Abstract The purpose of this clinical study was to determine the effect of 7 day intracanal dressing with calcium hydroxide on the amount of bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS; endotoxin) in human teeth with necrotic and infected pulp and apical periodontitis. Twenty?five single?rooted teeth with necrotic pulps and apical periodontitis were selected. Samples were collected before (S1), after root canal preparation (S2) and after 7 day intracanal dressing with calcium hydroxide (S3). The limulus amoebocyte lysate assay was used to quantify LPS. LPS was present in 100% of the root canals before (S1), after preparation (S2) and after 7 day intracanal dressing (S3). A significant reduction, equal to 29.54%, was found after root canal preparation (P?<?0.05). A significant difference (…
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Clinical investigation of the effect of calcium hydroxide intracanal dressing on bacterial lipopolysaccharide reduction from infected root canals
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– December 15, 2013
Health issues consume savings
Michelle Rose has become a familiar face at the Kelowna Community Food Bank. Food bank staff “have been a huge, huge help to me and my family, going beyond what they needed to do to ensure we had what we needed,” the 36-year-old mother of four said this week.
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– December 15, 2013
Medicare claim denial process begins Jan. 6
Washington—The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will instruct contractors to turn on Phase 2 denial edits for claims from health care providers for particular Medicare-covered items or services for Medicare beneficiaries ordered or referred by other providers.
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– December 14, 2013
Sir William Osler
“The greater the ignorance the greater the dogmatism.”
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– December 14, 2013
Psychometric validation of the Spanish version of the Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure applied to dental students
ConclusionsThe Spanish?language version of the DREEM questionnaire is a reliable and valid instrument for analysing the EC for dental students and its factor structure is supported by the data. Although our findings indicate that the DREEM may be as culturally independent as was originally stated, more research should be directed at verifying the factor structure in various languages and cultural environments. (Source: European Journal of Dental Education)
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– December 14, 2013
Business profile: The Berkshire Dental Laboratory
The business: The Berkshire Dental Laboratory, 385a Reading Road, Winnersh, Berkshire, RG41 5LT.
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– December 14, 2013
Dentist rides bicycle coast-to-coast for charity
Frankfort, Ill.—Shortly after graduating from the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Dentistry in 1985, Dr. Greg Duffner and his sister got on their bicycles in Florida and arrived in Chicago 20 days later.
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– December 13, 2013
Comparison of pulp response to mineral trioxide aggregate and a bioceramic paste in partial pulpotomy of sound human premolars: a randomized controlled trial
ConclusionWhen treating teeth with healthy pulps, the response to partial pulpotomy treatment with both MTA and iRoot BP was favourable. However,pulps covered with iRoot BP were more sensitive to cold stimuli.This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. (Source: International Endodontic Journal)
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– December 13, 2013
Need Dental Bridges? Get 300 off from Elgazzar Dentistry DDS in McLean VA for Any Dental Bridge
Modern dentistry provides patients with missing teeth with many options to restore their smiles.
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– December 13, 2013
ASDA 2014 Annual Session deadline approaches
Anaheim, Calif.—Dental and predental students can register through Jan. 17 to attend the American Dental Association 2014 Annual Session set for Feb. 26-March 1 at the Disneyland Hotel.
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– December 12, 2013
