Evaluation of the accuracy of a simplified hybrid method versus the traditional digital method for measuring palatal volume.

Objective: This study aimed to compare a direct conventional 3D digital technique vis a vis a hybrid method in measuring palatal volume.

Materials And Methods: Thirty maxillary casts were obtained from the records of patients undergoing orthodontic treatment and pre-conceived boundaries of the palatal vault were marked. Sample was categorised into Group I (Volume estimation using CBCT scan) and Group II (Volume estimation using hybrid method).

2D-to-3DMaxiDeform: A computer-aided approach for 3D construction of maxillary sinus from PA and lateral X-ray images.

3D volume construction of the maxillary sinus is important for understanding the 3D surface morphology of the maxillary sinuses and detecting changes or obstruction in sinuses. It is important to detect the pathological conditions affecting the sinuses and to determine the treatment outcomes. The cases of sinusitis and various other pathoses in maxillary sinuses are getting comparatively higher than in other sinuses.

Orthodontic bracket failure rate after bonding with and without primer - A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Objective: To compare the difference in failure rates between orthodontic brackets bonded with light-cured primer and those bonded without primer.

Material And Methods: An electronic search of five databases and additional manual searches were performed until January 2024. Randomized and prospective non-randomized controlled trials directly comparing the bracket failure rate with and without primer.

Low-tech innovation: biomimetic solid-contact potentiometric sensor for nanomolar-level atrazine detection.

Despite the fact that there are already a number of solid-contact-based ion-selective electrodes designed for atrazine detection, our ground-breaking contribution lies in introducing the first-ever atrazine potentioselectrode, enabling the ultra-sensitive detection of atrazine at nanomolar levels. Solid-contact ion-selective electrodes can offer advantages, such as improved stability, reproducibility, sensitivity, and selectivity compared to their liquid-contact counterparts. Here, a biomimetic potentiometric sensor for Atrazine was developed using economic, light weight, and flexible carbon cloth as solid-contact material.