A Novel Phantom and a Dedicated Developed Software for Image Quality Controls in X-Ray Intraoral Devices.

Background: Periodic quality control (QC) procedures are important in order to guarantee the image quality of radiological equipment and are also conducted using phantoms simulating human body.

Objective: To perform (QC) measurements in intraoral imaging devices, a new and simple phantom was manufactured. Besides, to simplify QC procedures, computerized LabView-based software has been devised, enabling determination of image quantitative parameters in real time or during post processing.

Periodontal Treatment Elevates Carotid Wall Shear Stress in the Medium Term.

Periodontal disease is associated with endothelial dysfunction of the brachial artery and hemodynamic alterations of the common carotid artery. Periodontal therapy improves endothelial function. It is not known if it is able also to improve the hemodynamics of the carotid artery.

Effectiveness of a diode laser in addition to non-surgical periodontal therapy: study of intervention.

Background: Chronic periodontitis affects 47% of adult population over the age of 30. The first phase of periodontal treatment is always represented by scaling and root planning (SRP), that is a causal, non-surgical therapy that recognizes as primary aims the control of bacterial infection and the reduction of periodontal plaque-associated inflammation. Yet, another innovative causal therapy is represented by the irradiation of periodontal pockets with laser.

Immediately loaded post-extraction implant. Case report and literature review.

Background: Thanks to the recent scientific improvements, the insertion of immediately loaded post-extraction implants has become a routine, rather than elective, surgical treatment, which vaunts a success rate close to 100%.

Aim: The purpose of this study is to analyze the actual status regarding this field and to critically review the current available literature.

Material Of Study: A research was made in the Pubmed database, by using the keywords "immediate loading", "postextraction", "dental implant", for studies published in the last 10 years.

[Recent progress in the treatment of lower limb defects].

Technological and reconstructive surgical procedures improvments are limiting demolitive interventions on the lower limb for common pathologies and traumatology. From 1999 to 2002, 32 men and 14 women, from 18 to 54 years-old, were admitted at the Operative Unit of Plastic Surgery of ASL RMH. They were grouped according to cause and site of extremity defects and different surgical techniques.