Objective: Breastfeeding plays a key role in the development of the baby, in addition to the benefits to the mother and this dyad. Among the possible difficulties in this process, we have ankyloglossia. Some professionals opt for the frenotomy, although the literature is controversial.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: To investigate salivary parameters between children with Down Syndrome (DS) and without DS.
Materials And Methods: Stimulated whole saliva was collected from 18 children with DS and 23 without DS. Salivary flow rate, pH, and salivary buffering capacity were determined.
Purpose: To evaluate the influence of the time elapsed between the application and photoactivation of Single Bond 2 (SB) on microtensile bond strength (μTBS) and collagen exposure at the adhesive interface produced in the presence of intrapulp pressure.
Methods: Dentin occlusal surfaces were prepared in 72 molars, and divided into eight groups (n = 9). After acid etching, SB was applied, with or without simulated intrapulp pressure, and remained undisturbed for 0, 20, 40 or 60 seconds, before photoactivation.
Purpose: To evaluate the effect of saturation of demineralized dentin with aqueous and alcoholic excipients of chlorhexidine (CHX) on the exposure of collagen fibrils in resin-dentin bonds in sound and caries-affected dentin.
Materials And Methods: Flat midcoronal dentin surfaces were prepared from 24 noncarious molars, and artificial caries was induced in half of the sample. For each substrate, the surfaces were assigned to 4 groups (n = 3) according to the saturation solution of the dentin: water, ethanol, 1% CHX aqueous or alcoholic solution.