Publications by authors named "M T Muzzarelli"
Purpose: The aim of the study was to investigate the efficacy of two toothbrushing techniques on the amount of plaque accumulation and to evaluate how the changes were correlated to the anatomical characteristics of the anterior maxillary arch.
Methods: Thirty subjects of both genders were included, they were asked not to brush for 12 h. Afterwards, they were asked to manually brush the left side of their maxillary arch with the modified Bass technique and the right side adopting the roll technique.
Article Synopsis
- Researchers aimed to see if they could determine a person's sex just by looking at their dental photos and find any specific dental traits linked to gender.
- 100 intraoral photographs were shown to three groups (expert dentists, non-expert dentists, and laypeople) who had to guess the sex of the individuals depicted, with varying success rates across groups.
- The study found that while certain dental features, like the shape of incisors, appeared to be linked to gender perceptions, there was no significant difference in sex identification ability among the groups, indicating dentition doesn’t strongly influence sex perception.
Gastric outlet obstruction in newborn may be due to segmental atresia or mucosal diaphragm. The authors report two cases of pyloric obstruction and they consider the etiopathogenetic and diagnostic aspects.
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