Effects of Combined Visible and Infrared Light Rhinophototherapy in Patients With Allergic Rhinitis.

Background: Intranasal phototherapy offers an alternative treatment method for patients with allergic rhinitis who cannot benefit from intranasal corticosteroids and oral antihistamines. Different wavelengths have been tried with promising results.

Objective: In this present study, we aimed to investigate the effects of visible light-infrared light phototherapy on clinical improvements together with its cytologic effects in patients with allergic rhinitis.

Radiographic and clinical outcomes of distal tibia fractures (3-12 cm proximal to the plafond): Comparison of two intramedullary nailing.

Background: There are various distal locking options for the repair of tibia distal diametaphyseal fractures with intramedullary nails. There is no consensus about the superiority of any of these distal locking options. In our study, comparing nails with distal bolt locking screw (DSBLS) and conventional nails; we aimed to compare the clinical and radiological results of intramedullary nail models in fixing tibial distal diametaphyseal fractures.

The effects of hyperinsulinemia on cochlear functions.

Context: Hyperinsulinemia is the most common metabolic change associated with cochleovestibular diseases.

Aim: We aimed to investigate the auditory functions in hyperinsulinemic individuals.

Settings And Design: A total of 164 patients were included in this case-control study.

Bupivacaine vs. lidocaine: a comparison of local anesthetic efficacy in impacted third molar surgery.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to compare the anesthetic efficacy, the duration of anesthesia, and the postoperative analgesia of lidocaine and bupivacaine and to determine any difference in hemodynamic parameters in patients who required impacted third molar removal.

Materials And Methods: Thirty-eight patients between the ages of 18 and 40, with no systemic disease, were included in the study, with an indication of impacted lower third molar extraction. One of two local anesthetic agents (Marcaine and Jetokain Simplex) was randomly selected for tooth extractions.

Prospective randomized single-blind study of post-operative bleeding after minor oral surgery in patients with cirrhosis.

Background/aims: The management of patients with cirrhosis requiring dental extractions is complicated due to an increased risk of post-operative bleeding. Topical hemostatic agents are usually required to control bleeding in these cases, as an adjunct to systemic measures of hemostasis. The aims of this randomized, prospective, single-blind clinical study are twofold.

A stepped approach for the management of symptomatic internal derangement of the temporomandibular joint.

Background: Internal derangement is the clinical and pathological condition of disc displacement of the temporomandibular joint. Management of these cases involve conservative and surgical treatment options. Minimally invasive surgical procedures namely arthrocentesis and arthroscopy are promising techniques in the management of internal derangement.

The effect of teeth in mandibular fracture lines.

Background/aim: The decision to retain or extract teeth in the line of mandibular fractures has been a subject of debate in the scientific literature, and there is a need for further evidence to clear this issue. Thus, the aim of this study was to investigate the effects on healing of teeth in the line of mandibular fractures in order to contribute to the field.

Material And Methods: The case notes of 100 patients with teeth in the line of 106 mandibular fractures were reviewed.

Conversion of coal-fired bottom ash to fuel and construction materials.

In this study, solid wastes taken from Seyitomer coal-fired power plant bottom ashes were subjected to experimental research to obtain a carbon-rich fraction. The possible recycling opportunities of remaining inorganic fraction in the cement and concrete industry was also investigated. Flotation technique was used to separate unburned carbon from inorganic bottom ashes.

Lidocaine versus mepivacaine in sedated pediatric dental patients: randomized, prospective clinical study.

Unlabelled: Dental anxiety is usually seen in the pediatric patients. specially in the case of minor oral surgical procedures and exodontia, cooperation of the patients and their families with the dentist will lead to superior treatment outcomes. Pain control is important in dentistry.

Delayed replantation of an avulsed tooth after 5 hours of storage in saliva: a case report.

This article reports a clinical case of a 8-year-old boy, who underwent an avulsion of the upper left central incisor. The avulsed tooth was kept in the oral cavity in direct contact with saliva for 5 h from the moment of trauma until its replantation. Treatment guidelines for avulsed mature permanent teeth were followed.

Outcome of dentigerous cysts treated with marsupialization.

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the results of dentigerous cysts in children treated with marsupialization.

Study Design: 35 dentigerous cysts from 35 children treated with marsupialization were included in the study. The age of the children ranged from 8 to 13 years old.

Recycling of coal combustion wastes.

The separation of unburned carbon from coal-fired power plant bottom ashes was conducted in order to increase the possibility of the recycling of coal combustion wastes. A two-stage flotation technique was used for this study. In the rougher flotation experiments the amounts of collector, dispersant and frother, pulp density, pH, particle size distribution, flotation time and flotation temperature were tested as variables.

Bacteremia incidence in pediatric patients under dental general anesthesia.

Background: The aim of this study was to assess the incidence of bacteremia from various procedures in children undergoing dental treatment under general anesthesia.

Methods: Three blood samples for cultures were obtained from each patient; the first sample (10 ml basal) at the onset of the process and the second sample (10 ml) within 30 seconds following the nasotracheal intubation. The third blood sample (10 ml) was taken 30 seconds after the extraction of a deciduous tooth or a permanent tooth or slow drilling.

Epidermoid cyst in the floor of the mouth: report of a case.

The occurrence of epidermoid cysts in the oral cavity is extremely rare. These cysts generally present slow and progressive growth and often are not diagnosed until the second or third decade of life. Epidermoid and dermoid cysts in the floor of the mouth are painless, doughy or fluctuant lesions and cause no symptoms until they are large enough to interfere with speech or eating.

Beneficiation of graphite fines from moulding factory wastes.

As the costs of waste disposal increase, more attention is being placed upon the re-use and recycling of valuable minerals contained within the waste streams. In this article, the waste streams from a moulding factory were treated by physical methods to obtain a re-usable graphite fraction. Multi-gravity separators (MGS) and shaking tables (ST) are being used in coal processing and heavy minerals beneficiation.