Objective: This study aims to compare the clinical and radiographic efficacy of Equia system bulk fill glass hybrid material with composite resins in the permanent restoration of pediatric patients' permanent teeth.Materials and Methods: The study included 44 pediatric patients aged 8–16 who applied to Necmettin Erbakan University Pediatric Dentistry Department. The groups were formed as symmetrical teeth in the same patient using the split‐mouth design. The study included class I caries lesions of 144 permanent teeth. Group 1 was restored with the Equia system bulk fill glass hybrid material (Equia Forte HT + Equia Forte Coat [GC, Co, Tokyo, Japan]) (n = 72) and Group 2 with the Charisma Smart universal composite resin (Kulzer, Gmbh, Hanau, Germany) + Clearfil SE Bond (Kuraray, Noritake, Sakazu, Okayama) (n = 72). Evaluations were performed clinically and radiographically by two physicians in 2nd week, 3rd month, 6th month, and 12th month and the results were recorded. Clinical evaluation was carried out using modified‐USPHS criteria. Obtained data were statistically analyzed using Kendall's W test and Cochran's Q test for the comparison within the group, and the Chi‐square test for the comparison between groups.Results: Among the materials utilized in the study, there was no statistically significant difference in marginal adaptation, marginal discoloration, retention, anatomical form, postoperative sensitivity, and secondary caries according (p > 0.05). Group 2 outperformed statistically significant Group 1 in terms of color match in all periods (p < 0.05). While there was no statistically significant difference in surface structure between the groups in 2nd week and 3rd month (p > 0.05), there was a statistically substantial difference in 6th, and 12th months (p < 0.05). No secondary caries or periapical lesions were found in any restorations during radiographic evaluation.Conclusion: After a year, the clinical performance of both Equia and composite resins was equivalent and successful in the majority of the measures against which they were evaluated.Clinical Significance: Based on the results of the research, Equia system bulk fill glass hybrid restorations are considered a viable alternative to composite resins in class I permanent teeth restorations.

Indirect pulp-capping treatment is a procedure applied to teeth with deep and close-to-pulp caries lesions and without pulp degeneration symptoms. This study aimed to explore the use of a material containing bioactive glass for indirect pulp capping in primary and permanent teeth. The study included 145 patients, aged 4-15 years, without any systemic disease and 100 primary second molars and 100 permanent first molars in total. Four material groups were determined: calcium hydroxide (Dycal-DC group), glass ionomer (Biner LC-BC group), calcium silicate (TheraCal LC-TC group), and Bioactive glass-containing ACTIVA BioACTIVE-AC group. Clinical and radiographic evaluations were made 1, 3, 6, 9, and 12 months after the treatment. The data obtained were statistically analyzed using the Chi-square test. During the 12-month follow-up period, the DC and TC groups were more successful clinically (94%), while the DC and AC groups were found to be more successful radiographically (94%). However, no statistically significant difference was found between the groups (p > 0.05). The results of this study supported the view that the success of indirect pulp-capping treatments was independent of the material used. This study demonstrated that a material containing bioactive glass, ACTIVA BioACTIVE-Base/Liner, can be used safely in indirect pulp-capping processes.

Objective: Dentistry necessarily requires close face-to-face contact with patients, so it was largely halted during the COVID-19 pandemic. During this pandemic, teledentistry (TD) could be a novel way to resume dental practice. It was aimed to investigate the satisfaction of the parents who received teledentistry (TD) service in a pediatric dentistry clinic during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as other factors that may have contributed to this satisfaction.Methods: It was conducted using a telephone survey to interview the parents who used the TD system between June and December 2020. The survey includes participant demographics, COVID-19 anxiety, TD system, reasons for using TD, and Internet use in the field of health. Five-point Likert scale was used. A Chi-squared test was used and p < 0.05 was accepted as significant.Results: Most of the participants stated that they had no trouble connecting to the TD system (82.5%), and 119 participants reported that the system helped them to solve their health problems. Significant relationships ( p < 0.05) were found between overall satisfaction and parental job, level of education, anxiety level (3 questions), and use of the Internet in healthcare (4 questions), whereas no associations were found regarding the other variables ( p > 0.05).Conclusions: Parents benefited greatly from the TD system and would be open to using it after the pandemic. The education and parental job categories of parents, anxiety level, and use of the Internet in healthcare seem to have relationships with overall satisfaction.

