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| Steffen MickenautschSummaryAffiliation: University of the Witwatersrand Country: South Africa Publications
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An introduction to minimum intervention dentistrySteffen Mickenautsch
Division of Public Oral Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Medical School, 7 York Road, 10th Floor, Room 10Q20, 2193 Parktown, Johannesburg, South Africa
Singapore Dent J 27:1-6. 2005..MI has the potential for dentists to apply a more conservative approach to caries treatment and simultaneously offer patients less invasive, health-oriented treatment options...
Atraumatic restorative treatment and dental anxiety in outpatients attending public oral health clinics in South AfricaSteffen Mickenautsch
Division of Public Oral Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
J Public Health Dent 67:179-84. 2007..This study was undertaken to test the hypotheses that using the atraumatic restorative treatment (ART) approach results in lower patient anxiety and that lower anxiety leads to higher restoration/extraction ratios...
Therapeutic effect of glass-ionomers: an overview of evidenceS Mickenautsch
Division of Public Oral Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Aust Dent J 56:10-5; quiz 103. 2011..Nevertheless, the results of these in situ and laboratory trials provide valuable insights into factors that facilitate understanding of the clinical efficacy of GIC...
Pulp response to resin-modified glass ionomer and calcium hydroxide cements in deep cavities: A quantitative systematic reviewSteffen Mickenautsch
Division of Public Oral Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Parktown, Johannesburg 2193, South Africa
Dent Mater 26:761-70. 2010..To quantitatively determine whether the pulp response to resin-modified glass ionomer cements placed in deep cavities differs from that generated by calcium hydroxide cement...
Caries-preventive effect of resin-modified glass-ionomer cement (RM-GIC) versus composite resin: a quantitative systematic reviewV Yengopal
Division of Public Oral Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, 7 York Road, Parktown, Johannesburg, 2193, South Africa
Eur Arch Paediatr Dent 12:5-14. 2011..To determine whether resin-modified glass-ionomer cement (RM-GIC), when compared with composite resins (CR), offers a significant caries-preventive effect...
Anticariogenic effect of xylitol versus fluoride - a quantitative systematic review of clinical trialsSteffen Mickenautsch
Department of Community Dentistry, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Int Dent J 62:6-20. 2012..The evidence found contains a high risk of bias and may be limited by confounder effects. Future high-quality randomised controlled trials are needed in order to provide conclusive evidence on this topic...
Coherence of evidence from systematic reviews as a basis for evidence strength - a case study in support of an epistemological propositionSteffen Mickenautsch
SYSTEM Initiative Department of Community Dentistry, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, 7 York Rd, Parktown Johannesburg 2193, South Africa
BMC Res Notes 5:26. 2012..abstract:..
Retention of orthodontic brackets bonded with resin-modified GIC versus composite resin adhesives--a quantitative systematic review of clinical trialsSteffen Mickenautsch
Division of Public Oral Health, Faculty of Health Science, University of the Witwatersrand, 7 York Rd, Parktown, Johannesburg, 2193, South Africa
Clin Oral Investig 16:1-14. 2012..The clinical relevance of this study is that RM-GIC may have the same clinical debonding (failure) rate as composite resin adhesives after 1 year when used for bonding of orthodontic brackets...
Extent and quality of systematic review evidence related to minimum intervention in dentistry: essential oils, powered toothbrushes, triclosan, xylitolSteffen Mickenautsch
Division of Public Oral Health, Faculty of Health Science, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Int Dent J 61:179-92. 2011..To investigate extent and quality of current systematic review evidence regarding: powered toothbrushes, triclosan toothpaste, essential oil mouthwashes, xylitol chewing gum...
Absence of carious lesions at margins of glass-ionomer cement and amalgam restorations: An update of systematic review evidenceSteffen Mickenautsch
Division of Public Oral Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand 7 York Rd, Parktown Johannesburg 2193, South Africa
BMC Res Notes 4:58. 2011..abstract:..
