This study was carried out to determine the blood group from dentine and pulp and to correlate the same with blood collected from respective extraction socket. 30 teeth were extracted and stored dry for 6 months. An attempt to establish the blood group from dentin and pulp was made by Absorption–Elution method. The pulp showed positive results for 27 out of 30 teeth (sensitivity 90%). Two teeth...

Artificial teeth are a useful teaching aid during endodontic education. This article describes the development of a simple and inexpensive model that can be equipped with artificial teeth. It shows that working length determination in artificial root canals using electronic apex locators is possible and that the embedding media has no influence on measurements. The model supports the applicatio...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to compare endodontically versus nonendodontically treated teeth with respect to clinical features, including patient age and gender and tooth types of vertical root fractures. STUDY DESIGN A total of 315 consecutive cases of vertical root fracture occurring in 274 Chinese patients during a 1 3-year period were reviewed. Age and gender, as well as tooth...

The aim of this paper is to present the post mortem dental evidence and dental health of the victims exhumed throughout the territories of Croatia that was temporarily occupied during the war. A total number of 62,432 teeth out of 1,253 human bodies exhumed from 5 different counties were analyzed. The majority of victims inhabited those areas before 1991. Post mortem dental characteristics were...

BACKGROUND Age estimation is an important factor in the identification of an individual in forensic science. The hard tissues of the human dentition are able to resist decay and degradation, long after other tissues are lost. This resistance has made teeth useful indicators for age calculation. Recent research has indicated that Tooth Cementum Annulations (TCA) may be used more reliably than an...

AIM The purpose of this study was to compare the working length determination done using three methods, namely, apex locator (Foramatron D-10, Parkell), radiovisiography (Planmeca) and conventional radiography (Prostyle intra, Planmeca). MATERIALS AND METHODS In this experiment, to determine the working length, 35 single-rooted teeth were selected and each tooth was subjected to all the three...