Purpose: The aim of this paper is to outline the various corneal approaches to the treatment of presbyopia and discuss their effectiveness Method: Most corneal surgical procedures involve LASIK. Supracor uses a progressive ablation profile to provide an aberration optimized smooth transition from distance to near correction. In presbyLASIK a hyper positive area is created at the centre of the c...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of different resin cements on the cuspal deflection of endodontically treated teeth restored with composite resin inlays. Sixty upper premolars were randomly divided into five groups (n=12): 1 - sound teeth; 2 - cavity; 3 - Rely X ARC; 4 - RelyX Unicem; 5 - SeT. The teeth from groups 2, 3, 4 and 5 received a MOD preparation and endodontic trea...

Objective: To familiarize the reader with the material characteristics of and indications for lithium disilicate ceramic. Summary: This paper is part of the Journal's "Masters of Esthetic Dentistry" feature. Lithium disilicate is a glass ceramic material that can be used to form restorations using either a lost-wax hot pressing technique or CAD/CAM milling procedures. Although the pressable and...

Dem Management von Mehrwegbehältern kommt in der nachhaltigen Logistik eine zentrale Bedeutung zu. Gleichzeitig sorgen Inlays und steigenden Behälteranforderungen durch die Robotik für Variantenreichtum hinsichtlich Behälter. Die Digitalisierung teilweise Automatisierung kann, Effizienz Transparenz des Behältermanagements steigern. Ziel dieses Beitrags ist es, mit einer entsprechenden Studie La...

With the aging of the population worldwide, there is increased interest in surgical correction of presbyopia among our patients. To that end, in recent years several models of intrastromal corneal inlays have been introduced to the market with the purpose of providing those patients with clear crystalline lenses the opportunity to achieve better UNVA without diminishing distance vision. Each of...