INTRODUCTION The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of eugenol-free temporary cement's remnants on the retentive strength of full metal crowns luted via zinc phosphate and resin cement (Maxcem) to the tooth structure. MATERIALS AND METHODS Forty complete standardized Ni-Cr crowns in four groups were cemented by two types of permanent cements: zinc phosphate cement and resin cement ...

Tooth formation begins with the bud stage during which the dental lamina (derived from epithelial tissue) produces a series of tooth buds along its buccal margin. This is followed by the cap stage in which a coned structure, termed the enamel organ, is formed by an invagination of mesenchymal tissue into the tooth bud. All deciduous teeth and permanent molars are derived from the enamel organ o...

m r r Feeling was running high this week in the Division of Placement and Unemployment Insurance, as evidence mounted tha t a figure of 300 layoffs might rise to 400. Affected in the first 300 were 149 temporary employees and 30 permanent assistant interviewers in the NYC field offices, and 131 temporary employees in the Albany headquarters offices. Among the "temps" are many former permanent a...

BACKGROUND Implementing REDD+ renders the development of a measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) system necessary to monitor carbon stock changes. MRV systems generally apply a combination of remote sensing techniques and in-situ field assessments. In-situ assessments can be based on 1) permanent plots, which are assessed on all successive occasions, 2) temporary plots, which are assess...

Long Term Earnings Inequality, Earnings Instability and Temporary Employment in Spain: 1993–2000 This paper provides a longitudinal perspective on changes in Spanish male earnings inequality for the period 1993-2000, by decomposing the earnings covariance structure into its permanent and transitory parts. According to the Spanish sample of the European Community Household Panel, cross-sectional...