objectives the purpose of this study was to determine the need for orthodontic treatment on the basis of the dental aesthetic index (dai) in the iranian students of ahvaz city. material and methods this cross sectional study was performed on 900 students aged between 11 - 14 years (450 boys, 450 girls). schools were selected based on random cluster sampling from different parts of the city. stu...

BACKGROUND/AIM The objective of this study was to examine the effect of addition of subanesthetic doses of ketamine to an epinephrine-lidocaine solution on postoperative pain, analgesic use, and patient comfort during rhinoplasties. MATERIALS AND METHODS Ninety patients were randomly divided into three groups: Group L, lidocaine with epinephrine; Group K, lidocaine with epinephrine plus ketam...

STUDY DESIGN A randomized prospective study. PURPOSE To assess postoperative analgesic requirements after Phyback therapy preemptively in patients undergoing lumbar stabilization. OVERVIEW OF LITERATURE Frequency Rhythmic Electrical Modulation System is the latest method of preemptive analgesia. METHODS Forty patients were divided into two groups. Patients who were to receive tramadol wer...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the effect of chronic use of sildenafil and intracavernous injection (ICI) with trimix in men not responding to on-demand monotherapy with sildenafil or ICI with prostaglandin-E1 (PGE1). PATIENTS AND METHODS The study included 40 patients with erectile dysfunction (ED), with a mean (SD) age of 50.7 (11.3) years and unresponsive to on-demand sildenafil or ICI with PGE1...

BACKGROUND The demand for integrative medicine care is increasing rapidly among patient consumers, yet the integrative medicine model is not the norm in clinical practice, nor is this approach a focus in traditional medical schools. Furthermore, patient well-being and satisfaction outcomes within an integrative care model are not common in the literature. OBJECTIVES The purpose of this paper ...

BACKGROUND In the contemporary orthodontics, the number of people who demand orthodontic treatment to improve their psychosocial issues related to facial esthetic is constantly increasing. Even in treatment plans, appearance and esthetic gain more attention. OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to determine the need for orthodontic treatment on the basis of the dental aesthetic index (DAI...

BACKGROUND Millions of women worldwide undergo postpartum perineal repair under local infiltration. Inadequate postpartum pain management can negatively impact a mother's physical and psychological recovery. AIMS To study and compare the analgesic effect and maternal satisfaction with lignocaine versus ropivacaine infiltration for postpartum perineal pain relief. MATERIALS AND METHODS After...

BACKGROUND The job demand-control-social support model has been widely studied in western countries but has not been theoretically addressed on health workers of sub-Saharan African countries. Therefore, this study investigates the relationship between Job Demand-Control-Support Model and job satisfaction in specialized teaching hospitals in Ethiopia. METHOD A cross-sectional survey was condu...

A method for calculating the probability of customer demand satisfaction in production– inventory–customer systems with Markovian machines, finite finished goods buffers, and random demand is developed. Using this method, the degradation of this probability as a function of demand variability is quantified. In addition, it is shown by examples that the probability of customer demand satisfactio...