Acosta; Diana Guerrero; Paola La Mantia; Pierangelo Lunini; Remi Uzcátegui
    Introduction: The low level laser is a light beam with specific properties, different from ordinary light with high energy concentration, which interacts with the tissues achieving a therapeutic effect.Although many studies have been performed worldwide, little evidence is found in Spanish on applications of laser therapy in Orthodontics and Periodontics, so it was considered appropriate to perform a review of the literature to provide information about their applications in those areas. The aim is to upgrade the applications of laser therapy in periodontal and orthodontic treatments published in recent years specialized information sources as MEDLINE, SciELO, DOAJ, among others were consulted. Fifty one original studies conducted with human beings were selected. Findings: Orthodontics laser therapy reduces pain between 24 and 48 hours after application, accelerates tooth movement and causes increased epithelialization of ulcers. In periodontitis, gingivitis, oral mucositis and gingivectomy reduces inflammation and tissue repair. Conclusion: Laser therapy is an effective adjunct treatment to conventional periodontal and orthodontic procedures. It is recommended to inquire about other therapeutic laser applications in different areas of dentistry.