Comparison of Retention of Two Different Attachment Systems Used in Implant-Supported Overdentures.

Aim: This study aims to compare the retentive capacity of two attachment systems after manual thermocycling.

Settings And Design: study and Comparative trail.

Materials And Methods: An edentulous mandibular Polymethyl Methacrylate model was fabricated to receive the overdentures with the two attachment systems to be compared.

Morphometric Study of the Intracranial Segment of the Vertebral Artery.

Background The vertebral artery (VA) forms the caudal part of the circle of Willis and is responsible for one-third of the blood supply of the cerebellum, pons, middle ear, and the upper part of the spinal cord and its meninges. The highest potential risk of injury to VA during cervical pedicle screw implantation is at C3 and then at C6. Knowledge about the morphometry of VA provides a better understanding of clinical conditions such as vertebra basilar insufficiency (VBI).

The Changing Profile of Helicobacter pylori Antibiotic Resistance in Singapore: A 15-Year Study.

Background: Antibiotic resistance is an important cause of H. pylori treatment failure. This study aimed to examine the change in H.

Exercise-Induced Weight Loss is More Effective than Dieting for Improving Adipokine Profile, Insulin Resistance, and Inflammation in Obese Men.

The adipokines chemerin and adiponectin are reciprocally related in the pathogenesis of insulin resistance and inflammation in obesity. Weight loss increases adiponectin and reduces chemerin, insulin resistance, and inflammation, but the effects of caloric restriction and physical activity are difficult to separate in combined lifestyle modification. We compared effects of diet- or exercise-induced weight loss on chemerin, adiponectin, insulin resistance, and inflammation in obese men.

Ten-day triple therapy versus sequential therapy versus concomitant therapy as first-line treatment for Helicobacter pylori infection.

Background And Aim: Clarithromycin-based triple therapy (TT) is the first-line treatment for Helicobacter pylori infection in Singapore. There is awareness that TT may no longer be effective due to increased clarithromycin resistance rates. Sequential therapy (ST) and concomitant therapy (CT) are alternative treatment regimens.