Transplant medicine so far is a less travelled road by the dentists. Over the past decades dentists have come across a challenging job to treat organ or bone marrow transplant recipients. This book...
Lung function test (LFT) is a good picture of how much air moves in and out of lung and how efficiently oxygen is moved in and carbon dioxide is moved out. The published guidelines for measuring PE...
The most important goal of periodontal therapy is to reduce or eliminate subgingival microorganisms associated with periodontal disease and to maintain periodontal health. Current treatment for gin...
Over the last few years the use of composite resin restorations has increased exponentially. Being under years of service, restorations are subjected to various chemical and mechanical degradation ...
Diabetes mellitus can be looked upon as an array of diseases, all of which exhibit common symptoms. Relative contribution of two factors (insulin resistance or decreased insulin secretion) that var...
Stromal myofibroblasts are key cells for the connective tissue remodeling which takes place during wound healing and fibrosis development. Myofibroblasts are not only capable of remodeling connecti...
This book evaluated the shear bond strength of zirconia bonded to dentin specimens using a self etch dual cure resin cement after various surface treatments of zirconia. Twenty zirconia rods (3 9 2...
Medical emergencies in Pediatric Dentistry is an excellent book with a user-friendly text containing information about emergencies in pediatric dental practice. The book can be helpful to all pract...
Childhood obesity is a condition where excess body fat negatively affects a child's health or well-being. Due to the rising prevalence of obesity in children and its many adverse health effects, it...
Physical and mechanical properties of two commonly used denture base materials and a recently introduced denture base material were compared in this investigation. The materials were pressure molde...
Nitric oxide(NO) is not only important in host defense and homeostasis but it is also regarded as harmful and has been implicated in the pathogenesis of a wide variety of inflammatory and autoimmun...
Tooth wear is increasingly being recognized as a vexing problem that affects patients of all ages. Dietary erosion, seen in individuals consuming fruit juices and carbonated soft drinks or in patie...
In view of the developing issue of climate change, floods and droughts may become more frequent. Climate change therefore has the potential to increase the frequency of extreme events in many regio...
Thermoplastic resins have been used in dentistry for over 50 years and during this period their applications have continued to grow. They have outstandingly gained interest both by the professional...
Medication use is a complex process in a medical setting & Medication errors (ME) are a significant issues affecting patient safety & lead to dangerous consequences for them. Its root cause analysi...
Inflammation, hypoxia, vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and chemical mediators play a critical role in pathological angiogenesis,macular oedema and fibrosis in diabetes. Laser photocoagula...
Canine is considered nature's normal stress breaker. The upper canine,when in functional contacts with the lower canines and first premolars,determine both lateral and protrusive movements of the m...
A successful treatment of malocclusions often depends on appropriate orthopedic intervention to correct underlying skeletal discrepancies. The ability to predict the magnitude and direction of a pa...
This book is ready to digest compilation for the students of dentistry in general and Periodontology in particular. Care has been taken to include all the important aspects of Aggregatibacter Actin...
The objective of this study was to define age-related changes in the human smile. The areas of interest were: upper lip length at smile and repose, upper lip thickness at smile and repose, maxillar...