A comparative evaluation of dental caries status among hearing-impaired and normal children of Malda, West Bengal, evaluated with the Caries Assessment Spectrum and Treatment.

Context: Dental caries is one of the major modern-day diseases of dental hard tissue. It may affect both normal and hearing-impaired children.

Aims: This study is aimed to evaluate and compare the prevalence of dental caries in hearing-impaired and normal children of Malda, West Bengal, utilizing the Caries Assessment Spectrum and Treatment (CAST).

Assessment of oral health status of Santal (tribal) children of West Bengal.

Context: Santal is the third largest tribal community of India leading a very poor standard of education and life style. There are, however, few population-based studies evaluating the oral health status among Santal children in West Bengal.

Aims: The aim of the study was to evaluate the oral health status of Santal children of West Bengal by assessing prevalence of dental caries and inflammatory condition of gingival.

Low-dose acitretin in Papillon-Lefèvre syndrome: treatment and 1-year follow-up.

The Papillon-Lefèvre syndrome (PLS) is a rare, autosomal recessive disease that manifests with palmoplantar keratoderma and destructive periodontitis resulting in early onset periodontal breakdown in deciduous and permanent dentition. Management of this condition is difficult. Here we report one 11-year-old consanguineous Muslim boy suffering from PLS.

Double eye brow: a rare case report.

Eye brows are essential for esthetic and functional purposes. Various kinds of eye brows are found in human species. Protective function is one of the important functions of eye brows.

A cross sectional study of dermatoglyphics and dental caries in Bengalee children.

Context: Dermatoglyphic is the permanent imprint found in hands. Variations of dermatoglyphic patterns among the individuals have been noted.

Aims: To find out the dermatoglyphic pattern variations in dental caries between study group and the control group.

A cross-sectional study of soft tissue facial morphometry in children of West Bengal.

Context: Facial analysis is the first step in the evaluation of patients with orthodontic, cosmetic, or reconstructive procedures of the face, and one of the most important components of orthodontic diagnosis and treatment planning. It is a well-established fact that human faces differ from one another on the basis of race and ethnicity. The study will provide the aesthetic guidelines to assess the facial discrepancy in Bengali children to develop a proper treatment plan.

Change in spinal curvature following release of tethered spinal cord associated with spina bifida.

Changes in spinal curvature, scoliosis, kyphosis and lordosis are associated with the growth of patients with myelomeningocele. Previous investigators have stated that progressive developmental scoliosis is related to tethered spinal cord. In order to investigate the relationship of tethered spinal cord release to progression of spinal curvature, we surveyed the medical records of 262 patients with a history of one or more tethered spinal cord release.

A pilot investigation of poloxamer 407 for the prevention of leptomeningeal adhesions in the rabbit.

Leptomeningeal adhesion formation frequently complicates operations and diseases of the central nervous system. Chronic adhesive arachnoiditis may follow intraspinal surgery for disc, tumor, and closure of myelomeningocele, eventually producing pain and declining neurological status of the patient. Reoperation for scar removal is seldom successful as the arachnoidal adhesions reform.

Rewarming, ultraprofound hypothermia and cardiopulmonary bypass.

Rewarming, a key event in resuscitation from accidental, experimental and clinical hypothermia, is sometimes followed by neurologic, cardiac, and respiratory sequelae and may lead to death. The rate of rewarming has been implicated but not quantified as etiologic in these sequelae. Under anesthesia fifteen dogs were cannulated and connected to an extracorporeal circuit for oxygenation, core cooling and rewarming.

Comparison of the effects of total blood substitution during two different levels of hypothermic cardiac arrest.

The effect of total blood replacement with a solution containing neither hemoglobin nor fluorocarbon was studied under two different levels of hypothermia. Ten dogs were anesthetized and esophageal temperature lowered to about 24 degrees at which time exsanguination began. Upon cardiac arrest and the completion of exsanguination, continuous whole body closed chest extracorporeal circulation of an oxygenated blood substitute was begun.

Complete blood substitution during profound hypothermic cardiac arrest in dogs.

This study compared the effects of 3 hours of cardiac arrest performed at 2 different levels of profound hypothermia in totally exsanguinated, blood substituted dogs. Dogs (N = 10) were anesthetized and esophageal temperature was lowered to 24 degrees at which time exsanguination began. Once exsanguination was complete and the heart had arrested, continuous whole body perfusion of an oxygenated blood substitute solution was performed for 3 hours.

Blood substitution: an experimental study.

Priming fluids for cardiopulmonary bypass have been extremely varied, with resultant hemodilution. Furthermore, major surgeries utilizing cardiopulmonary bypass require multiple postoperative transfusions of blood and blood products. The appeal of having a readily available blood substitute for major cardiovascular and neurosurgical operations could prove to be a life saver, while also eliminating the risk of diseases transmitted by transfusion.