SAMAR SALEH BAJRAI, BDS Dental Surgeon Faculty of Dentistry Ibn Sina National Hospital Jeddah 21418, Saudi Arabia T design features of many self-ligating brackets—sliding doors or spring clips, high profiles, and deep undercuts—can cause problems with indirect bonding, especially during tray removal. We use elastomeric ligatures to facilitate the procedure, as shown here with Damon 3MX* self-li...

Iran has a longstanding history and a rich heritage of medicine. Two reputable Persian medical scholars of the Middle Ages are Razi (Rhazes) and Ibn-Sina (Avicenna). Their most important otorhinolaryngologic contributions based on the relevant data from two major medical books i.e., al-Hawi (Liber Continens) and Qanun fi-Tebb (Canon of Medicine) are discussed. *** he “Golden Age of Medicine” in...

since ethics is one of the subdivisions of practical wisdom, islamic philosopher’s view point is very important in explanation of theoretical and practical reason. this paper is going to analyze the distinction between practical and theoretical reason from haeri’s point of view. in order to finding the roots of his issue, at the beginning we will propose the idea of philosophers like farabi, ib...

Sufism greatly influenced the ethical beliefs and values of al-Ghazali. Had it not been for that influence, his works would have lacked their special spiritual value. In this paper, I will examine the role that Sufi philosophy played in giving spiritual depth to the ethics of al-Ghazali and how he was ultimately drawn to Sufism. Al-Ghazali moved away from his focus on the law and realized the v...

Tuberculosis is at least as old as mankind and the history of tuberculosis is intertwined with that of civilization. Over the centuries its prevalence has waxed and waned but it remained a continuous threat. Its association with diabetes mellitus was reported by Avicenna (Ibn Sina 980-1037) an Arabian physician [1,2]. It was the leading cause of death in diabetic patients in the preantibiotic e...