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Avijit is Professor of Cariology & Operative Dentistry / Hon. Consultant & Clinical Lead, Restorative Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry & Oral, Craniofacial Sciences, King's College London Dental Institute at Guy's Hospital (Guy's & St. Thomas' Hospitals Trust), London.
He is Head of Conservative & MI Dentistry, Director of Education (UG) & Programme Director of the innovative KCL distance-learning Masters in Advanced Minimum Intervention Dentistry. He leads the Cariology & MI Operative Dentistry research programme (>120 publications, >£2 million research income, 5 post-doctorate, 14 doctorate and 17 masters students to date). Avijit is primary author of Pickard's Guide to Minimally Invasive Operative Dentistry (9th & 10th editions; OUP, 2015), a definitive and globally respected text in its field, amongst other book editorships (Minimally Invasive Esthetics, Elsevier (2015). He is editor of Quintessence's Oral Health & Preventive Dentistry.
10. Jan 2019 — 12. Jan 2019Estrel Convention Center
Speakers: Jiro Abe, Michèle Aerden, Wael Att, Stavros Avgerinos, Avijit Banerjee, Vesna Barac Furtinger, Klaus-Dieter Bastendorf, Lars Bergmans, Ashwini Bhalerao, Jaroslav Bláha, Sebastian Bürklein, Daniel Buser, Josette Camilleri, Sevim Canlar, Sandra Chmieleck, Bun San Chong, Victor Clavijo, Carsten Czerny, Bettina Dannewitz, Alessandro Devigus, Didier Dietschi, Irina Dragan, Daniel H.-J. Edelhoff, Peter Eickholz, Karim Elhennawy, Peter Engel, Wolfgang Eßer, Marco Esposito, Susanne Fath, Vincent Fehmer, Federico Ferraris, Stefan Fickl, Mauro Fradeani, Roland Frankenberger, Eiji Funakoshi, Petra Gierthmühlen, Christiane Gleissner, Florian Göttfert, Dennis Grosse, Galip Gürel, Christian Haase, Horst-Wolfgang Haase, Manuela Hackenberg, Jörg Haist, Anke Handrock, Arndt Happe, Karsten Heegewaldt, Rüdiger Henrici, Michael Hülsmann, Hajime Igarashi, Tomohiro Ishikawa, Hideaki Katsuyama, Kathryn Kell, Matthias Kern, Fouad Khoury, Marko Knauf, Ralf J. Kohal, Stefen Koubi, Fabian Langenbach, Henriette Terezia Lerner, Thomas Malik, Siegfried Marquardt, Henrike März, Kathleen Menzel, Helen Möhrke, Kotaro Nakata, Marc L. Nevins, Masayuki Okawa, Rebecca Otto, Mark Stephen Pace, Shanon Patel, Karin Probst, Domenico Ricucci, Katrin Rinke, Irena Sailer, Edgar Schäfer, Ralf Schäfermeier, Jan Schellenberger, Tom Schloss, Gottfried Schmalz, Devorah Schwartz-Arad, Frank Schwarz, Thomas A. Schwenk, Anton Sculean, Bernd Stadlinger, Athanasios Stamos, Ana Stevanovic, Masana Suzuki, Senichi Suzuki, Hiroyuki Takino, Sameh Talaat, Mitsuhiro Tsukiboshi, Hideaki Ueda, Istvan Urban, Luc W. M. van der Sluis, Eric Van Dooren, Bart Van Meerbeek, Paula Vassallo, Juliane von Hoyningen-Huene, Michael Walter, Siegbert Witkowski, Stefan Wolfart, Sylvia Wuttig, Masao Yamazaki, Maciej Zarow, Matthias Zehnder, Raquel Zita Gomes, Giovanni Zucchelli, Otto Zuhr, Bettina Zydatiß
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This author's journal articles
Oral Health and Preventive Dentistry, 1/2023
Open Access Online OnlyPubMed ID (PMID): 3734558122. Jun 2023,Pages 1, Language: EnglishSculean, Anton / Banerjee, Avijit / Rothenbücher, Marina
DOI: 10.3290/j.jad.b916831, PubMed ID (PMID): 33512115Pages 47-56, Language: EnglishOrtiz-Ruiz, Antonio José / Martínez-Marco, José Francisco / Pérez-Silva, Amparo / Serna-Muñoz, Clara / Cabello, Inmaculada / Banerjee, Avijit
Purpose: To study the effect of the varnish type, application time and surface polishing on the shear bond strength (SBS) of a universal adhesive in healthy and demineralized bovine enamel.
