Quintessence International Volume 1

This Quintessence International (QI) annual yearbook is a compilation of selected articles representing the most significant work from the past year. Through a double-blind process that ensures anonymity and quality, our team of editors and reviewers performed the remarkable and difficult task of reviewing and evaluating many deserving submissions to present you with this outstanding selection of 20 articles. Organized by disciplines and topics, the articles provide a valuable and user-friendly resource that we hope you find enjoyable and informative. 

Contents
General Dentistry and Restorative Dentistry

• Amr M. Elnaghy | Alaa H. Elshazli | Shaymaa E. Elsaka
  Effectiveness of oral premedication of meloxicam, ketorolac, dexamethasone, and ibuprofen on the success rate of inferior alveolar nerve block in patients with symptomatic irreversible pulpitis: a prospective, double-blind, randomized controlled trial
• Stella Spurthi | Srirangarajan Sridharan | Rajesh Hosadurga | Ravi J. Rao | Srikumar Prabhu | Pramod Kumar Pal | Nitish Kamble | Kempaiah Rakesh | Amit Kumar
  Effectiveness of oral hygiene educational interventional programs on participants with Parkinson disease: a randomized controlled study
• Vinícius F. Lippert | Jonas P. Andrade | Ana M. Spohr | Marcel F. Kunrath
  Complete oral rehabilitation with direct and indirect composite resins: a minimally invasive approach on severely compromised teeth
• Ahmad Mekari | Abdulkareem Almarrawi | Christian H. Splieth
  Autotransplantation of an immature mandibular third molar to a recipient site with periradicular lesion: a case report

Periodontology

• Manpreet Kaur | Rajinder Kumar Sharma | Shikha Tewari | Ritika Arora | Nishi Tanwar | Aditi Sangwan
  Effect of antibiotics as an adjuvant to subgingival instrumentation on systemic inflammation in patients with periodontitis: a randomized clinical trial
• Tae H. Kwon | Daliah M. Salem | Liran Levin
  The role of home care therapy in periodontal disease treatment and management
• Lan-Lin Chiou | Brandi Herron | Glendale Lim | Yusuke Hamada
  The effect of systemic antibiotics on periodontal regeneration: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
• Siro Pietro De Ry | Marco Pagnamenta | Christoph Andreas Ramseier | Andrea Roccuzzo | Giovanni Edoardo Salvi | Anton Sculean
  Five-year results following regenerative periodontal surgery with an enamel matrix derivative in patients with different smoking status

Implantology

• Phoebus Tsaousoglou | Georgios S. Chatzopoulos | Lazaros Tsalikis | Theodosia Lazaridou | Georgios Mikrogeorgis | Ioannis Vouros
  Prevalence and risk indicators of peri-implantitis: a university based cross-sectional study
• Luiz Felipe Palma | Cristiano Joia | Leandro Chambrone
  Effects of ozone therapy on periodontal and peri-implant surgical wound healing: a systematic review

Oral Surgery

• Mayara Santos de Castro | Bárbara Maria de Souza Moreira Machado | Mariane Carolina Faria Barbosa | Lélio Fernando Ferreira Soares | Felipe Fornias Sperandio | Marina Lara de Carli | Suzane Cristina Pigossi | Daniela Coelho de Lima
  Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on head and neck cancer patients: systematic review and meta-analysis
• Ankita A. Agrawal | Prasad V. Dhadse | Bhairavi V. Kale | Komal R. Bhombe | Kiran K. Ganji | Andrej M. Kielbassa
  A blind randomized controlled pilot trial on recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 in combination with a bioresorbable membrane on periodontal regeneration in mandibular molar furcation defects

Pediatric Dentistry

• Burak Aksoy | Hamdi Cem Güngör | Serdar Uysal | Cesar D. Gonzales | Seval Ölmez
  Ferric sulfate pulpotomy in primary teeth with different base materials: a 2-year randomized controlled trial
• Haneen Al-Attiya | Mhd Said Mourad | Christian H. Splieth | Julian Schmoeckel
  Influence of treatment setting on success of pulpectomy in primary molars: a retrospective analysis up to 4 years

Community Dentistry

• Nisreen Al Jallad | Shruti Vasani | Tong Tong Wu | Rita Cacciato | Marie Thomas | Nour Lababede | Ayah Lababede | Jin Xiao
  Racial and oral health disparity associated with perinatal oral health care utilization among underserved US pregnant women
• Ayelet Berg-Warman | Ile Kermel-Schiffman | Shlomo Paul Zusman | Lena Natapov
  Oral health disparities among the 65+ age group

Oral Medicine and Orofacial Pain

• Gary D. Klasser | Elliot Abt | Robert J. Weyant | Charles S. Greene
  Temporomandibular disorders: current status of research, education, policies, and its impact on clinicians in the United States of America
• Clara Joseph | Mathieu Marty | Sophie-Myriam Dridi | Veroniek Verhaeghe | Isabelle Bailleul-Forestier | Christine Chiaverini | Thomas Hubiche | Juliette Mazereeuw-Hautier | Olivier Deny | Dominique Declerck | Philippe Kémoun
  Oral health status in patients with inherited epidermolysis bullosa: a comparative multicenter study
• Aditi Priyamvara | Amit K. Dey | Abhiram Maddi | Sorin Teich
  The relationship between periodontal and kidney disease: a critical review

Radiology/Imaging

• Felix Enderle | Florian D. Grill | Niklas Rommel | Lucas M. Ritschl | Andrea Grandoch | Klaus-Dietrich Wolff | Anton Sculean | Herbert Deppe
  Radiographic analysis of the anterior mandible and its anatomical variations using cone-beam computed tomography
• Andrea Roccuzzo | Johanna Ettmayer | Siro Pietro De Ry | Jean-Claude Imber | Anton Sculean | Giovanni Edoardo Salvi
  Radiographic angle width as predictor of clinical outcomes following regenerative periodontal therapy with enamel matrix derivative: a retrospective cohort study with a mean follow-up of at least 10 years