The aim of this study was to evaluate the microtensile bond strength (microTBS) and the elemental contents of the adhesive interface created to normal versus caries-affected dentin. Extracted human molars with coronal carious lesions were used in this study. A self-etching primer/adhesive system (Clearfil Protect Bond) was applied to flat dentin surfaces with normal and caries-affected dentin a...

This paper describes a parallel divide-and-conquer algorithm for Delaunay triangulation. This algorithm finds the affected zone that cover the triangulations that may be modified during the merge of two sub-block triangulations. With the aid of affected zone, communications between processors are reduced, the time complexity of divide-and-conquer remains O(n logn), and the affected zone can be ...