Caries Color, Extent, and Preoperative Pain as Predictors of Pulp Status in Primary Teeth.

Aim: This study aimed to assess the relationship between preoperative pain status, caries extent, and caries color and the ability to achieve hemostasis at the canal orifices during pulp therapy access in primary teeth.

Study Design: Eighty primary molar teeth with extremely deep caries extending to the pulp (based on bitewing radiography) were investigated in 66 children. The teeth with clear radiographic and clinical signs indicating the involvement of the radicular pulp were excluded.

Testicular fine needle aspiration cytology in male infertility.

Objective: To compare the accuracy of testicular fine needle aspiration and biopsy for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes.

Study Design: A comparison of testicular fine needle aspiration and biopsy was performed on 34 infertile men over a 2-year period.

Results: Concordance of the 2 tests was evident in 88% of cases.