purpose:dental shade guides are commonly used for color determination and should be disinfected and sterilized. the purpose of this study was to evaluate the color change of vita 3d master shade tabs after disinfection and sterilization. material and methods:overall, 98 samples (shade tabs) were randomly selected from 14 new, unused vita 3d sets, including the following shades: 2m1, 3l1.5, 3m1,...

background: pancreatitis is most common complication of post-ercp and needs to admission at least for one day. the purpose of this study was to assess the efficacy of guide wire for better common bile duct (cbd) cannulation for reducing post-ercp pancreatitis. methods: from april 2010 through march 2011, the patients who needed ercp and referred to shahid beheshti and rouhani teaching hospital ...

A significant number of self-expanding metal stents (SEMSs) placed as conservative therapy for malignant biliary obstruction will become occluded [1]. Stent occlusion can be treated endoscopically either by balloon trawling to remove the biliary sludge and debris or by inserting a polyethylene stent or a second stent through the occluded stent [2]. However, these treatments can be given only af...

introduction: although logbook is a useful tool in learning and assessment of the student, its use in the education of undergraduate dentistry students is not well-established. the present study was conducted to assess the effect of logbook as a study guide and an effective method for assessment of the students in the fixed prosthesis course. methods: this quasi-experimental study was performed...

Sib,?A very simple and painless way of removing an ingrowing toe-nail is by the application of lunar caustic, but as it does not appear to be generally known, I shall here describe it for the benefit of the profession. A solid piece of lunar caustic should he well applied daily over the whole of the affected nail, which, in a few days, wiil become sufficiently detached, so as to allow of its be...

1997 The following supplement to the original (1997) field guide is available:

as a guide to the medical staff but also helps largely in the working of the attached dispensary. The appearance of the new Presidency General Hospital Pharmacopoeia will therefore remove a long-felt want of the members of the institution. A pharmacopoeia is a book of standards; the editor is more or less bound down by formula; and recipes of old standing and cannot allow himself to be carried ...