OBJECTIVES Primary teeth work as guides for the eruption of permanent dentition, contribute for the development of the jaws, chewing process, preparing food for digestion, and nutrient assimilation. Treatment of pulp necrosis in primary teeth is complex due to anatomical and physiological characteristics and high number of bacterial species present in endodontic infections. The bacterial presen...

Numerous bacteriological studies have been made clinically of the periapical region, but unfortunately the findings of the teeth have been inadequately correlated with the bacteriological results. Moreover, the emphasis has been placed on pulpless teeth or on those showing periapical roentgenological changes; studies made on normal teeth have been comparatively few. This made difficult an evalu...

Five hundred specimens of pus or pus swabs, from various wards of Mayo Hospital, were studied in the Pathology Department of King Edward Medical College, during the period ranging from 1-1-1979 to 17-1979. The incidence of various organisms along with their anti-biogram was studied. The common organisms were Straph. aureus (28.64%), E. coli (24.73%), Pseudomonas (23.69%) and B. Proteus (10.41%)...

opportunity of keeping up the organic chemistry which they were required to study for their various degrees. The work opens with a preliminary chapter on .chemical action of living matter and proceeds with a description of ordinary bacteriological technique. Chapters 3 and 4, as already mentioned, are largely taken up with the organic chemistry and with a description of such bodies as sugars, e...