PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to analyze the incidence of various complications following routine exodontia performed using fixed protocols. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 22,330 extractions carried out in 14,975 patients, aged between 14 and 82 years, who reported to the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Padmashree Dr. D. Y. Patil Dental College and Hospital, Nerul, N...

This article presents an assessment technique for testing the quality of prosthetic socket fabrication processes at computer-aided manufacturing facilities. The assessment technique is potentially useful to both facilities making sockets and companies marketing manufacturing equipment seeking to assess and improve product quality. To execute the assessment technique, an evaluator fabricates a c...

Inappropriate prescribing of antibiotics by health care professionals is a worldwide concern. This study evaluated the knowledge and practices of dental practitioners in the city of Shiraz, Islamic Republic of Iran regarding their therapeutic use of antibiotics for patients with dentoalveolar infections. Of 219 (48.6%) dentists responding to the questionnaire more than 40% would prescribe antib...

Alveolar osteitis, "dry socket", remains amongst the most commonly encountered complications following extraction of teeth by general dentists and specialists. A great body of literature is devoted to alveolar osteitis addressing the etiology and pathophysiology of this condition. In addition numerous studies are available discussing methods and techniques to prevent this condition. To this dat...

The objective of this study was to evaluate the occurrence of post-operative complications after surgical removal of impacted mandibular third molar. This descriptive study was carried out at the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Khyber College of Dentistry, Peshawar. One hundred and six patients were included in this study. Detailed history was taken from each patient. Data were co...

In this paper we introduce a very low latency implementation of the Berkeley Sockets interface on top of the Dolphin SCI interconnect. Average one byte latencies as low as 2.31 microseconds are achieved. To our knowledge, this is the fastest sockets implementation in terms of latency. SCI SOCKET combines outstanding performance and seamless integration with legacy applications. This enables net...

This study was carried out to determine the blood group from dentine and pulp and to correlate the same with blood collected from respective extraction socket. 30 teeth were extracted and stored dry for 6 months. An attempt to establish the blood group from dentin and pulp was made by Absorption–Elution method. The pulp showed positive results for 27 out of 30 teeth (sensitivity 90%). Two teeth...

The purpose of this prospective study was to evaluate the occurrence, characteristics and postoperative complications of impacted mandibular third molars in 260 patients from Oct 2008 to July 2010. Clinical and radiographic examinations were carried out. Data regarding the age, gender, angulations type, depth and width of impactions and postoperative complications were evaluated and analyzed. T...