Caries-preventive effect of glass ionomer and resin-based fissure sealants on permanent teeth: An update of systematic review evidenceSteffen Mickenautsch
Division of Public Oral Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand 7 York Rd, Parktown Johannesburg 2193, South Africa
BMC Res Notes 4:22. 2011..abstract:..
Absence of carious lesions at margins of glass-ionomer cement (GIC) and resin-modified GIC restorations: a systematic reviewSteffen Mickenautsch
Division of Public Oral Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Parktown Johannesburg, South Africa
Eur J Prosthodont Restor Dent 18:139-45. 2010..81-1.01) and 1.08 (95% CI 0.71-1.63; p > 0.05) indicating no difference in the caries preventive effect between both types of materials. Further high-quality randomized control trials are needed in order to confirm these results...
Demineralization of hard tooth tissue adjacent to resin-modified glass-ionomers and composite resins: a quantitative systematic reviewSteffen Mickenautsch
Division of Public Oral Health, University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg, Houghton, South Africa
J Oral Sci 52:347-57. 2010..RM-GIC showed efficacy in reducing demineralization. However, the internal validity of the current evidence is limited and further high-quality trials are needed...
Systematic reviews, systematic error and the acquisition of clinical knowledgeSteffen Mickenautsch
Division of Public Oral Health, Faculty of Health Science, University of the Witwatersrand, 7 York Road, 2193 Parktown Johannesburg, South Africa
BMC Med Res Methodol 10:53. 2010..One of the main criticisms of evidence-based medicine is that it appears to claim to have unique access to absolute scientific truth and thus devalues and replaces other types of knowledge sources...
Utilization of the ART approach in a group of public oral health operators in South Africa: a 5-year longitudinal studySteffen Mickenautsch
Division of Public Oral Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
BMC Oral Health 9:10. 2009..However, this change had not resulted in an increase in the REX score in both dentitions...
Atraumatic restorative treatment versus amalgam restoration longevity: a systematic reviewSteffen Mickenautsch
Division of Public Oral Health, University of the Witwatersrand, 7 York Rd, Parktown, Johannesburg 2193, South Africa
Clin Oral Investig 14:233-40. 2010..3 years and is site-dependent. No difference was observed in primary teeth. More trials are needed in order to confirm these results...
Caries-preventive effect of glass ionomer and resin-based fissure sealants on permanent teeth: a meta analysisVeerasamy Yengopal
Division of Public Oral Health, University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg, Houghton, South Africa
J Oral Sci 51:373-82. 2009..Thus, both materials appear equally suitable for clinical application as a fissure sealant material...
Caries preventive effect of casein phosphopeptide-amorphous calcium phosphate (CPP-ACP): a meta-analysisVeerasamy Yengopal
Division of Public Oral Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Parktown Johannesburg, South Africa
Acta Odontol Scand 67:321-32. 2009..Additionally, the promising in vivo RCT results suggest a caries-preventing effect for long-term clinical CPP-ACP use. Further randomized control trials are needed in order to confirm these initial results in vivo...
How well are GIC product labels related to current systematic review evidence?Steffen Mickenautsch
Division of Public Oral Health, Faculty of Health Science, University of the Witwatersrand, 7 York Road, Parktown, Johannesburg 2193, South Africa
Dent Update 38:634-8, 641-2, 644. 2011..Thus clinicians must be able to identify GIC products for which reliable evidence from systematic reviews of clinical studies is available and know about what such evidence contains...
Resin-modified glass-ionomer cements versus resin-based materials as fissure sealants: a meta-analysis of clinical trialsV Yengopal
Division of Public Oral Health, University of the Witwatersrand, 7 York Rd, Parktown Johannesburg, 2193, South Africa
Eur Arch Paediatr Dent 11:18-25. 2010..To appraise quantitatively current evidence regarding the caries-preventing effect of resin-modified glass-ionomer cement (RM-GIC) fissure sealants in comparison to that of resin-based fissure sealants...
