AIM There are various techniques to study root canal morphology and diaphonization is one of them. There are various methods of decalcification and diaphonization, cited in literature and the main aim of this paper was to give a brief account of the various techniques and share our experience of the technique at a teaching institution in Karachi, Pakistan. MATERIALS AND METHODS Diaphonization...

In spite of the clinical importance of hydroxyapatite (HAp), the mechanism that controls its dissolution in acidic environments remains unclear. Knowledge of such a process is highly desirable to provide better understanding of different pathologies, as for example osteoporosis, and of the HAp potential as vehicle for gene delivery to replace damaged DNA. In this work, the mechanism of dissolut...

Decalcification is commonly employed in most histopathology laboratories for the microscopical examination of bone and other calcified tissues. Plastic processing without decalcification may produce superior results in terms of eliminating shrinkage and for demnonstrating osteoid versus mineralised matrix'-' but may give poor cytological detail and is a much longer process. The diagnosis of non...

SUMMARY The aim of this randomized clinical trial was to compare the plaque control effectiveness and handling of an interdental brush with a short curved handle and a triangular cross-section of the brush head (IDB) and an interdental brush with a long straight handle in combination with a monotufted brush head (MTB). In a split-mouth design, 110 multibracket patients were randomly assigned to...

Hydroxyapatite (HA) has polarization capability and is able to accumulate electrical storage in bone. Experiments were conducted to measure the polarization capability of rabbit femurs. After preparing and polarizing bone samples using 2% KOH treatment (denoted 2% koh), 2% KOH and baking (2% koh+bake) and decalcification (decalcification) as well as untreated bone (untreated), stored charges we...

The routine study of bone marrow trephine biopsies involves fixation, decalcification, paraffin-embedment, sectioning and staining. However, this process creates artifacts, produces shrinkage of tissue, consumes time and can result in sections of unsatisfactory cytological quality. It also renders the tissue unsuitable for enzyme-histochemical and immunohistochemical analyses. Frozen section of...

Copyright: © 2016 Henderson-Jackson EB, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Pathology of Metastatic Tumors to Bone: Effects of Decalcification as Experienced at a Single Cancer Center Evita ...