AIM To compare the sealing ability of the same root fillings when measured by a conventional fluid transport method that uses water or by a modified fluid transport method that uses a wetting fluid as tracer. METHODOLOGY The amount of fluid transport along the same root fillings (AH26, cold lateral compaction of gutta-percha) was measured in a cross-over design in fluid transport set-ups usin...

AIM To compare the ability of Ceramicrete, BioAggregate and white ProRoot MTA (mineral trioxide aggregate) to prevent glucose leakage through root-end fillings. METHODOLOGY After root canal instrumentation, the apical 3 mm of maxillary incisors were resected and retropreparations, 3 mm in depth, were created with ultrasound. Root-end cavities were filled with the tested materials (15 roots pe...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to evaluate the radiographic quality of root canal fillings performed by first and second clinical year dental students at the Faculty of Dentistry in Süleyman Demirel University, Turkey. METHODS The technical quality of 833 root canal fillings was evaluated by three examiners according to the density of the filling and the distance between the end of ...

We construct infinitely many distinct simply connected Stein fillings of a certain infinite family of contact 3-manifolds. Math. Res. Lett. 15 (2008), no. 6, 1127–1132 c © International Press 2008 A NOTE ON STEIN FILLINGS OF CONTACT MANIFOLDS Anar Akhmedov, John B. Etnyre, Thomas E. Mark, and Ivan Smith Abstract. In this note we construct infinitely many distinct simply connected Stein fillings...

In this paper we will give three infinite families of examples of nonhyperbolic Dehn fillings on hyperbolic manifolds. A manifold in the first family admits two Dehn fillings of distance two apart, one of which is toroidal and annular, and the other is reducible and ∂-reducible. A manifold in the second family has boundary consisting of two tori, and admits two reducible Dehn fillings. A manifo...

AIM To evaluate the radiographic technical quality of root fillings and the incidence of iatrogenic errors in treatment provided by undergraduate students. METHODOLOGY Endodontic records and periapical radiographs of 759 root filled teeth were selected following exclusion of 25 (3.3%). A final total of 734 cases were used to assess the technical quality of root fillings in 1109 root canals pe...

Bakery products with various fruit fillings are very popular due to their fresh-fruity fragrance. Said fruit fillings, which are added to the pastries after the baking process, should have, besides the required sensory properties, also very good physicochemical characteristics regarding processing (dosing, pumping, injecting). Heat stable fruit fillings should only be used for filled pastries b...