Introduction: Biological Width is needed to maintain the health of gingiva around teeth that need restoration. Crown Lengthening (CL) surgery can be used to prevent  invading the BW by sub-gingival restoration. The aim of this study was to evaluate gingival indices before and after CL surgery. Materials and Methods: In this analytical-longitudinal study, 23 teeth of 18  patients referred to ...

the purpose of this study was to examine the effect of aerobic training on levels of vascular and intracellular adhesion molecules in overweight middle-aged women. 20 sedentary obese women (mean+age: 46.1+6.88 years, bf%: 36.7+ 6.18, weight: 73.56+10 kg and bmi: 59.5+4.15 kg.m2) were selected and randomly divided into two groups. training program consisted of 50-60 min. running with an intensit...

this prospective study aimed to compare the intraosseous (io) and intravenous (iv) effects of propofol on selected blood parameters and physiological variables during general anesthesia in rabbits. thirty new zealand white rabbits were studied. six rabbits received iv propofol (group 1) and another 6 rabbits, were injected propofol intraosseously (group 2) for 30 minutes (experimental groups). ...

introduction: stress has many effects on the development of systems and organs in the fetal period, and these effects appear after birth. since hemopoietic system is susceptible to stress, effects of restraint stress were studied in offspring of pregnant rats. methods: pregnant rats were divided into one control and three stress groups. the control group did not receive any stress during the ge...

In this issue of Indian Pediatrics, investigators from Belgrade and Pancevo report on a comparison of blood plasma chemistry between children living in a petrochemicalpolluted city and a nearby more rural (and supposedly cleaner) city in Serbia(1). Of 24 measurements made on the plasma, three showed significance which appeared to be related to increased oxidative stress in the polluted city: (i...