• Association Between Anthropometric Measurements and Dental Caries in Turkish School Children 

      Koksal, Eda; Tekçicek, Meryem; Yalcın, Siddika Songul; Tuğrul, Belma; Yalcın, Suzan; Pekcan, Gülden (Natl Inst Public Health, 2011)
      Aim: To evaluate the association between anthropometric measurements and dental caries in school children. Methods: The study was conducted on 245 primary school children (50.2% boys, 49.8% girls,), aged 5 to 9 years. The ...
    • Comparison Of Shear Bond Strengths Of Orthodontic Brackets Bonded With Flowable Composites 

      Turgut, Melek D.; Attar, Nuray; Korkmaz, Yonca; Gokcelik, Aylin (Japanese Soc Dental Materials Devices, 2011)
      This study evaluated the shear bond strengths of orthodontic brackets bonded to human premolars using five different combinations of flowable composites and one-step self-etching adhesives (n=12): (1) Adper Easy Bond+Filtek ...
    • Comparison Of Three Strip-Type Tests And Two Laboratory Methods For Salivary Buffering Analysis 

      Cheaib, Zeinab; Ganss, Carolina; Lamanda, Andreas; Turgut, Melek Dilek; Lussi, Adrian (Springer, 2012)
      This study evaluated the correlation between three strip-type, colorimetric tests and two laboratory methods with respect to the analysis of salivary buffering. The strip-type tests were saliva-check buffer, Dentobuff strip ...
    • Oral Health Status In Patients With Mucopolysaccharidoses 

      Ballikaya, Elif; Eymirli, Pinar Serdar; Yildiz, Yilmaz; Avcu, Nihal; Sivri, Hatice Serap; Uzamis-Tekcicek, Meryem (Turkish J Pediatrics, 2018)
      The aim of this study is to assess oral clinical and radiological findings of patients with mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS) which are a group of rare inherited disorders of glycosaminoglycan catabolism. In this retrospective ...
    • Protein Buffering in Model Systems and in Whole Human Saliva 

      Lamanda, Andreas; Cheaib, Zeinab; Turgut, Melek Dilek; Lussi, Adrian (2007)
      The aim of this study was to quantify the buffer attributes (value, power, range and optimum) of two model systems for whole human resting saliva, the purified proteins from whole human resting saliva and single proteins. ...
    • Randomized Clinical Trial of Composite Restorations in Primary Teeth: Effect of Adhesive System After Three Years 

      Donmez, Secil Bektaş; Turgut, Melek D.; Uysal, Serdar; Ozdemir, Pinar; Tekcicek, Meryem; Zimmerli, Brigitte; Lussi, Adrian (2016)
      The purpose of this study was to assess the clinical performance of composite restorations placed with different adhesive systems in primary teeth. In 32 patients, 128 composite restorations were placed using a split-mouth ...