Medicine (Baltimore)
February 2023
Even though congenital heart disease is a common finding in down syndrome (DS) patients, some of them have anatomically normal hearts. However, the term "normal" might not be suitable, as these patients usually suffer from functional cardiac dysfunction. Several research highlighted that despite the absence of anatomical heart defects, subtle cardiac function derangements are present in DS patients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The aim of this study was to evaluate the surface treatment of dentin with phototherapy (ER-CR-YSGG laser) in the presence of different bonding systems on their shear bond strength and microleakage.
Materials And Methods: Eighty intact human third molars were divided into two groups. Forty teeth were treated with conventional flat wheel diamond bur and the remaining forty were treated with Er Cr YSGG laser (phototherapy).