PURPOSE The aim of this study was to review the published literature investigating the accuracy of fit of fixed implant frameworks fabricated using different materials and methods. MATERIALS AND METHODS A comprehensive electronic search was performed through PubMed (MEDLINE) using Boolean operators to combine key words. The search was limited to articles written in English and published throu...

PURPOSE This study evaluated the clinical success and parental acceptance of anterior primary dentition caries treatment with prefabricated resin-faced stainless steel crowns. METHODS A retrospective analysis of maxillary anterior primary dentition caries treatment using Whiter Biter II Crowns was performed. Each crown was evaluated for retention, fracture, interface failure, color match, mar...

A prefabricated lightweight element was designed for a strip foundation that was used on site as the bases of two small residential buildings, in this case single-family houses; one was built with a double-brick exterior wall separated by mineral fiber insulation and the other was built with a wood-stud exterior wall with mineral fiber insulation. The element was placed on a stable surface unde...

The goal of this research was to evaluate and recommend improvement of wall-to-wall connections for prefabricated wall panels. Results of 6 racking tests and 9 bending tests on full-size 2.44 by 2.44 m walls are presented. The specimens were composed of two 1.22 by 2.44 m segments attached with three different types of connection configurations. Static racking tests were performed according to ...

Intra-radicular loss of tooth structure in endodontically treated teeth poses a challenge. Available methods for treatment are cast post-core, intra-radicular resin reinforcement using composite resin followed by placement of prefabricated metal/fibre post (glass or carbon).This study is an attempt to investigate the validity of treatment of such teeth using above methods and evaluate which pos...

In component-based programming, the programmer assembles applications from prefabricated components. The assembly process has two main steps: adapting a component by tweaking its configuration parameters, and connecting components by gluing output interfaces to input interfaces. While convenient, this approach may give rise to code bloat and inefficiency because prefabricated code is overly gen...

OBJECTIVE To report the long-term efficacy of custom polymethyl methacrylate implants using high-resolution computed tomographic modeling in the reconstruction of complex orbitofacial defects secondary to trauma. METHODS Nine patients with complex orbitofacial bone defects after trauma were evaluated for this retrospective, nonrandomized, noncomparative study. All the patients underwent recon...

The 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami resulted in widespread property destruction and over 250,000 displaced residents. We sought to examine whether the type of housing arrangement available to the affected victims was associated with a differential incidence of depressive symptoms. In this prospective cohort study, which comprised participants aged ≥65 years from Iwanuma as a part o...

A single-dject, alternating-treatment design was used to investigate dzferenc~~ in sn-ide characteristics of a hemiparetic sdyect under three conditions: 1) barefoot, 2) using a prefabricatedplastic molded ankle-jiwt orthosis (AFO), and 3) using a tone-inhibiting dynamic ankle-foot orthis (TIAFO). Five barefoot baseline SRFsions were conducted. Following these baseline sessions, the thee condit...

Renkioi Civil Hospital was built late in the Crimean War (1854-6) in Turkey on the Dardanelles. Designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, its prefabricated structure was a brilliant engineering innovation. As a civil hospital for military patients, it was staffed by experienced civilian doctors, thereby relieving the shortage of military doctors. Renkioi is remembered as an astonishing early prefabr...