introduction: the aim of this study was to compare the dentine removing efficacy of gates-glidden drills with hand files, protaper and oneshape single-instrument system using cone-beam computed tomography (cbct). methods and materials: a total of 39 extracted bifurcated maxillary first premolars were divided into 3 groups ( n =13) and were prepared using either gates-glidden drills and hand ins...

background and aim: clinical and radiographic diagnoses of dental root fractures have always been difficult and require high accuracy in dental care and treatment. the aim of this study was to compare the diagnostic accuracy of intraoral digital radiography (psp) and cbct in the detection of horizontal root fracture (hrf) and vertical root fracture (vrf). materials and methods: for this experim...

introduction : there is a direct relationship between the quality of root canal obturation and success of endodontic therapy. the aim of the present study was to assess the quality of canal obturation performed by undergraduate dental students at the faculty of dentistry, mashhad university of medical sciences, mashhad, iran. materials and methods: records of 200 endodontically treated teeth fr...

introduction: the aim of this in vitro study was to evaluate the effect of canal dryness on the push-out bond strength of two resin sealers (ah-plus and adseal) and a bioceramic sealer (endosequence bc sealer) after canal irrigation with sodium hypochlorite (naocl) and chlorhexidine (chx). methods and materials: a total of 18 extracted human premolars were used. canals were prepared and were di...

introduction: fearless removal of tooth structure during canal preparation and shaping has negative effects on the prognosis of treatment. on the other hand, sufficient pre-enlargement facilitates exact measurement of the apical size. the present in vitro study aimed to compare the efficacy of gates-glidden drills, k3, protaper, flexmaster and race instruments in dentin removal during coronal f...

introduction: external root resorption (err) is associated with physiological and pathological dissolution of mineralized tissues by clastic cells and radiography is one of the most important methods in its diagnosis. the aim of this experimental study was to evaluate the accuracy of conventional intraoral radiography (cr) in comparison with digital radiographic techniques, i.e. charge-coupled ...

Plant organ phenotyping by non-invasive video imaging techniques provides a powerful tool to assess physiological traits and biomass production. We describe here a range of applications of a recently developed plant root monitoring platform (PlaRoM). PlaRoM consists of an imaging platform and a root extension profiling software application. This platform has been developed for multi parallel re...

Nodular deposits on lumbar nerve roots are a well recognized manifestation of metastatic spread of certain intracranial tumors, particularly medulloblastoma and ependymoma, via the subarachnoid pathway. The histologic diagnosis usually is established at the time of posterior fossa exploration. However, obtaining a diagnosis at surgery can be hazardous in some intraaxial masses that do not have ...

Procedure Following nonsurgical root canal treatment, a post space is created in the root canal by careful removal of the coronal canal obturating material. A sufficient amount of material must be retained in the apical portion of the canal to maintain an adequate apical seal. A custom or proprietary post is fitted and cemented into the root canal for core retention. The post should be passivel...

OBJECTIVE To compare the technical quality of root canal obturation in relation to rotary and manual root canal preparation techniques. STUDY DESIGN Cross sectional, analytical study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY The Aga Khan University Hospital Karachi from January till December 2011. METHODOLOGY Data was retrospectively retrieved by periapical radiographs of 60 root canal treated molars ...