BODY BUILD AND LONGEVITY

Longevity of Amalgam Build-Up Restorations in Endodontically Treated Teeth

Background and Aim: Restoration of endodontically treated teeth is one of the most important and challenging topics in restorative dentistry. Longevity of such restorations is an essential factor in treatment planning. Amalgam build-up is a conservative method for restoration of endodontically treated teeth. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the longevity of this type of restoration in endo...

Longevity, mortality and body weight.

The purpose of this study was to analyze the relation of total body weight to longevity and mortality. The MEDLINE database was searched for data that allow analysis of the relationship between absolute body weight and longevity or mortality. Additional data were used involving US veterans and baseball players. Trend lines of age at death versus body weight are presented. Findings show absolute...

Peptic Ulcer, Gastric Secretion, and Body Build.

EDITORIAL SYNOPSIS The long-held view that body build could be related to gastric secretion and a diathesis to the development of gastric or duodenal ulcer seems to have been disproved by this careful study, in which the peak acid output of the augmented histamine test could not be correlated with body weight, surface area, or linearity in a group of normal and ulcer subjects. Re-examination of...

Body-build and Schizophrenia: A Clinical Context

and asthenic with the continuous and progressing course, the gradual initial period and more severe negative symptoms was found. In case of normosthenic (intermediate) constitutionally morphological type the progressing course of schizophrenia with predominance of positive symptoms was observed. In this study the type of the bodybuild was considered based on the ratio of height with a cross dia...

Body Build in the Prediction of Delinquency