Health behaviors and educational tracks of an individual are here presumed to have a strengthening influence on each other during the developmental process, through which individuals gradually reach their adult health and social position. This longitudinal study of a Finnish nationally representative sample of 12 year olds born in 1970 (N = 1009) examined the associations of health behaviors at...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to obtain an overview of materials and techniques used by pediatric dentistry clinicians for posterior restorations in primary molars and to compare the results to what is being taught in dental schools. METHODS A form with questions in different formats was mailed to all 180 members of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry in Florida. The informati...

abstract : the crown-root fracture is a common tooth injury which compromises the biological width and need proper endodontic and prosthodontic treatment to achieve acceptable clinical outcome. this case report describes clinical management of crown-root fracture in maxillary central incisors which was successfully treated by forceps eruption with 180˚ rotation to restore the biological width. ...

objective: the use of sugar-free chewing gums has been reported to be highly effective in the prevention of dental caries. this study carried out to compare the effect of mastic gum and a xylitol chewing gum on remineralization of caries-like lesions. materials and methods: in this cross-over, single blinded, in situ study, first, artificial caries-like lesions were created in six extracted hum...

Background: Neutron contamination is produced in electron beams of linac when tooth or dental materials are located in the path of beam. Objective: This study aims to determine the neutron dose contamination from different dental restoration materials in electron mode of a linac. Material and Methods: In this experimental study, the neutron dose contamination was calculated in the p...

Dental reduction has been sufficiently widespread among human populations to render the phenomenon of reduced tooth size worthy of scientific explanation. One of the most controversial models invoked to explain structural reduction in organisms is referred to as the "probable mutation effect" (PME). According to this model, structures no longer functional owing to ecological or cultural changes...

Gearboxes sustain a variety of faults such as broken-shafts, eroded, broken, or missing teeth, and even broken-cases. Casing mounted accelerometers can detect fault patterns but the signals are complicated and difficult to interpret. This study considers the tooth loading of ideal gears and gears with defects. A large industrial gearbox used in a 12m electric mining shovel is modeled. The nonli...

Large differences in relation to dental size, number, and morphology among and within modern human populations and between modern humans and other primate species have been observed. Molecular studies have demonstrated that tooth development is under strict genetic control, but, the genetic basis of primate tooth variation remains unknown. The PAX9 gene, which codes for a paired domain-containi...

The aim of the present study was to provide a general scheme for pulpectomy of primary molars that may be useful for decision-making about negotiation of root canals and selection of appropriate instruments. A total of 160 vital primary molars in 85 patients (40 males, 45 females) aged 4-6 years were selected. After taking primary radiographs, local anesthesia was induced, and the teeth were is...