background: myocardial infarctions at different locations have been related to different sets of risk factors. this study was designed to examine the association between cardiovascular risk factors and specific coronary artery calcification (cac). methods: the study population comprised 573 postmenopausal women selected from a population-based cohort study. established vascular risk factors wer...

In the now broad field of human dental genetics, variations in the number of permanent teeth have attracted repeated attention. Indeed, of articles dealing with population frequencies, pedigree analysis, or estimates of hereditability, the greatest number have been concerned with missing or supernumerary teeth.'-4 It is not difficult to understand why such tooth number polymorphisms have preemp...

PURPOSE In this study, we aimed to develop dental charts for Turkish children and young adults of both genders within the age group of 4.5-22.5 years according to tooth mineralization and eruption in a format similar to that proposed by AlQahtani et al. MATERIALS AND METHODS In total, 753 digital panoramic radiographs from 350 males and 403 females were assessed. The permanent teeth were eval...

BACKGROUND Age estimation is an important factor in establishing the identity of a person. Among various techniques, dental age estimation is helpful in estimating the age in children above 16 years of age. Determination of age using developmental stages of teeth is more useful than using tooth eruption. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 550 orthopantomographs of 248 males and 302 females aged...

fahr’s disease is a rare syndrome characterized by symmetrical and bilateral intracranial calcifications. we report a 21-year-old male who presented with aggression, talkativeness, restlessness, and insomnia of recent onset. his neurological examination was normal. mental status examination and clinical investigation revealed mania. brain revealed symmetrical large areas and foci of calcificati...

thoracobiliary fistula is a rare complication of hydatid cyst of the liver especially in the calcified form. surgery is the only medical option. the treatment consists of radical surgical procedures in the majority of the patients. conservative surgical treatments are performed with high mortality rate. herein, we will describe two patients of calcified hydatid cysts of the liver whose conditio...

It is widely accepted that deteriorating water quality associated with increased sediment stress has reduced calcification rates on coral reefs. However, there is limited information regarding the growth and development of reef building organisms, aside from the corals themselves. This study investigated encruster calcification on five fore-reefs in Tobago subjected to a range of sedimentation ...

this paper reports multidisciplinary treatment of a dental trauma case to achieve a favorable prognosis. a healthy 14-year-old girl reported avulsion of teeth 11 and 21 which had occurred three months earlier. the initial treatment consisting of replantation with a semi-rigid splint was performed in hospital. at presentation, the patient was still using the semi-rigid splint. the clinical exami...