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Data sourcesThe Cochrane Oral Health Groups Trials Register, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Medline, Embase, CINAHL, OpenGrey, ZETOC Conference Proceedings World Health Organization (WHO) International Trials Registry Platform and the US National Institutes of Health Trials Registry databases were searched with no restrictions on the language or date of publication.Study selectionRandomised controlled trials of systemic antibiotics in adults with a clinical diagnosis of symptomatic apical periodontitis or acute apical abscess, with or without surgical intervention (considered in this situation to be extraction, incision and drainage or endodontic treatment) and with or without analgesics.Data extraction and synthesisStudy selection, data abstraction and risk of bias assessment were carried out independently by two reviewers.ResultsTwo trials involving 62 patients were included. They compared the effects of oral penicillin V potassium versus a matched placebo given in conjunction with a surgical intervention and analgesics to adults with an acute apical abscess or symptomatic necrotic tooth. One study was considered to have a high risk of bias and the other an unclear risk of bias. The primary outcomes were patient-reported pain and swelling. There were no statistically significant differences in participant-reported measures of pain or swelling at any of the time points assessed within the review. The body of evidence was assessed as at very low quality.ConclusionsThere is very low quality evidence that is insufficient to determine the effects of systemic antibiotics on adults with symptomatic apical periodontitis or acute apical abscess.

Teaching student doctors innovative CAD/CAM technology allows them to develop critical thinking skills to integrate clinical restorative procedures with the precision of graphic design. One way to master this technological advancement is to give student doctors an opportunity to challenge themselves by doing multiple procedures in a single visit. This presentation describes the method in which students use technology and self-assessment criteria to challenge themselves through multiple procedures

Achieving excellence in students once they are in clinic poses a challenge to educators. New York University College of Dentistry implemented technological programs that will help students achieve their goals. In Simulation courses the students are required to observe a DVD prior to class time that demonstrates the procedure on a typodont (a model of the oral cavity). In the clinical setting the students continue to use these tools and apply the skills that are learned and taught in the preclinical course to clinical practice

Part of the New York University esthetic dentistry curriculum for second year students is to introduce them to CAD/CAM technology. Students are taught how to prepare typodont teeth for the fabrication of inlays, onlays, and crowns both for CAD/CAM restorations and other conventional modalities. Imaging their preparations gives students a unique perspective and an opportunity to critique their preparation. This presentation describes an effort to improve student skills in a simulation lab through a team-based environment

Traditional approaches to fabricating indirect restorations involve a number of tedious steps, all of which open the possibility of error. Computer-generated technologies eliminate much of the tedium and inaccuracies, enabling practitioners to prepare and place permanent, esthetically-pleasing indirect restorations in one patient visit. New York University College of Dentistry (NYUCD) successfully introduces its pre-doctoral students to one of these technologies (the CEREC (R) CAD/CAM unit) during their second year of schooling and continuing throughout the course of the program. This paper is to describe NYUCD's approach to training in CAC/CAM technology and the benefits of this approach