Peninsula Dental School: Recent submissions
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Urinary tract infections: a review of the current diagnostics landscape
(Microbiology SocietyEngland, 2023-11-15)Urinary tract infections are the most common bacterial infections worldwide. Infections can range from mild, recurrent (rUTI) to complicated (cUTIs), and are predominantly caused by uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC). ... -
Dental practice workforce challenges in rural England: survey into recruitment and retention in Devon and Cornwall
(Springer Science and Business Media LLCEngland, 2023-09-18)Introduction Devon and Cornwall have been identified as 'dental deserts' with limited NHS dental access and high levels of oral health inequality. Challenges around recruitment and retention of the dental workforce have ... -
Does the NHS Dental Workforce Plan in England align with the UN Sustainable Development Goals?
(Springer Science and Business Media LLCEngland, 2023-10-27)Continuing with our cover series on the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), we reach SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth. On this issue's cover, we attempt to illustrate the ongoing wariness surrounding the NHS ... -
An organotypic oral mucosal infection model to study host-pathogen interactions
(SAGE PublicationsEngland, 2023-01)Early in vitro oral mucosal infection models (OMMs) failed to consider the suitability of the model environment to represent the host immune response. Denture stomatitis (DS) is mediated by Candida albicans, but the role ... -
Outbreak investigation of NDM-producing Burkholderia cepacia causing neonatal sepsis in Pakistan
(Future Science GroupEngland, 2023-10-18)Aim: To investigate the outbreak of Burkholderia cepacia complex (BCC), mortality, antimicrobial resistance and associated risk factors in the neonatal intensive care unit. Method: Eighteen blood culture samples from ... -
The Limitations of Periapical X-ray Assessment in Endodontic Diagnosis—A Systematic Review
(MDPI AGSwitzerland, 2023-07-12)Diagnosis is a key aspect in endodontic treatment, in a decade where invasive interventions are misapprehended as social tendency instead of medical necessity. All diagnostic facets should be considered before intending ... -
Prognostic Role of CD68+ and CD163+ Tumour-Associated Macrophages and PD-L1 Expression in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Meta-Analysis
(Frontiers Media SASwitzerland, 2023-06-16)Background: Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is a common malignant cancer in humans. An abundance of tumour associated macrophages (TAMs) create an immunosuppressive tumour microenvironment (TME). TAM markers (CD163 ... -
Candidate evaluation of national recruitment in oral surgery
(Wiley, 2023-02)Abstract. Aim. To ascertain the perceptions and experiences of candidates of national recruitment and multi‐station interviews for the selection of oral surgery specialty trainees to UK during the first 3 years of being ... -
Dermatophyte resistance – on the rise
(Springer Science and Business Media LLCEngland, 2023-10-05)Dermatophytes are group of filamentous fungi which have adapted to living on the skin of humans and other animals. In the last decade, reports have emerged from Asia of new dermatophyte strains showing resistance to the ... -
L2 BONE QUALITY IN OSTEOPOROSIS: BIOMED 1 REVISITED
(2018-11-01)As a part of the European Union BIOMED I study “Assessment of Bone Quality in Osteoporosis,” Sixty-nine second lumbar vertebral body specimens (L2) were obtained post mortem from 32 women and 37 men (age 24–92 years). Our ...