INTRODUCTION The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of conventional syringe, ultrasonic, EndoVac (Discus Dental, Culver City, CA), and Self-Adjusting File (SAF) (Re-Dent-Nova, Ra'nana, Israel) irrigation systems in removing calcium hydroxide (Ca[OH]2) from simulated root canal irregularities. METHODS The root canals of 88 extracted single-rooted teeth were prepared using ProTaper r...

an experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of 1α-oh-d3 either with or withoutcholecalciferol, microbial phytase as well as different levels of dietary calcium, and phosphorus onbroiler chickens, performance. a number of 576 male broiler chickens (ross 308) were made use of ina completely randomized design of a factorial arrangement (3×2×2×3), comprised of 36 treatments, 4replicates of ...

AIM The aim of this study was to evaluate the diffusion ability of ions through dentinal tubules of different nonalcoholic calcium hydroxide-containing herbal pastes and compare it with the calcium hydroxide paste prepared with saline. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 36 single-rooted premolar teeth were used in this study. The tooth crowns were removed and the root canals were prepared. Depe...

AIM To compare the efficacy of the XP-endo finisher file (XP) (FKG Dentaire, La Chaux de Fonds, Switzerland) to that of passive ultrasonic irrigation (PUI) and conventional syringe and needle irrigation (SNI) in the removal of calcium hydroxide paste from an artificial standardized groove in the apical third of root canals. METHODOLOGY The root canals of 68 mandibular incisors with single ova...

Spherical-like hydroxyapatite (HA, Ca10(PO4)6(OH)2) particles were prepared by the co-precipitation method in a simulated physiological environment. The effect of calcining temperature, calcining time and the Ca/P ratio of the initial feeding on the morphology and crystallinity of HA were investigated in detail. Interestingly, wh...

Hypercalciuria in genetic hypercalciuric stone–forming (GHS) rats is accompanied by intestinal Ca hyperabsorption with normal serum 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D 3 [1,25(OH) 2 D 3 ] levels, elevation of intestinal, kidney, and bone vitamin D receptor (VDR) content, and greater 1,25(OH) 2 D 3 -induced bone resorption in vitro. To test the hypothesis that hyperresponsiveness of VDR gene expression to 1...

Sixteen crossbred (British x Continental; average un-shrunk body weight = 507.9 kg; SD = 45.6 kg) beef heifers fed a steam-flaked corn-based finishing diet with melengestrol acetate (0.4 mg/heifer daily) included to suppress estrus were used in a completely random design to evaluate the efficacy of buccal administration of 0, 10, 100, or 1000 mg of 25-hydroxyvitamin D3, (25-OH D3). Serum Ca, P,...

ABSTRACTIntroduction: intracanal medicaments have an important role in disinfecting ofthe pulp space and endodontic regenerative procedures. These medications comein close contact with the periradicular tissue, thus their degradation products must bebiocompatible periapical tissue. Otherwise, these will resultin intense inflammatory reaction. Aim of study: The purpose this vitrostudy was to eva...

UNLABELLED We studied the action of a glucocorticoid (GC, dexamethasone) and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 [1,25(OH)2D3] on transepithelial calcium (Ca) transport in rat distal colon. GC 1.2 mg or 1,25(OH)2D3 270 ng were given daily for 4 d and Ca fluxes were measured in vitro in the absence of electrochemical gradients (Ussing technique). RESULTS (a) Both 1,25(OH)2D3 and GC increased Ca absorptiv...