The impacted or mal-erupted tooth and its associated pathosis provide great diagnostic
challenges to the dentist. The frequency of occurrence of impaction was found to be over 10,000 …

The purpose of this study was to determine the percentage of orthodontic patients who present
with an interarch tooth-size discrepancy likely to affect treatment planning or results. The …

This study evaluated commercially available molded gray elastomeric ligatures from seven
companies for force decay, dimensional change, and the relationship between ligature …

Failure to achieve complete mandibular anesthesia is a problem that often occurs. The
explanations include faulty anesthetic solutions, faulty technique, and anatomic or physiologic …

This study investigated the positive and negative responses of 1488 teeth in 60 patients to
two electric pulp testers and a cold thermal pulp test. Three subgroups of known pulpless or …

The effect of pH on the force-degradation rates of seven commercial orthodontic polyurethane
chain elastics was evaluated in an in vitro study. The pH values of 4.95 and 7.26 were …

One hundred canals in the mesial roots of 60 mandibularmolars were instrumented using
five techniques. The remaining 20 canals became uninstrumented controls. A standard …

Gemination and twinning are uncommon developmental anomalies of the hard dental tissue.
These aberrations are manifested either as anomalous teeth or as supernumerary teeth. …

Sixty anterior teeth were filled using four gutta-percha sealer techniques: lateral, vertical,
mechanical, and chloroform dip. The teeth were mounted in groups and sectioned. Four levels …

This study utilizes teeth stained in vitro to compare and evaluate the results of three commonly
used non-vital bleaching techniques the thermocatalytic, the walking bleach, and the …