Quality of life in patients with alcohol use disorders admitted to de-addiction centers using WHOQOL-BREF scale-A cross-sectional study.

Background: Alcohol use disorders (AUDs) adversely affect a person's general health and the lives of their family and friends. These disorders are also the most undertreated mental illness with severe implications for public health. Hence, the present study aimed to employ the WHOQOL-BREF to assess the quality of life (QoL) of AUDs patients seeking treatment at de-addiction centers and identify the demographic variables associated with the QoL dimension scores.

Comparative Evaluation of the Efficiency of Manual and Rotary Gutta-percha Removal Techniques.

Introduction: This study aimed to evaluate the efficiency of 2 manual and 2 rotary gutta-percha (GP) removal techniques in terms of both the total operating time and GP remnants left in the canal.

Methods: GP was removed with manual techniques using H-files and xylene (H + X) and H-files and System B (H + SB) (SybronEndo, Orange, CA) and with rotary techniques using the ProTaper Univeral Retreatment (PTUR) (Dentsply Maillefer, Ballaigues, Switzerland) and D-RaCe Retreatment (D-RR) (FKG Dentaire, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland) systems. The total operating time was evaluated as the time taken to reach the working length and completely remove GP until no radiopaque remnants were observed in the final radiograph.