Background & Aims: Malnutrition is prevalent among hospitalised patients, and increases the morbidity, mortality, and medical costs; yet nutritional assessments on admission are not routine. This study assessed the clinical and economic benefits of using an artificial intelligence (AI)-based rapid nutritional diagnostic system for routine nutritional screening of hospitalised patients.
Methods: A nationwide multicentre randomised controlled trial was conducted at 11 centres in 10 provinces.
Shanghai Kou Qiang Yi Xue
April 2015
Purpose: To analyze the effect of porcelain dental restoration combined with labial surface root filling for the anterior teeth.
Methods: One hundred cases with anterior teeth protrusion treated in our department from January 2010 to January 2014 underwent porcelain dental restoration combined with labial surface root filling. The measurements in cephalometric X-ray films before and after treatment were compared, and porcelain dental appearance and function were evaluated.