BACKGROUND Endodontically treated teeth have significantly different physical and mechanical properties compared to vital teeth and are more prone to fracture. The study aims to compare the fracture resistance of endodontically treated teeth with and without post reinforcement, custom cast post-core and prefabricated post with glass ionomer core and to evaluate the ferrule effect on endodontica...

BACKGROUND: It's often necessary to fabricate a post & core for restoration of an endodontically treated tooth. One of the important step in post & core technique is preparation of post space by removal of gutta-percha from root canal leaving 3 5mm at the apex, so that the apical seal is not disturbed. Objective of this study to evaluate effect of various methods of gutta-percha removal on apic...

Abstract Creating novel user interfaces that are “natural” and distributed is challenging for designers and developers. “Natural” interaction techniques are barely standardized and in combination with distributed UIs additional technical diffi culties arise. In this paper we present the lessons we have learned in developing several natural and distributed user interfaces and propose design patt...

Objective: In this study, the effects of ceramic, chromium-nickel (Cr-Ni) and ceramic opaque sinterized on chromium-nickel (Cr-Ni+opaque) post-core materials and different colored (opaque white, white, yellow and brown) cements on final color of all-ceramics materials (In-Ceram, IPS Empress and IPS Empress II) were investigated. Material and Methods: Three groups of post-cores (ceramic, Cr-Ni a...

background prostate traction is one way to control post-prostatectomy bleeding. the most popular method involves traction with a catheter fixed to the thigh with adhesive bands. however, this method has its own drawbacks. objectives we aimed to simplify this traction procedure and to overcome its disadvantages. patients and methods from 2007 - 2015, a new method was used to control post-prostat...

Finite element analysis (FEA) was used to investigate the influence of different post systems on the stress distribution of weakened teeth under oblique-load application. A maxillary central incisor root obtained from a sound tooth was weakened by partial removal of dentin inside the root canal. Seven two-dimensional numerical models, one from the sound tooth and six from the weakened root rest...

OBJECTIVE For most endodontically treated teeth, tooth-colored post-core systems are preferable for esthetic reasons. Therefore, improvements in material strength must also consider tooth colored post-core complexes. The objective of this study was to evaluate the difference in tooth colored post-core complex strengths. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 33 human maxillary central incisor teeth...