Assessment of Clinical and Radiographic Success Rate of Formocresol-based Pulpotomy versus Collagen-based Pulpotomy: An Study.

Aim: The aim of the study is (a) To use collagen as a pulpotomy material in comparison with the gold standard formocresol-based pulpotomy, (b) to assess the clinical and radiographic success rate of formocresol pulpotomy and collagen-based pulpotomy, and (c) to compare the success rate of formocresol-based pulpotomy and collagen-based pulpotomy over a definitive interval of time.

Materials And Methods: Totally 30 primary first or second molars indicated for pulpotomy after confirming with the operative diagnosis were taken as samples for this study. This split-mouth technique consists of two groups: Group 1-formocresol pulpotomy ( = 15), and group 2-collagen-based pulpotomy ( = 15).

Comparative evaluation of body mass index among school children with and without Bruxism of age group of 6-12 years in Kanchipuram district: A cross-sectional study.

Aim: To evaluate and compare the body mass index (BMI) of school-going children with bruxism and without bruxism of age between 6 and 12 years.

Settings And Design: To find the correlation between BMI and oral habit bruxism among school children and compare with those children without bruxism.

Materials And Methods: A total of 6122 children were screened from 28 government and 12 private schools, in which 1854 (30.