Materials and Methods: 432 bovine primary central incisors were assigned to 18 groups according to enamel mineralization [healthy and demineralized], topical varnish [Clinpro White Varnish (CWV; 3M Oral Care) and Profluorid (PFV, Voco)], remineralization time [24 h or 21 days] and polishing or not of the enamel surface. Adhesion was tested using Futurabond M (Voco)+ and GrandioSO (Voco). Sheer bond strength (SBS) was measured and the fracture mode studied. The statistical analysis was performed using two-way ANOVA, Tukey’s test, and Pearson’s chi-squared test.
Results: In healthy bovine enamel, CWV reduced SBS at 24 h and 21 days; polishing significantly improved SBS. PFV increased SBS in healthy enamel at 21 days and demineralized enamel at 24 h and 21 days; polishing had no effect on SBS. The application time and polishing of the enamel surface affected the behavior of varnishes with respect to SBS. There was a correlation between the type of fracture and the degree of mineralization as well as the timepoint of varnish application.
Conclusions: Remineralization of demineralized enamel with fluoride varnishes permits the recovery of the bond strength obtained in healthy enamel. Of the two varnishes studied, PFV had the highest SBS and more uniform behavior, regardless of the application timepoint, degree of mineralization, and surface treatment of the enamel.
Keywords: demineralization, enamel, remineralization, fluoride varnish, tricalcium phosphate, shear bond strength
Open Access Online OnlyEditorialDOI: 10.3290/j.ohpd.b87193115. Dec 2020,Pages 1-2, Language: EnglishBanerjee, Avijit / Sculean, Anton / Petersen, Poul Erik
Summary: Oral/dental healthcare delivery in the post-pandemic era will be different, with challenges to overcome and positive opportunities to take. Managing the needs, wants and expectations of all stakeholders must be communicated and actioned effectively, moving forwards. It is the responsibility of all stakeholders to work together to help provide high quality, evidence-based pragmatic oral healthcare delivery for the future. Patient-focused, team-delivered, minimum intervention oral healthcare (MIOC) is applicable to all patients at all stages of their lives and underpins long-term delivery of better oral and systemic health to all. Guidance, peer-support, whole-team training along with agile commissioning and suitable incentivisation will need to support the paradigm shift to prevention-based MIOC clinical practice.
Keywords: Covid-19, dentistry, minimally invasive dentistry, minimum/minimal intervention, oral healthcare, pandemic
Purpose: Radiotherapy causes xerostomia in patients treated for head and neck cancer. This study investigated changes in quality and quantity of saliva after radiotherapy and possible associations between these changes and alterations in oral flora.
Materials and Methods: The study was a prospective cohort study of patients receiving radiotherapy for head and neck cancer. Suitable patients were recruited before treatment commenced, and informed consent was obtained. Patients were examined, and provided unstimulated and stimulated saliva samples. Quantity of saliva, buffering capacity and pH were measured. Oral flora was cultured from the saliva samples. Oral clearance of glucose and of lactose was measured. These interventions were repeated at intervals after radiotherapy had been completed.
Results: Eighteen patients were recruited. Stimulated and unstimulated saliva flow rates, glucose clearance, salivary pH and buffering capacity were significantly reduced after radiotherapy. Candida albicans counts were significantly increased. These increases were significantly correlated with reductions in stimulated and unstimulated salivary flow rates. Counts of lactobacilli, Streptococcus mutans and Bifidobacteriaceae increased, but not statistically significantly.
Conclusions: Therapeutic radiotherapy significantly reduced the quality and quantity of saliva in head and neck cancer patients. These reductions were associated with increased C. albicans counts.
Keywords: cancer microflora, quality of life, radiotherapy, saliva, xerostomia
Purpose: To clinically examine the effect of the type of ight-curing unit on the light intensity output and to assess different operator variables which affect light curing of photo-initiated restorative dental materials, in Damascus, Syria.
Materials and Methods: A total of 185 private dental practices in the Damascus area were visited to invite the clinicians to participate in this study. The intensity of 163 light-curing units (LCUs) was assessed by radiometry in a standard protocol. The age of the curing unit, light tip direction, distance from restoration surface, time of exposure and the presence of adherent composite remnants on the tip of the light pipe were assessed. Independent samples t-tests and ANOVA with Bonferroni post-hoc tests were conducted (p = 0.05).
Results: The light intensity was affected significantly by the type of the LCU (p 0.001). The increased age of light-curing units significantly reduced the emitted light intensity in LED and QTH units (p 0.05). The presence of adherent resin composite remnants on the pipe tip of the curing unit was monitored in 74 cases out of 163 (45%). The disinfection wipe was the most common method used to ensure infection control of the curing units.
Conclusion: LED units exhibited a significantly better light intensity output at the tip when compared to the QTH units. It is important for dentists to consider all practical aspects which can influence the efficacy of LCUs in daily practice.
Keywords: halogen, LED, light-curing unit, light-emitting diode, light intensity, photocuring