In many languages that permit coronal laterals to follow labial and velar stops in complex onsets, sequences of a coronal stop followed by a coronal lateral are prohibited. Standard accounts rule out coronal-lateral clusters as an effect of the Obligatory Contour Principle, but this approach cannot explain languages such as Mong Njua and Katu, which neutralize the coronal-velar place contrast b...

Bitewing radiographs have been one of the dentist’s chief diagnostic tools in the dental clinic. They increase detection of interproximal caries approximately two-fold when compared to clinical examination alone. To a much lesser extent, the bitewing may be used to diagnose occlusal caries. The dentist examining a bitewing radiograph will pay attention to the alveolar crests thus assessing peri...

The aim of this study was to assess the rate of collateral soft tissue release required in navigated total knee arthroplasty (TKA) to achieve an intra-operative coronal femoral tibial mechanical axis (FTMA) in extension of 0 ± 2°. The primary outcomes assessed were post-operative coronal plane alignment and rate of collateral soft tissue release. The secondary outcomes were range of motion, fun...

INTRODUCTION Fearless removal of tooth structure during canal preparation and shaping has negative effects on the prognosis of treatment. On the other hand, sufficient pre-enlargement facilitates exact measurement of the apical size. The present in vitro study aimed to compare the efficacy of Gates-Glidden drills, K3, ProTaper, FlexMaster and RaCe instruments in dentin removal during coronal fl...

introduction: an overlooked but important part of successful root canal treatment is a straight-line access (sla). the purpose of this in vitro study was to compare the efficacy of introfile and prerace rotary instruments with gates glidden (gg) drills in gaining sla by cone-beam computed tomography (cbct). methods and materials: a total of forty five extracted mandibular first molars were sele...

background and aims. various factors influence the interfacial bond between the fiber posts and root canal dentin. the aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of pre-warming of resin cement on the push-out bond strength of fiber posts to various segments of root canal dentin. materials and methods. in this in vitro study, 40 single-rooted human premolars were decoronated and underwe...

introduction: root canal preparation is an important process in endodontic therapy. nickel-titanium (niti) rotary file system can be used in single length technique (simultaneous technique) without early coronal enlargement, as well as in crown-down method. the purpose of this in vitro study was to compare single length with crown-down methods’ shaping ability using mtwo niti files . materials ...

We present a new method to analyze, classify and characterize 3D landmark-based shapes. It is based on a framework provided by oriented matroid theory, that is on a combinatorial encoding of convexity properties. We apply this method to a set of skull shapes presenting various types of coronal craniosynostosis.