OBJECTIVES To explore the diagnostic values of digital intraoral radiography and cone beam CT (CBCT) in the determination of periodontal bone loss, infrabony craters and furcation involvements. METHODS Accuracy assessment of the imaging modalities was conducted through bone level measurements, infrabony crater and furcation involvement classifications. For CBCT, images were obtained at 120 kV...

Introduction: Although perforation of the esophagus, in the anterior cervical spine fixation, is well established, cases with delayed onset, especially cases that present pseudodiverticulum, are not common. In addition, management of the perforation in this situation is debated.  Case Report:   Delayed esophageal pseudodiverticulum was managed in two patients with a history of anterior spine fi...

One of"the main conditions for the development of successful NLP applications is the usability of the syntactic formalisms adopted and the degree to which they facilitate syntax-semantics integration. TAG+ formalisms show a real potential for NLP applications, due to their linguistic descriptive capabilities. However, both the standard formalisms and parsing strategies are often quite complex a...

bowel stent insertion has a variety of complications one major of which is colonic perforation. the purpose of this article is to reveal two cases with delayed colonic perforation after stent placement to relieve bowel obstruction caused by rectal cancer. the first patient was a 55 year-old man who was a candidate for stent placement to avoid palliative surgery and relieve his bowel obstruction...

This case report presents an uncommon case of maxillary molar with two palatal root canals and an enamel pearl in the furcation area. The article discusses root canal complexities of maxillary second molars as well as possibility of coexisting anomalies in the region that makes radiographic interpretation difficult and compromises the success of endodontic treatment.

a rare case of ascaris coming out through the anterior abdominal wall is reported here. a 40‑year‑old female had undergone dilatation and curettage by a quack. on the second day she presented with presented with features of peritonitis. she was explored. resection anastomosis of the ileum was done for multiple perforations of the ileum. patient developed a fistula in the anterior abdominal wall...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this controlled clinical trial was to evaluate the effect of topically applied povidone-iodine (PVP-I) used as an adjunct to non-surgical treatment of interproximal class II furcation involvements. MATERIAL AND METHODS Thirty-two patients presenting at least one interproximal class II furcation involvement that bled on probing with probing pocket depth (PPD) ≥ 5 mm were r...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the remaining dentine/cementum thickness using Gates-Glidden burs in serial and crown-down sequences and to observe which of the two sequences is the safest for preparing mesial roots of molars. Thirty-six left and right human mandibular first molars were selected. Standard access cavities were made and initially explored with Flexofiles sizes 10 and 15 unt...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Plasma rich in growth factors (PRGF) is a concentrated suspension of growth factors, which is used to promote periodontal tissue regeneration. The aim of this randomized, controlled, clinical trial was to evaluate of the treatment of grade II mandibular molar furcation involvement using autogenous bone graft with and without PRGF. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this double-blind...