In Pursuit of Fellowship: Results From a 2016 Survey of US Trainees.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to gauge radiology trainee perceptions regarding the fellowship selection process and survey their perceived level of preparedness and desire for a fellowship-oriented lecture.

Methods: A survey, approved by Association of Program Coordinators in Radiology (APCR) was distributed via e-mail to all APCR members for distribution to their residents.

Results: A total of 98.

Thyroid Eye Disease With Significant Levator Involvement and Ptosis: A Case Report.

A case of an 87-year-old woman with a history of Graves disease presenting with a 5-year history of severe ptosis and very poor levator function of the left side is presented. MRI revealed marked enlargement of all extraocular muscles and significant enlargement of the left levator muscle. Given the patient's age and atypical presentation of thyroid eye disease (TED), she was taken to the operating room for biopsy and ptosis repair with frontalis suspension.

Granular cell tumor masquerading as a chalazion: a case report.

Granular cell tumors were first described in the 1920s and since then have been commonly found throughout the body. They are rarely found in periorbital, orbital, and ocular structures. The authors present a patient with a 2-year history of a lesion that had been previously excised as a presumed chalazion without pathologic analysis.

Workaholism, work engagement and work-home outcomes: exploring the mediating role of positive and negative emotions.

This study examines the mechanisms through which workaholism and work engagement impact work-home conflict and enrichment, respectively. Specifically, we examine the mediating role of positive and negative emotions (e.g.

Ocular injuries in trauma patients: an analysis of 28,340 trauma admissions in the 2003-2007 National Trauma Data Bank National Sample Program.

Background: Trauma-induced eye injuries are the leading cause of monocular blindness in the United States. Few studies to date have focused on ocular injuries in the trauma population. Our intent was to determine the annual percentage of ocular injury, types of injuries, and percentage with ocular injury-related procedures performed during the same hospitalization.

Comparison of the Visian ICL and Verisyse phakic intraocular lenses for myopia from 6.00 to 20.00 diopters.

Purpose: To compare visual and refractive outcomes between the Visian Implantable Collamer Lens (ICL) and Verisyse phakic intraocular lens.

Methods: Comparative interventional case series for myopia between 6.00 and 20.

Functional optical zone after myopic LASIK as a function of ablation diameter.

Purpose: To analyze spherical aberrations in patients who had myopic laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) with different optical zones and varying degrees of attempted corrections.

Setting: Laser Refractive Center, University of California, Los Angeles, USA.

Methods: This retrospective analysis comprised 78 eyes of 56 consecutive patients who had LASIK for myopia with the Alcon LADARVision excimer laser.

Laser in situ keratomileusis for hyperopia with the LADARVision 4000 with centration on the coaxially sighted corneal light reflex.

Purpose: To analyze the visual acuity, contrast sensitivity, and target deviations in patients who had laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) for primary hyperopia with the ablation centered on the coaxially sighted corneal light reflex.

Setting: University-based refractive surgery practice.

Methods: Retrospective review comprised 37 consecutive patients (61 eyes) who had LASIK for hyperopia with the LADARVision 4000 excimer laser (Alcon Laboratories).

Use of large optical zones with the LADARVision laser for myopia and myopic astigmatism.

Purpose: To analyze the visual acuity, contrast sensitivity, and target deviations of patients who underwent laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) for spherical and astigmatic myopia with up to 8.0-mm laser optical zones.

Design: A retrospective noncomparative interventional case series.

Clinical evaluation of seven anticalculus dentifrice formulations.

One hundred ninety-two subjects completed a clinical trial to determine the effects of seven dentifrice formulations on calculus inhibition. The double-blind study involved a ten-day control phase and a ten-day experimental phase. For the control phase, subjects were evaluated for calculus present, received a prophylaxis and had pre-weighed mylar strips attached to the lingual surfaces of the mandibular incisors to harvest mineral deposits.

Accuracy of student self-evaluations of dental sealants.

The purpose of this study was to (1) assess the accuracy of student self-evaluations of dental sealants through comparisons with faculty evaluations, and (2) determine if a difference in accuracy exists between dental and dental hygiene students. Dental (n = 17) and dental hygiene (n = 13) students from the University of North Carolina School of Dentistry at Chapel Hill placed and evaluated a total of 127 dental sealants on 29 patients in the undergraduate patient care system. Each student evaluated the placed sealant using criteria for the characteristics: area covered, quantity, porosity, and retention.

TMD symptomology among denture patients.

The relationship between denture wearing and symptoms of temporomandibular disorder (TMD) was assessed with a psychometric test specifically developed to measure TMD symptoms. The subjects were 278 denture patients and 36 elderly patients with a diagnosed TMD. Denture wearers were found to have a higher prevalence of TMD symptoms than the normal population, but the average level of symptoms was of low intensity and not clinically significant.

Juvenile diabetics' oral health and locus of control. A pilot study.

The purpose of this pilot study program was to evaluate the effects of a one-year dental health education program on the oral health status and locus of control of juvenile diabetic children. Thirty subjects with juvenile diabetes mellitus were allocated to control and experimental treatment groups so that group frequencies (age, sex, race, duration of diabetes) were similar. Both groups had a Silness and Loe Plaque Index (PLI) and a Ramfjord Periodontal Disease Index (PDI) performed, and received an oral prophylaxis three times over the one-year period.

Effects of specific criteria and calibration on examiner reliability.

The purpose of this pilot study was to investigate the use of specific criteria and examiner calibration on the reliability of inexperienced examiners on dental sealant evaluations. Dental (N = 8) and dental hygiene (N = 8) students participated as examiners. The study objectives were to identify differences in calibrated and non-calibrated examiners, examiners calibrated by an expert or non-expert, and reliability between dental and dental hygiene student examiners.

Evaluation of teaching performance in U.S. dental schools.

This study examines how teaching performance is evaluated in U.S. dental schools.

The reliability of three methods for evaluating dental sealants.

Three evaluation instruments (global, check-list, and criterion referenced) were used by experienced and inexperienced examiners to evaluate dental sealant end products on 40 extracted teeth. Intra- and interexaminer reliabilities were measured. Experienced examiners achieved higher intrarater reliabilities with all three evaluation instruments than did inexperienced examiners.