Access to health care for Afghan immigrants and refugees: an ethico-legal analysis based on the Iranian health law system.

The right to health is an internationally recognized and established human right with a long history of appreciation, indicating that governments should guarantee the highest possible level of access to health and provide health-care serivces with no discrimination based on nationality, race, gender, language or religion. The present study explored this topic using an analytic-descriptive approach. We reviewed related laws, policies and other available documents with the aim to investigate the ethico-legal aspects of Afghan refugees' and immigrants' access to health care and the challenges in in this regard within the Iranian health law system.

Comparison of cone-beam computed tomography with intraoral photostimulable phosphor imaging plate for diagnosis of endodontic complications: a simulation study.

Objectives: The objective of this study was to compare the sensitivity and reliability of cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) and intraoral photostimulable phosphor (PSP) imaging plate for diagnosis of endodontic complications.

Study Design: Seventy-two human mandibular teeth were used, including 24 incisors/canines, 24 premolars, and 24 molars. Three images were taken from each group of teeth with intraoral PSP, CBCT-NewTom, and CBCT-ProMax.