Pulpal perio relations: Interdisciplinary diagnostic approach - I

Diagnostic and clinical factors associated with pulpal and periapical pain.

A retrospective survey was designed to identify diagnostic subgroups and clinical factors associated with odontogenic pain and discomfort in dental urgency patients. A consecutive sample of 1,765 patients seeking treatment for dental pain at the Urgency Service of the Dental School of the Federal University of Goiás, Brazil, was selected. Inclusion criteria were pulpal or periapical pain that o...

Pulse oximetry: a diagnostic instrument in pulpal vitality testing.

One hundred children with normal maxillary central and lateral incisors were subjected to vitality tests each by electrical and pulse oximetry. As a control population to confirm the readings, 10 known nonvital anterior teeth with complete endodontic fillings were tested. The systemic oxygen saturation values measured on the index finger of the patient served as the control for the comparison o...

Agrogeology: An interdisciplinary approach to serve agricultural development

Agrogeology is a relatively new applied, problem-solving, interdisciplinary earth and agricultural science that aims at improving agricultural production using agromineral resources. There are two aspects of agrogeology: 1. The influence of parent material on soil development and soil fertility, and 2. The beneficial application of rocks and minerals to enhance soil fertility and crop productiv...

Food Safety Accounting: As a Novel Interdisciplinary Approach in Iran

Gerodontology: An Interdisciplinary Approach

The aim of this review is to throw light on the interrelationship between periodontics, restorative dentistry and prosthodontics in geriatric population. Increased life expectancy along with appropriate dental treatment in the younger ages leads to retention of more number of teeth in the advanced ages. To maintain these teeth disease free and in function in the older individuals is a multi-fac...