cementation of alloy-based restorations with traditional cements (e.g., glass-ionomer, resin-modified glass-ionomer, zinc phosphate, zinc polycarboxylate) to bonding of all ceramic restorations with resin based cements. With the increasing demand for high-end esthetic treatments for anterior teeth restorations, the need for a good esthetic cementation system comes into play in modern day dentis...

BACKGROUND Currently the standard femoral cementing technique requires cement injection gun to deliver bone cement into the femoral canal. The standard cement gun is expensive and must be imported. There is no previous study about the use of a household caulking gun for femoral cementation. OBJECTIVE To compare the radiographic quality of cementing technique in proximal femur between using st...

OBJECTIVES The hypothesis tested was that processing, pre-cementation and cementation techniques can modify the profilometrically measured deformation of a ceramic. METHODS Three-point flexural moduli of a resin-cement were characterised following light irradiation at 430 and 180 mW cm⁻². Thirty IPS e.max Ceram discs were prepared and a reference surface produced by polishing. Discs were anne...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of the study was to use the photonic imaging modality of optical coherence tomography (OCT) to compare the marginal adaptation of composite inlays fabricated by direct and indirect techniques. MATERIAL AND METHODS Class II cavities were prepared on 34 extracted human molar teeth. The cavities were randomly divided into two groups according to the inlay fabrication techni...

OBJECTIVE To radiographically evaluate the quality of cementation and implantation technique using a polished, triple-tapered femoral stem in total hip arthroplasty (THA). METHOD Retrospective study with radiographic evaluation of 86 hips in 83 patients who underwent to primary THA with the triple-tapered cemented femoral stem C-Stem (DePuy Orthopedics, Warsaw, Indiana). Cases with at least o...

AIM To review the literature on the sealing ability of esthetic post systems with different cementation techniques. BACKGROUND An important factor for successful root canal treatment is the development of a coronal seal to the treated root canal system. Review result: The current literature describes promising results using fiber posts with a dual-cure, self-etch resin cement system. However,...

It is difficult to obtain high quality samples of natural material covering a range of densities and degree of cementation, so study on the sample preparation techniques with similar mechanical properties of natural samples are very important. Experiments were carried out to study the effects of cementation of different materials on the mechanical properties of calcareous sand, e.g., the effect...