A new second-generation supraglottic airway device (Ambu AuraGain) versus intubating laryngeal mask airway as conduits for blind intubation - A prospective, randomised trial.

Background And Aims: The Ambu AuraGain is a new single-use supraglottic airway device with gastric channel, designed to facilitate intubation. The study aimed to assess the success rates of proper placement and intubation using Ambu AuraGain compared with intubating laryngeal mask airway (ILMA).

Methods: One hundred and twenty patients (18-60 years) were enrolled into this prospective, randomised, comparative study.

Impurity induced cross luminescence in KMgCl: an ab initio study.

Density functional theory calculations have been carried out to calculate the electronic structure and optical properties of host and Cs doped KMgCl. All the calculations were performed by using the Tran and Blaha modified Becke-Johnson potential (TB-mBJ) in order to accurately predict the band gap and the optical spectra. The investigated compound is found to be an insulator with direct band gap of 4.

Validation of different diagnostic aids in detection of occlusal caries in primary molars: An study.

Aim And Objective: To estimate the accuracy and assess the sensitivity and specificity of direct visual examination (DVE), computerized radiograph (VISTA SCAN mini), and DIAGNOdent (DD) for caries diagnosis in primary molars as compared to histological examination of the teeth.

Materials And Methods: An in vitro comparative study was carried out on 40 freshly extracted primary molars with questionable pit and fissures that yielded 89 examination sites. These samples were mounted on plaster and were subjected to examination methods for caries detection on the occlusal surface by two trained and calibrated examiners.

Exactive Tie-Back - An Accurate Active Tieback.

Active tiebacks using elastomeric modules are preferred for space closure in most cases. Elastomeric ring should be stretched by equal amount on both sides for equalforce delivery and to avoid unwanted complication like shift in mid-line, asymmetric space closure. Elastic tiebacks were originally described using an elastomeric module, stretched to twice its normal size but in clinical situations, stretch of elastomeric rings are diffcult to measure intraorally.

Assessment of Image Distortion from Head Rotation in Lateral Cephalometry.

Background: The patient's head can be slightly rotated sagitally vertically or transversely within the head holding device. Because of such improper positions due to the head rotation, an error can occur in cephalometric measurements. The purpose of this study was to identify the potential projection errors of lateral cephalometric radiograph due to head rotation toward X-ray film in the vertical Z-axis.

Association of oral health related quality of life with dental anxiety and depression along with general health among people of Bhopal district, Madhya Pradesh.

Background: To associate oral health related quality of life with dental anxiety and depression along with general health among people of Bhopal district, Madhya Pradesh.

Materials & Methods: A cross sectional questionnaires based survey was conducted among the subjects of Bhopal district, Madhya Pradesh. The survey was carried among 101 subjects aging from 20-40 years.