Purpose. The purpose of this review is to provide a summary of laser refractive surgery and corneal inlay approaches to treat presbyopia in patients after cataract surgery. Summary.Thepresbyopic population is growing rapidly alongwith increasing demands for spectacle independence. This review will focus on the corneal-based surgical options to address presbyopia including various types of corne...

The gathering of clinical data on fractures of dental restorations through prospective clinical trials is a labor- and time-consuming enterprise. Here, we propose an unconventional approach for collecting large datasets, from which clinical information on indirect restorations can be retrospectively analyzed. The authors accessed the database of an industry-scale machining center in Germany and...

Mesh repair of the incisional hernia is a standard procedure and associated with lesser recurrence rate as compared to primary suture repair. Intraperitoneal mesh migration is a rare cause of recurrence after onlay mesh repair. Hereby, reporting a rare case of intra-peritoneal migration of polypropylene mesh and its adhesion to bowel wall following onlay mesh repair of incisional hernia.

A fish scale-derived cornea substitute (Biocornea) is proposed as an alternative for human donor corneal tissue. We adopt a regenerative medicine approach to design a primary alternative to the use of fish scale for restoring sight by corneal replacement. Biocornea with corneal multilayer arrangement collagen was implanted to rabbits by pocket implantation. Our study demonstrated the safety and...

UNLABELLED The evolution in adhesive dentistry has broadened the indication of esthetic restorative procedures especially with the use of resin composite material. Depending on the clinical situation, some restorative techniques are best indicated. As an example, indirect adhesive restorations offer many advantages over direct techniques in extended cavities. In general, the indirect technique ...

We describe the use of a vascularised periosteal patch onlay graft based on the 1,2 intercompartmental supraretinacular artery in the management of 11 patients (ten men, one woman) with chronic nonunion involving the proximal third of the scaphoid. The mean age of the patients was 31 years (21 to 45) with the dominant hand affected in eight. Six of the patients were smokers and three had underg...

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Thermal stresses in three brands of inlay waxes were numerically analyzed under different cooling conditions using the rheological and thermal properties of waxes. On the basis of this analysis , the shrinkage of the wax pattern was calculated. The larger the stress relaxation of the wax and the higher the ambient temperature, the smaller the thermal stress induced in the wax. The shrinkage of ...

1DDS, MSc, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Operative Dentistry, Dental School, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil. 2DDS, MSc, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Operative Dentistry, Bauru Dental School, University of São Paulo, Bauru, SP, Brazil. 3DDS, MSc, Ph.D Student, Department of Operative Dentistry, Bauru Dental School, University of São Paulo, Bauru, SP, Brazil. 4Dental tec...

Because of the limited observations of published studies, the condition of hydroxyapatite after a long period of intraoral function remains a concern. This clinical report describes the histologic evaluation of a 9 year-old hydroxyapatite specimen retrieved from a human subject. The residual hydroxyapatite particles showed no sign of resorption, and tight contact with the surrounding bone was o...