Handpiece Sterilization in General Practice

A Preliminary Investigation of Cast Anxiety in General Orthopaedic Practice

Background: Anxiety following casting is an unrecognised complication that results in frequent visits to fracture clinic in the UK. There is a paucity of research regarding this complication. Failure to recognise Cast Anxiety (CA) leads to increased visits, frequent cast changes and possible failure of treatment despite no objective problems with the cast. Prior research has suggested a possibl...

Electric Handpiece Systems

1.Eikenberg S. Comparison of the cutting efficiencies of electric motor and air turbine dental handpieces. Gen Dent 2001;49(2):199-204. 2.Eikenberg S, Roman D, Debuque R, Gerrono D, Harris E. Protocol 451: Development of lightweight, low cube, portable dental field equipment. http://hayeshandpiece.com/Army_Study_On_Electric_Handpieces.pdf. Accessed Oct. 27, 2006. 3.Watson TF, Flanagan D, Stone ...

Situating general practice training in the general practice context.

Migraine in general practice.

MIGRAINE does not kill. It produces painful, incapacitating attacks that last for hours and which with agonising regularity disrupt the normal pattern of life. This essay deals with the identification and treatment of trigger factors, which in a susceptible individual provoke a disabling paroxysmal headache. Trigger factors as diverse as stress, hunger, alcohol, fatigue, menstruation, oral cont...

Urology in General Practice

A contribution to theoretical thinking about psychoanalytic technique by a leading psychoanalyst such as Karl Menninger is noteworthy. From this point of view alone, this book commends itself to anyone utilizing psychoanalytic principles and practices in his work, anyone interested in the philosophical and practical impact of psychoanalysis on society today, or one whose contact with psychoanal...