Niger J Clin Pract
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To investigate the effect of platform switched short dental implants and subcrestal placement on von Mises stress in the maxillary anterior region (D3 bone) by using three-dimensional finite element model analyses (3D FEM). ⋯ Numerical results from the current study suggest that, for short implants, implant diameter is considered more effective design parameter than implant length. Current findings state that platform switch short subcrestal implants results in conservation of marginal bone loss along with better stress distribution around peri-implant regions in D3 bone. However, all models analyzed in this study showed development of von Mesies stresses within physiological limits for human cortical bone.
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The Saudi Ministry of Health (MOH) has published detailed guidelines and educational documents about Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) prevention and infection control. The knowledge of dentists of the reported guidelines is not yet assessed and lack of awareness of these guidelines may have negative implications on dental patients. ⋯ Dentists in Saudi Arabia had optimal knowledge about COVID-19. However, infection control training is recommended to increase readiness and confidence among dentists.
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Midwives have a strategic role to inform, educate, and encourage pregnant women to maintain an active lifestyle during pregnancy. ⋯ The midwives lacked knowledge of physical activity during pregnancy and rarely provided such education and counseling. They advocated the need for training and workshops on maternal physical activity. Our findings suggest that physical activity should be integrated into the midwifery/nursing curriculum to empower midwives and other health providers to offer evidence-based physical activity education and counseling to women during antenatal health care as part of the primary health-care service.