Immediate precision of the digital osteotomy template in the digital stackable template: a clinical study.

Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the immediate accuracy of the digital osteotomy template in the digital stackable template.

Methods: From November 2018 to January 2020, 4 patients with dentition loss were selected from the Prosthodontics Department, West China Stomatological Hospital. All patients met the conditions for immediate planting and immediate restoration.

Gegen Qinlian decoction enhances immunity and protects intestinal barrier function in colorectal cancer patients gut microbiota.

Background: We previously showed, using the Traditional Chinese Medicine System Pharmacology Database, that Gegen Qinlian decoction (GQD) had a direct antitumor effect, and was combined with programmed cell death protein (PD)-1 inhibitors to treat microsatellite stable (MSS) tumor-bearing mice. However, the effect of GQD on patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) is not clear.

Aim: To determine the therapeutic mechanism of GQD in improving immune function, reducing inflammation and protecting intestinal barrier function.

[Effect of CO₂ fractional laser on the early control of scar post-secondary repair in patients with a cleft lip].

Objective: To observe and compare the clinical efficacy of CO₂ fractional laser in the early control of scar post-secondary repair in patients with a cleft lip.

Methods: In the treatment group, 43 patients with secondary repair of cleft lip were treated via CO₂ fractional laser. The control group covered 70 patients post-cheiloplasty.

[A technique to design the framework of removable partial denture by multi-stage expert system].

This study aims to apply a new expert system to design removable partial denture (RPD) framework. The RPD design is completed in three steps, namely, "selecting missing teeth", "selecting abutment condition", and "selecting personalized clasp". The system can help auxiliary dentists develop personalized treatment plans to reduce their clinical workload.