Raymond P White

PURPOSE: To assess the change in periodontal status over time by periodontal probing depth (PD) in the third molar region.

SUBJECTS AND METHODS: The data for these analyses are part of a study of subjects enrolled with 4 asymptomatic third molars with adjacent second molars in an institutional review board-approved longitudinal trial. Full mouth periodontal probing was conducted to determine periodontal status at baseline and follow-up. Panoramic radiographs were analyzed for angulation ...

PURPOSE: Our goals were to determine the prevalence of caries experience, carious lesions, or restorations on the occlusal surface, in asymptomatic third molars erupted to the occlusal plane, and to examine the association between caries experience in other molars and third molars within the same mouth and quadrant.

PATIENTS AND METHODS: Clinical data assessing oral health were collected from healthy patients (ASA I, II). The presence or absence of caries experience on the occlusal ...

PURPOSE: We assessed the prevalence of caries experience and periodontal pathology on asymptomatic third molars in young adults.

SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Healthy subjects with 4 asymptomatic third molars were enrolled in an institutional review board-approved study during a 5-year period. Full mouth periodontal probing, 6 sites per tooth, was the measure of clinical periodontal status. The presence or absence of occlusal caries experience (carious lesions or restorations, including ...

PURPOSE: To assess the prevalence of periodontal pathology and caries experience in visible third molars, as well as the relationship of these findings to periodontal pathology and caries experience in teeth more anterior in the mouth.

PATIENTS AND METHODS: Data were from 6,793 Dental Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities participants who underwent a clinical examination for periodontal disease and coronal caries experience and who retained at least 1 visible third molar. Outcome variables ...

PURPOSE: This study was designed to assess the prevalence at enrollment and incidence over 36 months of periodontal pathology and caries affecting third molars in a community-based study of people over the age of 65 years in North Carolina.

SUBJECTS AND METHODS: A sub-sample of 818 subjects with dental examinations taken from the Piedmont 65+ Study was available for analysis. All visible teeth were examined. Periodontal probing (PD) measures were taken at 2 sites, mesiobuccal and ...

Purpose This study was designed to assess the impact of taking pain medications, as a more comprehensive indicator of perceived pain, on the extent of interference with lifestyle and oral function during recovery after third molar surgery. Patients and Methods Recovery data after the removal of 4 third molars were available for patients enrolled in an institutional review board-approved, prospective, multicenter clinical trial. A self-administered health-related quality of life ...

PURPOSE: Vastly different surgical techniques have been advocated for osseous reconstruction of the severely atrophic mandible. Endosseous implants placed in autologous bone grafts have been proposed to minimize graft resorption and restore function; however, sufficient bone must exist to support the implants and prevent pathologic fracture. The purpose of this retrospective analysis was to assess the efficacy of autologous bone grafting and the subsequent placement of endosteal implants ...

PURPOSE: We sought to compare recovery for clinical and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) outcomes after third molar surgery in patients treated with or without intravenous antibiotics at surgery.

PATIENTS AND METHODS: Fifty-six patients at least 18 years of age and with all 4 third molars below the occlusal plane, treated at 3 clinical centers, were given intravenous antibiotics just before third molar surgery. Clinical and HRQOL outcomes of these patients were compared with those ...

PURPOSE: This study was conducted to analyze the clinical impact of risk markers for third molar and non-third molar periodontal pathology over time.

PATIENTS AND METHODS: Data were obtained from healthy adults with 4 asymptomatic third molars in an institutional review board-approved trial. Full-mouth periodontal probing depth (PD) data were collected as clinical measures of possible periodontal pathology. The third molar region included the 6 third molar probing sites and the 2 second ...

PURPOSE: This study assessed the impact of third molar removal on periodontal pathology in subjects with third molars asymptomatic at enrollment.

PATIENTS AND METHODS: Subjects in whom at least 2 third molars were removed were a subsample of healthy young subjects enrolled with 4 asymptomatic third molars in an institutional review board-approved longitudinal study. Full-mouth periodontal probing (PD) data, 6 sites per tooth, were obtained as a measure of periodontal status at each of 3 ...

BACKGROUND: The authors conducted a study to examine the antibiotic prescribing practices of general and pediatric dentists in the management of odontogenic infections in children.

METHODS: The authors relied on a cross-sectional study design to assess the antibiotic prescribing practices of general and pediatric dentists in North Carolina. The survey instrument consisted of five clinical case scenarios that included antibiotic-prescribing decisions in a self-administered questionnaire ...

PURPOSE: We sought to determine the incidence of caries experience on the occlusal surface of asymptomatic third molars erupted to the occlusal plane and to examine the association between the prevalence of caries experience in third molars and other molars.

PATIENTS AND METHODS: Clinical data were collected from healthy patients (ASA Class I, II) with asymptomatic third molars enrolled at 2 clinical centers in an institutional review board-approved clinical trial. All patients with at ...

PURPOSE: To assess the association between risk markers of chronic oral inflammation and changes over time in periodontal probing depth (PD) in the third molar region, the distal of a second molar, or around a third molar.

SUBJECTS AND METHODS: The data from these analyses are part of a study of subjects enrolled with 4 asymptomatic third molars with adjacent second molars in an institutional review board-approved longitudinal trial. Full-mouth periodontal probing was conducted at ...

PURPOSE: The study goal was to assess both clinical and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) outcomes after third molar surgery.

METHODS: Patients who were having 4 third molars removed were enrolled in a prospective clinical trial. Baseline data were recorded that included demographics, the patient's and surgeon's assessment of third molar conditions, and details of the surgical procedure. After surgery, clinical data were collected that detailed healing and any treatment that was ...

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to assess changes in periodontal probing depth (PD) over time for third molar and nonthird molar regions in young adults.

PATIENTS AND METHODS: The data were obtained from healthy subjects with 4 asymptomatic third molars, enrolled in an IRB-approved longitudinal trial. Demographic and oral health data were collected at baseline. Full-mouth PD, 6 sites per tooth, was conducted to determine periodontal status at baseline and at longest follow-up. The ...