Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy of 0.5 % Sodium hypochlorite and 2% Glutaraldehyde spray disinfectants on impression compound and irreversible hydrocolloid impressions. Material and Methods: Twenty edentulous patients (age group of 45-65 years) were randomly selected for the present study. Maxillary and mandibular impressions of 10 patients were made in compound and remaining 10 patients in a...

Appearance is known to influence social interactions, which in turn could potentially influence personality development. In this study we focus on discovering the relationship between self-reported personality traits, first impressions and facial characteristics. The results reveal that several personality traits can be read above chance from a face, and that facial features influence first imp...

Four studies assessed recent bottom-up theories of stereotyping by examining the contribution of race-related appearance qualities to impressions of Black, White, and Korean faces by Black, White, and Korean participants. Results supported the feature-trait association (FTA) hypothesis (Blair, Judd, Sadler, & Jenkins, 2002) and the familiar face overgeneralization (FFO) hypothesis (Zebrowitz, B...

PURPOSE A variety of impression trays are used in the fabrication of fixed indirect restorations. Impressions used in the construction of fixed indirect restorations were examined for tray type, manner of use, and overall impression quality. MATERIALS AND METHODS A commercial dental laboratory provided 1403 impressions used to fabricate fixed indirect restorations during a 3-month period. Imp...

Models of person perception have long asserted that our impressions of others are guided by characteristics of both the target and perceiver. However, research has not yet quantified to what extent perceivers and targets contribute to different impressions. This quantification is theoretically critical, as it addresses how much an impression arises from "our minds" versus "others' faces." Here,...