Diagnosis and treatment planning for dental implants has dramatically improved over the past three decades. Today's imaging technologies allow clinicians to assess individual patient-specific anatomy before the scalpel ever touches the patient.

This study used Rasch methodology to pursue three goals. First, we sought to demonstrate the psychometric limitations of the Falls Efficacy Scale (Tinetti, Richman, & Powell, 1990). Second, we addressed these limitations using a simultaneous calibration of the Falls Efficacy Scale and Mobility Efficacy Scale items. Third, we review previous explorations of the self-efficacy construct in relatio...

Pract Proced Aesthet Dent 2002;14(7):561-569 561 Complex perio-prosthetic cases that require multidisciplinary therapy often result in compromised aesthetics. Traditional treatment planning philosophies, as well as existing interdisciplinary relational patterns, do not promote the achievement of predictable aesthetic results. Implementation of a restorative-driven approach requires the developm...

All patients enrolled in either phase I or phase II will be treated according to the following treatment plan: Week 1–24: Chemotherapy with paclitaxel combined with nintedanib/placebo Week 25–48: Extended monotherapy with nintedanib/placebo Week 52 (or approximately 4 weeks after last treatment dose): End-of-treatment visit. Follow up: After end of treatment the survival, disease status and fur...

Fixed implant-supported prosthesis for the edentulous maxilla has gained tremendous popularity over the years. Multiple prosthetic designs have been introduced in order to accommodate a gamut of clinical situations. Irrespective of the design, it is paramount that the esthetics imparted by the prosthesis be uncompromised. Though esthetics is subjective, a common ground exists where all its fund...

The pencil-beam algorithm is valid only when elementary Gaussian beams are small enough compared to the lateral heterogeneity of a medium, which is not always true in actual radiotherapy with protons and ions. This work addresses a solution for the problem. We found approximate self-similarity of Gaussian distributions, with which Gaussian beams can split into narrower and deflecting daughter b...

AIMS AND METHOD To develop a scale to measure social satisfaction in people with substance use disorders and to test its psychometric properties. The rationale is that social satisfaction is more universal and relevant to treatment planning than assessing social problems. The new Social Satisfaction Questionnaire (SSQ) was derived from an existing social problems questionnaire and validation wa...

About 50% of UK patients with beta-thalassaemia major die before the age of 35 years, mainly because conventional iron-chelation therapy is too burdensome for full adherence. Patients require an individually-tailored treatment plan incorporating new, more tolerable approaches.

A three and half year old boy with Langerhans' cell histiocytosis (LCH) formerly called as eosinophilic granuloma has been presented along with the desired treatment plan.

Given the recent increase in transdiagnostic research, it is important to discern how dimensional models of psychopathology could be used to guide personalized, dynamic assessment and treatment of symptoms. Using the person-specific approach described by Fisher (2015), we devised an initial 4-step algorithm for devising a treatment plan based on modular cognitive behavioral therapy using result...