2025
// Restorative
Treating a Cavity: Filling, Onlay or Root Canal
In a Cochrane review of 22 trials, fluoride varnish cut caries increment by 43 percent in permanent teeth. Here is what causes decay and what stops it.
Bİ
Dr İsmail Batuhan İp
// Mosdent JournalFrom the Pens
From the Pens
of Our Doctors
Clinical experience, misunderstood concepts and frequently asked questions. Notes from many years of practice.
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// Paediatric
Affordable Dental Care: Where the Cost Actually Comes From
A systematic review of 233 articles from 49 countries found out-of-pocket payment ahead of dental fear. Here is how insurance acceptance is settled.
Eİ
Dr Ebru İmren4 min
// Gums
Antibacterial Mouthwash: What It Treats and What It Cannot
Antibacterial mouthwash reduces plaque when used with brushing and cannot replace it; chlorhexidine led across 12 trials and also stained teeth.
FK
Dr Ferit Kaval, PhD4 min
// Aesthetic
Fake Teeth That Look Real: Dentures, Bridges, Implants
Across 35 studies, implant-supported single crowns reached an estimated 98.3% five-year survival for metal-ceramic, while composite veneers pooled 88%. Dentures, bridges, implant crowns and veneers compared.
HK
Dr Hakan Kaval11 min
// Implants
Nobel Biocare: A Pioneer in Dental Implantology
Nobel Biocare is a Zurich-based implant maker grown from Branemark's research; its TiUnite surface showed 95.14% implant survival at 10 years in 106 studies.
ÖŞ
Dr Ömer Faruk Şarkbay, PhD4 min
// Orthodontics
Diastema: What a Gap Between Teeth Means and How It Closes
A diastema is a visible gap between two teeth, most often the upper central incisors; common in children, it rarely closes on its own in adults.
AA
Dr Ahmet Murat Artuç, PhD4 min
// Aesthetic
Zirconia Crowns: Strength, Shade and How Long They Last
Zirconia crowns are metal-free caps milled from zirconium dioxide; translucent 4Y-PSZ averages 803 MPa flexural strength, and no metal line shows at the gum.
HK
Dr Hakan Kaval9 min
// Root Canal
Micro Endodontics: Precision in Root Canal Treatment
Micro endodontics is root canal treatment under a dental operating microscope, finding hidden canals and root fractures; a session takes 60 to 90 minutes.
AÇ
Dr Anıl Çetin, PhD4 min
Mastering the Modern Dent Bond: A Clinician's Guide to the Prime Dent Bonding Kit
Postoperative sensitivity was more frequent with etch-and-rinse than self-etch (RR 2.12). Dry and wet bonding showed no significant retention difference.
HK
Dr Hakan Kaval12 min