Skin grafting is a common operative method widely used in the field of plastic, reconstructive, and aesthetic surgery. However, we offer five suggestions to reduce complications and surgical invasiveness. Our tips are as follows. (1) Skin grafts should be harvested on the basis of a swimsuit with high-cut leg openings. (2) A drum dermatome is still useful when a split-thickness skin graft is ne...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to obtain a natural antibiotic from Phenol-rich compounds; for the dressing and the treatment of chronic wounds. METHODS The Phenol-rich compound sweet gel was prepared by blending four natural herbal extracts, Acacia catechu (L.F.), Momia (Shilajit), Castanea sativa, and Ephedra sinica stapf, with combination of a sweet gel medium, including honey, ma...

In a comparative investigation incised skin abscesses were treated by either introducing sterile fusidic acid gel into the cavity on one occasion only or applying daily superficial dressings impregnated with sodium fusidate ointment. In comparison with the dressing group, the intracavity use of fusidic acid gel reduced the mean healing time of incised abscesses by approximately one-half. When a...

INTRODUCTION Leakage of the root canal system is an importent consideration when placing an intracanal medicament. The aim of this in vitro study was to compare the effect of calcium hydroxide and 1% chlorhexidine gel as intracanal medicaments on tooth apical seal. MATERIALS AND METHODS Seventy extracted, single-rooted maxillary anterior teeth were divided into the three experimental groups (...

Tooth avulsion deserves great attention in dentistry due to its esthetic and functional implications. The prognosis of tooth replantation is usually related to the need of endodontic treatment, and several substances have been used as intracanal dressing. The objective of this study was to present a case of a dental replantation that was endodontically treated with a new therapeutic proposal fo...

this research was conducted to compare the effects of two medicinal plants (peppermint and aloe vera) and antibiotic growth promoter on ileum microflora population and growth performance of broiler chickens. in this experiment, 375 one-day old male broiler chickens (ross 308) were used on a completely randomized design with 5 dietary treatments which were replicated 5 times with 15 birds per re...

Constrained independent component analysis (CICA) is capable of eliminating the order ambiguity that is found in the standard ICA and extracting the desired independent components by incorporating prior information into the ICA contrast function. However, the current CICA method produces constraints that are based on only one type of prior information (temporal/spatial), which may increase the ...

Aim: To evaluate clinical and radiographic aspects before and after endodontic treatment with an intracanal dressing paste composed of calcium hydroxide, chlorhexidine and zinc oxide in traumatized teeth followed-up for 1 year. Methods: Patients (n=105) treated at the Dental Trauma Service of Piracicaba School of Dentistry, Brazil were enrolled in the study. Two groups of teeth were formed: imm...

The aim of this in vitro study was to evaluate the bond strength of Epiphany resin-based sealer to dentin walls after placement of calcium hydroxide [Ca(OH)2] dressings. Fifteen extracted single-rooted human teeth were instrumented using 2.5% NaOCl + EDTA as irrigants. The teeth were randomly assigned to 3 groups (n=5), according to the intracanal dressing: G1= Ca(OH)2 + saline; G2= Ca(OH)2 + 2...

Wound dressing is an artificial skin that can meet the requirements such as higher vapor or gas permeation and protection of wound from infection and dehydration. Poly (vinyl alcohol) (PVA) hydrogel is one of the well-known polymer gel that due to its good biocompatibility, hydrophilicity and capability of swell in water or biological fluids has been used in several biomedical and pharmaceutica...