Steffen Mickenautsch

Summary

Affiliation: University of the Witwatersrand
Country: South Africa

Publications

  1. ncbi An introduction to minimum intervention dentistry
    Steffen 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
  2. ncbi Atraumatic restorative treatment and dental anxiety in outpatients attending public oral health clinics in South Africa
    Steffen Mickenautsch
    Division of Public Oral Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
    J Public Health Dent 67:179-84. 2007
  3. ncbi Therapeutic effect of glass-ionomers: an overview of evidence
    S Mickenautsch
    Division of Public Oral Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
    Aust Dent J 56:10-5; quiz 103. 2011
  4. ncbi Pulp response to resin-modified glass ionomer and calcium hydroxide cements in deep cavities: A quantitative systematic review
    Steffen Mickenautsch
    Division of Public Oral Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Parktown, Johannesburg 2193, South Africa
    Dent Mater 26:761-70. 2010
  5. ncbi Caries-preventive effect of resin-modified glass-ionomer cement (RM-GIC) versus composite resin: a quantitative systematic review
    V 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
  6. ncbi Anticariogenic effect of xylitol versus fluoride - a quantitative systematic review of clinical trials
    Steffen Mickenautsch
    Department of Community Dentistry, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
    Int Dent J 62:6-20. 2012
  7. ncbi Coherence of evidence from systematic reviews as a basis for evidence strength - a case study in support of an epistemological proposition
    Steffen 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
  8. ncbi Retention of orthodontic brackets bonded with resin-modified GIC versus composite resin adhesives--a quantitative systematic review of clinical trials
    Steffen 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
  9. ncbi Extent and quality of systematic review evidence related to minimum intervention in dentistry: essential oils, powered toothbrushes, triclosan, xylitol
    Steffen Mickenautsch
    Division of Public Oral Health, Faculty of Health Science, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
    Int Dent J 61:179-92. 2011
  10. ncbi Absence of carious lesions at margins of glass-ionomer cement and amalgam restorations: An update of systematic review evidence
    Steffen 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

Detail Information

Publications20

  1. ncbi An introduction to minimum intervention dentistry
    Steffen 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...
  2. ncbi Atraumatic restorative treatment and dental anxiety in outpatients attending public oral health clinics in South Africa
    Steffen 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...
  3. ncbi Therapeutic effect of glass-ionomers: an overview of evidence
    S 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...
  4. ncbi Pulp response to resin-modified glass ionomer and calcium hydroxide cements in deep cavities: A quantitative systematic review
    Steffen 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...
  5. ncbi Caries-preventive effect of resin-modified glass-ionomer cement (RM-GIC) versus composite resin: a quantitative systematic review
    V 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...
  6. ncbi Anticariogenic effect of xylitol versus fluoride - a quantitative systematic review of clinical trials
    Steffen 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...
  7. ncbi Coherence of evidence from systematic reviews as a basis for evidence strength - a case study in support of an epistemological proposition
    Steffen 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:..
  8. ncbi Retention of orthodontic brackets bonded with resin-modified GIC versus composite resin adhesives--a quantitative systematic review of clinical trials
    Steffen 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...
  9. ncbi Extent and quality of systematic review evidence related to minimum intervention in dentistry: essential oils, powered toothbrushes, triclosan, xylitol
    Steffen 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...
  10. ncbi Absence of carious lesions at margins of glass-ionomer cement and amalgam restorations: An update of systematic review evidence
    Steffen 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:..
  11. ncbi Caries-preventive effect of glass ionomer and resin-based fissure sealants on permanent teeth: An update of systematic review evidence
    Steffen 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:..
  12. ncbi Absence of carious lesions at margins of glass-ionomer cement (GIC) and resin-modified GIC restorations: a systematic review
    Steffen 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...
  13. ncbi Demineralization of hard tooth tissue adjacent to resin-modified glass-ionomers and composite resins: a quantitative systematic review
    Steffen 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...
  14. ncbi Systematic reviews, systematic error and the acquisition of clinical knowledge
    Steffen 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...
  15. ncbi Utilization of the ART approach in a group of public oral health operators in South Africa: a 5-year longitudinal study
    Steffen 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...
  16. ncbi Atraumatic restorative treatment versus amalgam restoration longevity: a systematic review
    Steffen 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...
  17. ncbi Caries-preventive effect of glass ionomer and resin-based fissure sealants on permanent teeth: a meta analysis
    Veerasamy 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...
  18. ncbi Caries preventive effect of casein phosphopeptide-amorphous calcium phosphate (CPP-ACP): a meta-analysis
    Veerasamy 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...
  19. ncbi 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...
  20. ncbi Resin-modified glass-ionomer cements versus resin-based materials as fissure sealants: a meta-analysis of clinical trials
    V 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...