Executive summary 2020 will go down in history as the year when the global community was
awakened to the fragility of human health and the interdependence of the ecosystem …

Periodontitis is a complex disease:(a) various causative factors play a role simultaneously
and interact with each other; and (b) the disease is episodic in nature, and bursts of disease …

Language models demonstrate both quantitative improvement and new qualitative
capabilities with increasing scale. Despite their potentially transformative impact, these new …

Importance Nonrandomized studies using insurance claims databases can be analyzed to
produce real-world evidence on the effectiveness of medical products. Given the lack of …

We have reviewed the literature and have identified more than 100 diseases or conditions
that are associated with raised concentrations of plasma total homocysteine. The …

Background The World Health Organization (WHO) stated in March 2016 that there was
scientific consensus that the mosquito-borne Zika virus was a cause of the neurological …

The importance of sugars as a cause of caries is underemphasized and not prominent in
preventive strategies. This is despite overwhelming evidence of its unique role in causing a …

Identification of modifiable risk factors provides a crucial approach to the prevention of
dementia. Nutritional or nutrient-dependent risk factors are especially important because …

Implant therapy aims at providing the patient with a functional and esthetically pleasing
rehabilitation in a long‐term perspective. The loss of an implant constitutes a major …

This review explores the principles and process associated with the diagnosis of
temporomandibular disorders (TMDs). TMD diagnosis has evolved substantially over the …