background: debonding of denture teeth from denture bases is the most common failure in removable dentures. the purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of surface treatments on shear bond strength of denture teeth to heat-polymerized and autopolymerized denture base resins. materials and methods: in this experimental in vitro study, 60 maxillary central incisor acrylic teeth were divid...

introduction: this study was performed to determine the shear bond strength of rebonded mechanically retentive ceramic brackets after recycling with erbium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet (er:yag) laser or sandblasting. methods: twenty-eight debonded ceramic brackets plus 14 intact new ceramic brackets were used in this study. debonded brackets were randomly divided into 2 groups of 14. one group...

In the present work we follow the breakdown of pairs of counter-rotating vortices (CVP) and the consequence formation of packets of hairpins in uniform shear flows. We employ a recent developed method which is capable of following (numerically) the evolution of finite-amplitude localized vortical disturbances embedded in shear flows. The solution is carried out using Lagrangian variables in Fou...

The objective of this study was to evaluate the influences of enamel shape and bracket base configuration on shear bond strength from a biomechanical point of view. To this end, shear bond test and stress analysis using finite element method (FEM) were performed. Results obtained from both tests were then comprehensively investigated. Maxillary incisors were prepared for plane specimens, while ...

Background Left Ventricular (LV) twist, defined as the difference in rotation between the apex and the base, has recently been suggested as a diagnostic imaging biomarker for LV dysfunction [1]. Increasing age is associated with an increase in apical rotation, which leads to an increase LV twist [2-4]. Recently, it has been suggested that LV circumferential-longitudinal shear angle (CL-shear an...

A finite element solution based on equevalent elements is proposed for the static and dynamic analysis of tallhigh tensioned cable antennas. To reduce high number of degrees of freedom in space frame body of a structure, a simple equivalent beam element is defined for each simulative substructure. This numerical procedure is applicable to analyze complex three dimensional assemblies of substruc...

Introduction: Detachment of denture teeth from denture base is one of the most common reasons for costly denture repairs .This study aimed at evaluating the bond strength of an acrylic denture tooth to polyamide injection-molded thermoplastic denture base material compared with three conventional polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) denture base resins. Materials and Method: A total of 40 acrylic dent...