BACKGROUND We report necrotizing scleritis as a serious complication of a cosmetic eye whitening procedure that involves the use of intraoperative and postoperative topical mitomycin C. FINDINGS This is a single case report. A 59-year-old Caucasian male with a history of blepharitis status post uncomplicated LASIK refractive surgery reported chronic conjunctival hyperemia for 15 years prior t...

After reading this article, the reader should be able to: • describe the process of nightguard vital bleaching and discuss indications and contraindications. • list the situations amenable to at-home whitening, including extended bleaching times for tetracyclinestained teeth. • explain how to treat side effects, such as tooth sensitivity during whitening. • discuss treatment options for a singl...

the vibratory finishing is one of the important mass finishing processes. this can be applied for finishing many metallic and non- metallic components using abrasive materials such as steel, ceramic, natural materials and etc. the vibratory finishing process is used for some purposes such as surfaces polishing, deburring, oxide layer removing and rounding the edges. evaluation of surface roughn...

AIM This study aimed to determine the efficacy of trays made with and without reservoirs, in conjunction with time and cost evaluations, by measuring color change with home whitening procedures. MATERIALS AND METHODS Extracted human maxillary teeth (central incisors n = 20; canines n = 20; molars n = 20) and 60 artificial teeth (lateral n = 20; premolar n = 40) were mounted into ten typodonts...

Production of abrasive materials includes the stages: covering of abrasive material with wetting agent, addition of binder, i.e. the filler with the binding material, mixing of the components, stabilization to achieve homogeneity of composition, and hardening. The most important processes affecting the properties of the final product are: the coverage of the abrasive materials, mixing, and prop...

The paper discusses the material removal process in refractory ceramics eroded by hydro-abrasive jets. In particular, bauxite, sintered magnesia, and magnesia chromite are eroded. The influence of abrasive particle velocity, local exposure time, abrasive mass-flow rate, and abrasive type is investigated. Erosion depth, specific erosion rate, and geometry of the generated cavities are measured a...

Applied pressure in chemical mechanical polishing CMP is shared by the two-body pad–wafer and the three-body pad–abrasive– wafer contacts. The fraction of applied pressure transferred through the particle contacts is a significant factor as most of the material removal is due to abrasive particles trapped in the pad–wafer interface. In this work, the contact of a rough, deformable pad and a smo...

In magnetic abrasive finishing (MAF), abrasive grains as a tool move on surface and can remove chip from surface of work piece. In this study AL 6061 tube was considered as the work piece and the effect of finishing parameters such as gap distance between tube and poles, rotational speed of tube, abrasive ration and finishing time on surface roughness was investigated. The mixture of ferromagne...

In magnetic abrasive finishing (MAF), abrasive grains as a tool move on surface and can remove chip from surface of work piece. In this study AL 6061 tube was considered as the work piece and the effect of finishing parameters such as gap distance between tube and poles, rotational speed of tube, abrasive ration and finishing time on surface roughness was investigated. The mixture of ferromagne...