Teaching of dentistry to medical students in English at the Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland.

The significance of teaching dental subjects to medical students as well as medicine to dental students is considered. The authors' experience in teaching dentistry to medical students in English at the University of Krakow is described.

An investigation of the accuracy of refixing broken teeth to stone casts.

This study investigated the error in refixing fractured teeth to stone casts. Teeth vulnerable to fracture and adjacent teeth for controls on the same casts were scanned using the Triclone contact scanner. The vulnerable teeth were fractured and refixed using cyanoacrylate adhesive and the casts rescanned.

Some effects of disinfecting solutions on the properties of alginate impression material and dental stone.

The study investigated the effect of two disinfecting solutions on one brand of alginate impression material and dental stone. Control impressions were immersed in water for equivalent periods and the effect of storage of impressions after disinfection or control immersion in water was also investigated. There were no significant dimensional changes in impressions poured after one hour.

Use of the Internet as a research method in a study of the emotional effects of tooth loss in Poland.

The study explored the use of the Internet to investigate the emotional effects of tooth loss in a Polish population. The Internet was used as a novel method of recruiting study participants. The study was announced on Internet pages in the Polish language inviting anyone who had lost some natural teeth to respond.

A study on the use of the dentatus AEB face bow and its modification as an ear bow.

This study investigated the siting of the earbow mounting pins on the Dentatus ARL articulator relative to the condylar axis. Further, it showed the repeatability of registrations using the Dentatus AEB face bow and its modification as an earbow. Three face bow and three earbow recordings were made of 35 subjects.