Aims & Objective: Assessment of submental intubation as an intubation option for the facial trauma cases Material &Methods: 15 patients were intubated with submental approach in our institution during a one year time period from August 2009 to July 2010. Result: In our patients, submental intubation gave a better airway intubation for the reduction and fixation of all the facial fracture and in...

Although this is essentially a review, it has not been written in the passive, third-person style normally associated with scientific writing, as intended to be thought-provoking and, hopefully, educational. It therefore more of conversational style, and aimed at students, dentists dental technicians who are receptive slightly different view occlusion articulation, based on evidence. Occlusion ...

STATEMENT OF PROBLEM Fabrication of indirect complete crowns that are in occlusal harmony upon insertion remains a problem in restorative dentistry, and dental stone cast expansion may play a role. PURPOSE This 3-part investigation compared occlusal contacts in a simulated patient with a harmonious occlusion with centric occlusion equal to maximum intercuspation (CO=MI) and an inharmonious oc...

4Reader, Department of Periodontics, JCD Dental College Sirsa, Haryana, India. ABSTRACT The goal of any prosthetic procedure must include the establishment of a functional occlusion. It is known that natural teeth have periodontal ligament receptors that protect the teeth from excessive occlusal forces, which can cause trauma to supporting tissues and bone. Although many factors are involved in...

Deleterious oral habits, such as non-nutritive sucking or tongue thrusting, if not intercepted at an early stage can cause complex malocclusions. This manuscript describes a clinical case report of a successful interception of a severe anterior dental open bite caused by thumb sucking and tongue thrusting habits. The case involved a six-year-old female patient treated with the use of palatal sp...

Our teeth are constantly subjected to erosion caused by the action of food and drinks (1). These aggressions result in the exposure of dentinal tubules and the underlying nerves to the external environment. Consequently, external stimuli trigger the nerves causing a short and acute pain clinically defined as dental hypersensitivity (2). Individuals with this condition present tooth with open de...

purpose: to compare repeated intravitreal injections of bevacizumab (ivb) with triamcinolone acetonide (ivt) for treatment of acute branch retinal vein occlusion (brvo). methods: this randomized clinical trial included, 86 eyes with recent onset (less than 12 weeks) brvo. participants were randomly assigned to two treatment groups: the ivb group (43 eyes) consisted of patients who received mont...