The majority of maxillary defects can be rehabilitated with conventional simple obturator prosthesis. However, inadequate retention, stability and support may be associated with the use of an obturator. Precision attachments have been used to retain obturators for some time. The use of precision attachments in a dentate maxillectomy patient can yield significant functional improvement while mai...

Correspondence to: P Hormbrey, Senior Registrar in Accident and Emergency Medicine, Accident and Emergency Department, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headley Way, Headington, Oxford OX3 9DU, United Kingdom. Abstract Objective-To investigate organised teaching in accident and emergency (A&E) departments in England and Wales. Methods-A survey was carried out by postal questionnaire. Directed to senior ...

We investigated the interplay between overt prosodic cues and semantic cues on the structural interpretation of spoken sentences that permit either highor low-attachment of a final relative clause. Prosodic cues were manipulated via the presence or absence of a strong prosodic boundary before the relative clause, and semantic cues were induced via plausibility restrictions (e.g., the servant of...

objective: retention and resistance of the implant-tissue supported overdenture may be affected by the type of attachment. the aim of this research was to compare the retention and resistance of nobel biocare ball (nbb), nobel biocare bar and clip (nbbc) and sterngold era red (erar) attachments on an implant-tissue supported overdenture model. materials and methods: the attachment samples were ...

BACKGROUND Isometric muscle contraction, where force is generated without muscle shortening, is a molecular traffic jam in which the number of actin-attached motors is maximized and all states of motor action are trapped with consequently high heterogeneity. This heterogeneity is a major limitation to deciphering myosin conformational changes in situ. METHODOLOGY We used multivariate data ana...

STATEMENT OF PROBLEM The specific degree of retention for overdenture attachments is unknown in relation to design, location, and alignment to supporting dental implants. PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to evaluate the initial retention characteristics of 5 implant maxillary overdenture designs under in vitro dislodging forces. MATERIAL AND METHODS A simulated edentulous maxilla was f...

-Psychosocial interventions should be based on research which reflects the multidimensionality of psychosocial constructs. This study investigated six categories of social support which were associated with depressive symptomatology in a sample of 531 college students. The Social Provisions Scale was used to measure social support while the Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression Scale wa...