OBJECTIVES To evaluate the effect of photo-irradiation time to the adhesive on the regional bond strength of a dual-cure resin core material to root canal dentine using photo and dual-cure adhesives with self-etching primer. MATERIALS AND METHODS Post spaces were prepared in extracted premolars and then the root canal dentine was treated with one of the following bonding procedures: (1) Clear...

Background Patients' changing attitudes and beliefs about pain are considered as improvements in the treatment of chronic pain. Multidisciplinary approaches to pain allow modifications of coping strategies of patients, from passive to active. Methods We investigate how two therapeutic treatments impact patients' attitudes and beliefs regarding pain, as measured with the Survey of Pain Attitudes...

Abstract Background Leprosy is a treatable disease; however, the release from treatment after completion of multidrug therapy (MDT) often does not equal absence health problems. Consequently, sequelae interfere with patient’s perception cure. The objective this study was to analyze factors associated being healed among people treated for leprosy in highly endemic area Brazil. Method A cross-sec...

AIM To review the literature on the sealing ability of esthetic post systems with different cementation techniques. BACKGROUND An important factor for successful root canal treatment is the development of a coronal seal to the treated root canal system. Review result: The current literature describes promising results using fiber posts with a dual-cure, self-etch resin cement system. However,...

This paper outlines a mathematics course centered around the interdisciplinary topic of modeling self-assembling DNA which was used as venue for course-based undergraduate research experience (CURE). The structure and logistics designing teaching such in addition to suggestions student feedback from are also included.

The neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) treatment for anxiety, claimed to be a single-session cure for unpleasant feelings, was compared with self-control desensitization of equal duration and a waiting-list control group in treating public speaking anxiety. Fifty-five speech-anxious undergraduates underwent pretreatment and posttreatment assessments of anxiety during 4-min speeches. The results...

Trachoma has been one of the most blinding diseases in the history of ophthalmology. From its initial description in antiquity until the late 1930s, no specific treatment or effective cure had been known, and the only expedient had been to destroy the diseased tissue containing the infectious agent, rendering the disease inactive. Virtually all medical, mechanical, and surgical treatments were ...