The effect of natural reducing agents on push-out bond strength of AH plus and BioRoot RCS to sodium hypochlorite treated root dentin.

Aims: To evaluate the effect of natural anticoagulants 6.5% proanthocyanidin (PA) and 25% bamboo salt on push-out bond strength (PBS) of AH Plus and BioRoot RCS to dentin.

Subjects And Methods: 30 single-rooted extracted human teeth were collected.

Assessment of Impact of Various Root Canal Irrigants on the Adherence of the Gelatinase-producing and the Gelatinase-deficient Strains to Dentin.

Aim: Present study was planned to assess the impact of various root canal irrigants on the adhesion of different Enterococcus faecalis () strains to the dentinal surface.

Materials And Methods: A total of 80 freshly extracted first and second molars were used in the present study. Preparation of dentin discs was done followed by a random division into four study groups and one control group.

Comparative Evaluation of Different Bone Markers in Peri-implant Crevicular Fluid of Immediate Loaded and Nonloaded Dental Implants.

Aim: The present study was conducted to determine different bone markers in immediate loaded and nonloaded dental implants.

Materials And Methods: It comprised of 60 patients (males-30, females-30) which were divided into two groups of 30 each. Group I received immediate loaded dental implants, and group II received non-loaded dental implants.

The Socio-Demographic Characteristics of the Clients of Female Sex Workers and their Perspectives, Behaviours and Attitude on HIV and AIDS: A Questionnaire Based Survey from Pokhara, Nepal.

Background: The clients of Female Sex Workers (FSWs) have been represented from different socio-demographic backgrounds and their risk behaviour depends upon their learning skills and attitudes and its impacts on practice.

Objective: The general objective of this study was to find the socio-demographic characteristics, background, knowledge, behaviour, and the attitude on STIs, HIV and AIDS of the clients of female sex workers.

Material And Methods: This questionnaire based, cross sectional study was conducted on 109 clients of FSWs during the time period from January 2010 to July 2010 in Pokhara (submetropolitan city of the Kaski district), Nepal.

Pattern and trend of deliberate self-harm in western Nepal.

Acts of deliberate self-harm (DSH) not only affect the people directly involved, but also have grave psychological and social impact on the family and community. In the present study, a cohort of 173 cases of DSH reported from April 2002 to March 2005 was retrospectively analyzed, by perusing the medicolegal register maintained by the Emergency Department at the Western Regional Hospital, Pokhara in the Western Development Region of Nepal. The data were entered and analyzed using SPSS Version 10.

Morbidity profile, prescribing patterns and working of the community drug programme in a health post in Western Nepal.

The study was carried out at the Naudanda Health Post over a two-month period (July 15, 2000, to September 15, 2000). The objectives were to obtain information on the demography of patients, morbidity, drug-prescribing patterns and the working of the Community Drug Programme. Acute respiratory infections were the most common illness.

A comparative study of drug utilisation at different levels of the primary healthcare system in Kaski district, Western Nepal.

Aims: Studies that compare prescribing patterns at different levels of the primary healthcare system are lacking in Western Nepal. The present study was undertaken to obtain information on age, sex distribution, and morbidity profiles of patients, prescribing patterns and defined daily dose of commonly used drugs.

Methods: The study was carried out over a three-month period (1 June 2000 to 31 August 2000) at four centres in the Kaski district, Western Nepal.