introduction: the aim of this trial was to compare clinical and radiographic success rates of direct pulp capping (dpc) using a novel biomaterial called calcium enriched mixture (cem) cement versus mineral trioxide aggregate (mta) in primary molar teeth. materials and methods: in this randomized clinical trial 42 deciduous molars in 21 patients who had at least two teeth requiring dpc, were tre...

SVALBARD NORWAY: ANALOGS FOR MARTIAN CARBONATES. D.F. Blake, A.H. Treiman, R. Morris, D. Bish, H.E.F Amundsen, A. Steele and the AMASE team. MS 239-4, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035 USA, [email protected]; Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, TX; Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX; Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana University; Earth and Planetary Explorations S...

The use of denture adhesives is common among denture wearers, and it is also prescribed by many dentists. Prescribing denture adhesives has been viewed by many prosthodontists as a means of compensating for any defects in the fabrication procedures. Denture adhesives add to the retention and thereby improve chewing ability, reduce any instability, provide comfort and eliminate the accumulation ...

This study examines the effects of denture adhesive on the retention and stability of complete dentures and the masticatory function. The authors estimated the stability of complete dentures from 3-dimensional (3-D) denture movement and rotational denture movement and additionally the masticatory function from cycle time and chewing time. Six edentulous subjects who participated in this study h...

Purpose. To investigate the effect of light activation on the water sorption (WS) and solubility (SL) of resin cements after 24 h and 7 days. Methods. Disk-shaped specimens were prepared using five dual-polymerized cements (four self-adhesive [RelyX Unicem, MaxCem, SeT and G-Cem] and one conventional [Panavia F 2.0]) and divided according to the curing mode (direct light exposure or self-cure) ...

OBJECTIVES Our previous study showed poor mechanical durability and nano-sized heterogeneities in cross-linked dentin adhesives cured in the presence of water. To further explore the relationship between nano-scale heterogeneities and the long-term mechanical properties of dentin adhesives, the properties of model dentin adhesives polymerized using hydrophilic photoinitiators were compared with...

In this study, the release of gentamicin as a function of time was measured for six different gentamicin-loaded bone cements and related with the surface roughness, porosity and wettability of the cements. Initial release rates varied little between the six bone cements (CMW1, CMW3, CMW Endurance, CMW 2000, Palacos, and Palamed) and ranged from 8.6 to 14.1 microg/cm2/h. The total amounts of gen...

The aim of this in vitro study was to evaluate the nanoleakage of fiber posts luted using different adhesive strategies and to investigate the effect of 2% chlorhexidine (CHX) on nanoleakage at the resin-dentin interfaces of self-adhesive cements. The self-adhesive and etch-and-rinse adhesive groups tested demonstrated similar results with regard to nanoleakage. Pretreatment with CHX promoted a...

Journal of Anaesthesia and Critical Care Case Reports 2015 July-Sep;1(1): 24-26 Dr. Bharati Adhye Dr. Ganesh Bhong Dr. Yogesh Panchwagh Sancheti Institute of Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation, Shivaji Nagar, Pune. Address of Correspondence

PURPOSE Provisional cements are commonly used to facilitate retrievability of cement-retained fixed implant restorations. While the functional life spans of these cements are unpredictable, the relative retentiveness of various permanent and provisional cements between dental alloys and titanium abutments is not well documented. The aim of this study was to compare the uniaxial resistance force...