BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The aim of the in vitro study was to examine the clinical efficacy of semiconductor laser periodontal pocket irradiation as an adjunct to conventional scaling and root planing. MATERIALS AND METHODS Twenty-two healthy patients with a need of periodontal treatment (15 women, 7 men, mean age 45.0 +/- 10.8 years) with at least four teeth in all quadrants, were included....

BACKGROUND Enamel matrix derivative (EMD) is a composite of proteins that was demonstrated histologically to work as an adjunct to periodontal regenerative surgical therapy. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical and histologic effects of EMD as an adjunct to scaling and root planing. METHODS Four patients with severe chronic periodontitis and scheduled to receive complete den...

A case of a 9-year-old child with hereditary gingival fibromatosis, supernumerary tooth, chest deformities, auricular cartilage deformation, joint laxity and undescended testes is described. The exact mode of inheritance is unclear; a new mutation pattern is possible. These features resemble but differ from the previously reported Laband syndrome. The dental treatment consisted of surgical remo...

The successful manufacturing of glulam from several important Australian commercial timbers is quite challenging due to difficulties in gluing. Improvements adhesive bond performance spotted gum, Darwin stringybark, and southern pine timber have been achieved using alternative pre-gluing surface machining methods, e.g., face milling sanding-post planing, when compared conventional planing metho...

INTRODUCTION A major obstacle in understanding the pathophysiology of lymphedema, the differentiation from other types of edema, and in treatment planing is the difficulty of visualizing lymphatic vessels in human beings [1]. Lymphoscintigraphy is the primary imaging modality. Despite recent refinements in this technology an improved depiction of the lymphatic system with high resolution is des...

Virtual reality (VR) systems utilize more and more input and output media in order to make virtual environments more realistic. Furthermore, VR developers nowadays concentrate on rich interaction and behavior. This causes the need for a new type of VR development system architecture. In this paper such a new architecture is proposed and discussed. Its key features include support for new input ...

Planing hulls, commonly used in many areas, have different hydrodynamic behavior than the displacement even calm water. Therefore, this makes calculation of maneuvering parameters these hulls appealing. In present study, a planing hull's numerical static drift analyses are performed using unsteady RANS approach to evaluate sway force and yaw moment at angles attack advance velocities. The resul...