The study aims to compare the bond strength of three primary tooth root canal filling materials to the root canal wall with a push-out test (Calplus, DiaPaste, BIOfactor MTA). First, 30 primary central teeth were cut transversely using a water-cooled low-speed diamond saw vertical to the long axis to obtain 2 mm thick discs from the middle third of the roots. Next the materials used were placed on dentin discs and kept in an incubator for 1 week at 37°C and 100% humidity until the hardening mechanism of the root-canal sealer was completed. Finally, a vertical force was placed on each material from apical to coronal with a 0.75 mm diameter stainless steel cylindrical piston without contacting the root canal dentin. The data were analyzed using the SPSS 22.0 program and the Mann-Whitney U test was used as a post hoc test. There was a statistically significant difference between the bonding values of different primary tooth root canal sealers to root canal dentin (p < 0.05). Among the maximum binding values, the lowest measurement was in Calplus (0.43 ± 0.28 MPa), and the highest measurement was in BIOfactor MTA (24.24 ± 17.78 MPa) (p < 0.05). BIOfactor MTA has a higher bonding value to root canal dentin than calcium hydroxide-based primary tooth canal sealers.

Aim: The purpose of this study was to assess the adequacy and success of meeting protective expectations with increasing time of fissure sealants with resin content made by dentistry students in our clinic. Methodology: The 6-month controls of the resin-based pit and fissure sealants applied by the 5th-grade dentistry students to the patients who applied to the Necmettin Erbakan University Faculty of Dentistry Pedodontics Clinic between January 2022 and February 2022 were checked, and their survival was checked. SPSS 26 statistical program was used in the analysis of the data. The statistical significance level in the study was determined as p<0.05. A total of 85 patients and a total of 516 teeth, including premolars and molars, were included in the study. Results: A total of 128 teeth were processed in the right maxilla, and total retention was observed in 102 teeth. Right maxilla; When the left maxilla (p=0.001), left mandible (p=0.011), and right mandible (p=0.001) were compared in terms of total retention, a statistically significant difference was found. When the teeth are compared among themselves, the highest rate of a total loss of 50% is in teeth 26 and 47. When the teeth are evaluated according to age, teeth numbered 14 (p=0.001) and 24 (p=0.001) are 9 years old, teeth 35 (p=0.001) and 45 (p=0.001) are 9-10 years old, and teeth number 44 (0.012) At the age of 10, the percentage of total loss was higher than the other age groups, and a statistically significant difference was found. This suggests that the ideal isolation of the permanent premolars may not have been achieved since they do not fully erupt at the age of 9-10. Conclusion: When all the results were evaluated, it was seen that the retention of fissure sealants depended on multiple factors, and their indications should be carefully examined.

Aim: This study examines dental faculty students' ethical sensitivity and attitudes toward ethical decision-making in healthcare. Despite frequent ethical dilemmas among dentists, there's limited research on dental students' experiences. This study aims to fill this gap by assessing dental students’ ethical sensitivity. Methods: Conducted between June and July 2021 with 436 voluntary participants from 1st to 5th grade students at a Faculty of Dentistry. Data were collected using a sociodemographic form and "Moral Sensitivity Questionnaire" (MSQ), 30-item tool with six sub-dimensions: autonomy, benefit, holistic approach, conflict, implementation, and orientation. Reliability analysis used Cronbach's Alpha, statistical analyses were performed. Results: Study found that 61.9% of participants were women, with an average age of 21.64 years. The overall reliability value of the MSQ scale was 0.920. The highest agreement among survey items was with "I often experience contradictions about how to approach the patient" (4.49±1.69). Significant differences were found in autonomy and application sub-dimensions based on students' grade levels (p=0.002). There was no significant gender difference in moral sensitivity (p>0.05), and no significant correlation was found between age and moral sensitivity. Conclusion: Findings highlight the importance of developing and protecting dental students' moral and ethical sensitivities for their professional success and public health. They underscore the need for enhanced ethics education in dental curricula and stronger hospital ethics committees to support healthcare professionals in ethical decision-making. This research offers valuable insights into the ethical challenges faced by dental students and emphasizes the necessity for further studies in this area.