Tragedy revealed in Zurich

University of Zurich Zurich

Mineral trioxide aggregate is a recently introduced dental material. It may be used to seal perforations, make retrograde fillings in root-end resections, seal open apices, or cap vital pulps. In this review of the literature, physical, chemical, and biologic properties of MTA are discussed. Studies have suggested that MTA provides a better seal than formerly used materials such as IRM, amalgam...

University of Zurich Zurich

University of Zurich Zurich

University of Zurich Zurich

University of Zurich Zurich

A complete understanding of a protein-folding mechanism requires description of the distribution of microscopic pathways that connect the folded and unfolded states. This distribution can, in principle, be described by computer simulations and theoretical models of protein folding, but is hidden in conventional experiments on large ensembles of molecules because only average properties are meas...