Feeding Infants with Cleft and the Postoperative Cleft Management.

Cleft lip and palate malformations affect the ability of infants to adequately feed. Choosing the appropriate feeding technique must allow functioning of the suck-swallow-breathing mechanism and development of oral-motor function. Feeding in the postsurgical setting should be returned to normal as soon as possible to maintain adequate nutritional intake and good wound healing, an essential component to cleft repair.

Depth of penetration of methylene blue in mandibular cortical bone.

Background: Surgeons treating keratinizing odontogenic tumors (KOT) and other intrabony lesions frequently use methylene blue as an adjunct in peripheral ostectomy in estimating the depth of bone that has been removed. Depth of methylene blue penetration in cortical bone has not been evaluated.

Study Design: Specimens of mandible harvested from 9 fresh unembalmed cadaveric mandibles were stained with methylene blue.

Bond strengths of one- and two-step self-etch adhesive systems.

Statement Of Problem: One-bottle self-etching adhesives have been introduced that combine the etchant, primer, and adhesive into a single bottle in an effort to reduce the number of bonding steps. Limited research has been conducted comparing the efficacy of 1-bottle and 2-bottle self-etching adhesives.

Purpose: This investigation evaluated the microtensile bond strength (MTBS) of 3 one-step self-etching adhesives, 2 two-step self-etching adhesives, and a total-etch adhesive.