aim: to investigate the effect of emdogain gel (emd) in pulpotomized primary molars and its clinical and radiographic outcomes. methods and materials: in this   study, 18 lower second primary molars of nine children were treated by   pulpotomy. the teeth were randomly assigned to the emd (experimental) and formocresol (control) groups in each patient (split mouth). following removal of the coro...

introduction: this study investigated the sealing ability of three different adhesives in primary bovine teeth. methods: facial and lingual class v cavities were prepared half in enamel and half in cementum, in 48 bovine primary mandibular incisors and randomly divided into three groups and each group divided to two subgroups. the tested adhesives were xpbond (xp), clearfils3 bond (s3), and xen...

the prevalence and factors influencing the prevalence and severity of dysmenorrhea were studied in 768 female university students aged from 17.s to 44.2 years enrolled at the kerman university of medical sciences and two teachers' training colleges. the overall prevalence of dysmenorrhea in this population was 72% 10.2% reported severe dysmenorrhea. the overall prevalence as well as the pr...

conclusions preoperative echocardiography, applied before elective and emergency percutaneous coronary interventions, plays a key role in detecting many intervention-related complications in the post-intervention period. case presentation a 65-year-old male patient was admitted to the emergency department and acute inferolateral myocardial infarction was diagnosed. the left atrial hematoma as a...

abstractlet w be a non-empty subset of a free group. the automorphism of a group g is said to be a marginal automorphism, if for all x in g,x^−1alpha(x) in w^*(g), where w^*(g) is the marginal subgroup of g.in this paper, we give necessary and sufficient condition for a purelynon-abelian p-group g, such that the set of all marginal automorphismsof g forms an elementary abelian p-group.

introduction: knowledge of emergency medicine residents about the management of patients suspected of having tetanus favoring wounds is very important due to their responsibility for the treatment of such patients. the aim of the present study was to evaluate this knowledge and making sure of the adequacy of instructions they have received in relation to prevention of tetanus.  methods: a relia...

background: frequent infections is among the most frequent clinical dilemmas for primary care physicians. immunodeficiency disorders are a heterogeneous group of illnesses that predispose patients to the recurrent infections, autoimmunity and malignancies. the aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical and laboratory data collected for the final diagnosis of patients referred with recurrent...

objective: primary immunodeficiency diseases (pid) are rare and heterogeneous congenital diseases leading to increased unusual susceptibility to developing infections and causingsome malignancies and autoimmune diseases. this study was conducted to evaluate the epidemiological characteristics of primary these diseases in patients attending the clinic of immunodeficiency diseases in kerman.subje...

background and aim: primary dysmenorrhea is defined as painful menstruation in the absence of any confirmed pelvic disease. its incidence has been estimated between 50-90% in different communities. non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (nsaids) and contraceptives are usually prescribed for the treatment of primary dysmenorrhea; however, they cause several specific complications. due to the impo...

s100ß a neurotrophic factor mainly released by astrocytes, has been implicated in the pathogenesis of bipolar disorder. thus, lithium may exert its neuroprotective effects to some extent through s100ß. furthermore, the possible effects of lithium on astrocytes as well as on interactions between neurons and astrocytes as a part of its mechanisms of actions are unknown. this study was undertaken...