OBJECTIVE: To compare the flexural strength of maxillary denture bases made in high impact and conventional heat cure acrylic resin. METHODS: This experimental laboratory-based study was conducted Peshawar Dental College, Materials Research Centralized Resource Laboratories University Peshawar, Pakistan. Total 120 edentulous casts, sixty each (30 subgroup-IA for shallow palate 30 subgroup-IB de...

o bjectives: heat-polymerized acrylic resin has been the most commonly used denture base material for over 60 years. however, the mechanical strength of acrylic resin is not adequate for long-term clinical performance of dentures. consequently, fracture is a com- mon clinical occurrence, which often occurs in the midline of denture base.this study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of cold cure and...

Abstract Background Bronchopleural fistula is a rare but life-threatening event with limited therapeutic options. We aimed to investigate the efficacy and safety of modified silicone stent in patients post-surgical bronchopleural fistula. Methods Between March 2016 April 2020, we retrospectively reviewed records 17 who underwent bronchoscopic placement Y-shaped stent. The rate initial success, ...

PURPOSE Preferences of both Alzheimer patients and their spouse caregivers are related to a willingness-to-pay (WTP) measure which is used to test for the presence of mutual (rather than conventional unilateral) altruism. METHODOLOGY Contingent valuation experiments were conducted in 2000-2002, involving 126 Alzheimer patients and their caregiving spouses living in the Zurich metropolitan are...

The goal of screening for breast cancer is to identify cancers when they are at a curable stage. The prospect for cure depends in turn on the extent to which the cancer has spread at diagnosis. If a breast cancer is entirely contained within the breast (that is, if no subclinical metastases have occurred), then complete excision through mastectomy or breastconserving surgery is expected to be c...

BACKGROUND Denture repair involves joining two parts of a fractured denture with a denture repair material. Hence, a substantial repairing system for denture base fracture should be there to elude frequent fracture. MATERIALS AND METHODS Surface treatment of conventional heat cure denture base resin with different surface treatments (chemical ethyl acetate, and mechanical roughening with bur)...

Serofast, a persistent nontreponemal serological response observed in early syphilis patients after conventional treatment, remains a concern of clinicians and syphilis patients. No consensus has been established, however, that defines an effective treatment strategy and clarifies the pathogenesis. In this study, 517 patients with early syphilis were enrolled and treated. Twelve months after tr...