BACKGROUND The use of a toothbrush has a limited ability to control the dental biofilm in interproximal areas. Therefore, specialized devices, such as dental floss, may be useful for these specific areas. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to investigate the efficacy of dental floss impregnated with 5% chlorhexidine gluconate on the reduction of the supragingival biofilm. METHODS This research was ...

A hybrid denture is one that is fabricated over a metal framework and retained by screws threaded into the implants. The anterior part of a mandibular hybrid denture is fixed on implants while the posterior part of the denture is extended and cantilevered from implants. This article presents the fabrication of a mandibular implant retained hybrid prosthesis. A total of four implants were placed...

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The Branemark Novum system is a one-day treatment of the edentulous or periodontally hopeless mandibular dentition. There are four drill templates and eight drill guides that precisely position three implants which are totally parallel and level. A prefabricated lower bar is placed on the three implants, and an upper bar fits on the lower bar. The restorative dentist has previously selected den...

Objectives; This study was carried out to compare the posterior palatal base distortion of denture bases processed with ProBase Hot to those processed by conventional heat cure acrylic resin (Acrostone) before and after water immersion. Study design; Twenty waxed denture bases were prepared for U-shaped palatine arch form, ten for each denture base material. Waxed denture bases were flasked, pa...

The slippery zone in pitchers of the carnivorous plant Nepenthes alata bears scattered prominent lunate cells and displays continuous epicuticular crystalline wax coverage. The aim of this study was to examine the influence of the surface anisotropy, caused by the shape of lunate cells, on insect attachment ability. Traction tests with ladybird beetles Coccinella septempunctata were performed i...

RNA interference-mediated gene silencing was shown to be an efficient tool for validation of targets that may become anti-tick vaccine components. Here, we demonstrate the application of this approach in the validation of components of molecular signaling cascades, such as the Protein Kinase B (AKT)/Glycogen Synthase Kinase (GSK) axis during tick embryogenesis. It was shown that heptane and hyp...

OBJECTIVE To compare the plaque removal efficacy of a water flosser to string floss combined with a manual toothbrush after a single use. METHODS Seventy adult subjects participated in this randomized, single-use, single-blind, parallel clinical study. Subjects were assigned to one of two groups; Waterpik Water Flosser plus a manual toothbrush (WF) or waxed string floss plus a manual toothbru...

Foreign exchange rates have been subjected to periods of tighter or looser controls as various political and economic forces have waxed and waned. When currencies were backed by gold there were fixed exchange rates. In 1973 floating exchange rates were adopted though many countries did try to keep their currency values within certain ranges. More recently the European Economic Community formali...