Improving Amnesia Diagnostic Accuracy with RAVLT Single Scores and Composite Indices: Italian Normative Data.

Objective: The Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test (RAVLT) is a widely used verbal memory measure that provides scores for different aspects of memory. It involves repeated auditory presentation and recall of a 15-item word list (List A) followed by presentation and recall of a distractor list (List B) and then un-cued immediate and delayed recalls (at 15 min and 1 week) of List A as well as recognition testing. Aims of this study are to provide Italian normative data for certain RAVLT Scores and Composite Indices to improve the diagnostic accuracy of the test in clinical settings and to provide further evidence on how RAVLT can differentiate different amnesia profiles due to focal lesions.

Fibre reinforced composite transpalatal arch in impacted canine orthodontic treatment.

Glass fibres are used to reinforce composite in a number of clinical applications, in orthodontics as well as in general dentistry. In this paper, a transpalatal arch made of fibre reinforced composite is described as an anchorage device bonded to molars and premolars to orthodontically reposition an impacted maxillary canine by means of a palatal cantilever in a highly demanding patient from an esthetic stand point.