Aim: The purpose of this in vitro study was to evaluate the wettability two different artificial saliva substitutes on injection moulded heat-polymerized acrylic resin and CAD-CAM compare these properties with natural distilled water.Materials method: Forty heat polymerized (injection moulded) specimens forty were fabricated each specimen measuring 10x10x2mm. Four groups liquids namely water, W...

Purpose: Various aspects of the retention of mandibular complete dentures are unclear, as no evaluation method has been established to date. This study aimed to clarify the effect of suitable mouth opening, the shape of the residual ridge, and the form of the denture on retention when measuring retention of mandibular complete dentures. Methods: The subjects were 37 individuals wearing mandibul...

The objective was to analyze variations in dental arch width in relation to oral habits. Maxillary and mandibular intercanine and intermolar distance were determined in relation to certain oral habits in 1297 children (ages 3 to 6 years). After an oral examination, the parents of each child completed a questionnaire about oral habits, including the use of a dummy or a bottle (or both), finger s...

AIMS The aim of this study was to assess inspiratory performance at rest and during exercise in patients with chronic heart failure in comparison with healthy controls using a non-invasive index: the tension-time index of inspiratory muscles (TTMUS). METHODS We studied 13 patients with chronic heart failure (57 +/- 7 years) and 10 control subjects (58 +/- 6 years) at rest and during an increm...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate radiotherapy effects (RT) on mandibular movements of patients with head and neck cancer (H&NC) and associate them to the variables: functional capacity, radiation field, disease staging, type of feeding, concomitant chemotherapy and total dose of RT. METHODS Twenty-six patients with H&NC were followed up at the RT service. Physical examination was performed in 3 follow ...

BACKGROUND Anxious and depressive symptoms are frequent in Systemic Sclerosis (SSc). Our objective is to assess their prevalence and association with district and global disability and psychological variables. METHODS 119 SSc patients were assessed by Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale (HADS). Clinical depression and anxiety were defined for HADS score cutoff ≥ 8. Patients were assessed for ps...

introduction: temporomandibular disorders (tmd) lead to masticatory muscle pain, jaw movement disability and limitation in mouth opening. pain is the chief complaint in 90% of the tmd patients which leads to disability and severe socioeconomic costs. the purpose of this study was to evaluate the therapeutic effects of low level laser therapy (lllt) compared to pharmacotherapy with nsaids (napro...

17 The SS-type rotifer Brachionus rotundiformis is a common initial food for rearing fish 18 larvae with small mouth. However, there are commercially important fish species whose mouth 19 sizes are too small to feed on SS-type rotifers. In 2004, we isolated a small (body length= 82.7 20 ±10.9 μm; body width 40.5±6.4 μm), flexible, and iloricate rotifer, Proales similis from an 21 estuary in Oki...

Upper airway unidirectional breathing, nose in and mouth out, is used by panting dogs to facilitate heat removal via water evaporation from the respiratory system. Why some humans instinctively employ the same breathing pattern during respiratory distress is still open to question. We hypothesized that 1) humans unconsciously perform unidirectional breathing because it improves breathing effici...