Impact of Atraumatic Restorative Treatment (ART) on the treatment profile in pilot government dental clinics in Tanzania

\ud The predominant mode of treatment in government dental clinics in Tanzania has been tooth extraction because the economy could not support the conventional restorative care which depends on expensive equipment, electricity and piped water systems. Atraumatic Restorative Treatment (ART) was perceived as a suitable alternative. A 3.5-year study was designed to document the changes in the treatment profiles ascribed to the systematic introduction of ART in pilot government dental clinics. Dental practitioners who were working in 13 government dental clinics underwent a 7-day ART training. Treatment record data on teeth extracted and teeth restored by the conventional and ART approaches were collected from these clinics for the three study periods. The mean percentage of ART restorations to total treatment, ART restorations to total restorations, and total restorations to total treatments rendered were computed. Differences between variables were determined by ANOVA, t-test and Chi-square. The mean percentage of ART restorations to total treatment rendered was 0.4 (SE = 0.5) and 11.9 (SE = 1.1) during the baseline and second follow-up period respectively (ANOVA mixed model; P < 0.0001). The mean percentage of ART restorations to total restorations rendered at baseline and 2nd follow-up period was 8.4% and 88.9% respectively (ANOVA mixed model; P < 0.0001). The mean percentage of restorations to total treatment rendered at baseline and 2nd follow-up was 3.9% and 13.0%, respectively (ANOVA mixed model; P < 0.0001). Ninety-nine percent of patients were satisfied with ART restorations, 96.6% willing to receive ART restoration again in future, and 94.9% willing to recommend ART treatment to their close relatives. ART introduction in pilot government dental clinics raised the number of teeth saved by restorative care. Countrywide introduction of the ART approach in Tanzania is recommended\u

Helmholtz Aliance Linear Collider Forum

['The Linear Collider Forum is an initiative born within the Helmholtz-Alliance \xe2\x80\x9dPhysics at the Terascale\xe2\x80\x9d, a network of German Universities and Research Centers working in high-energy particle physics. Yearly dedicated meetings focus on the physics case and the technologies at a future linear collider, covering both the ILC and CLIC concepts. In February 2012 an extended meeting with significant international participation was dedicated to the discussion of physics scenarios to strengthen and update the case for a linear e+e- collider in light of new developments and the latest LHC results. Contributions to LC Forum sessions were collected on the DESY LC-note server with a dedicated mark \xe2\x80\x98LC-REPyear- number\xe2\x80\x99. These Proceedings comprise all contributions that have been submitted with the dedicated mark in 2012 and 2013. Therefore also contributions are included that actually have not been presented on a LC Forum meeting but are strongly related to the subject.'