Adhesive Class VI Resin Composite Restorations of Worn Mandibular Incisal Edges: A Two-year Case Report.

Many authors have advocated retentive tooth preparations for resin composite restorations intended to halt progression of incisal edge attrition with worn concave dentin, probably due to frustration with adhesive restorations being lost from these defects. Unfortunately, this technique further removes the dentin these restorations are intended to preserve. The purpose of this article is to demonstrate a purely adhesive, less invasive technique for restoration of worn concave incisal edges, which includes air particle abrasion and increased etching time for the sclerotic dentin and unprepared enamel.

An extrapyramidal reaction presenting as an acute temporomandibular episode: a case report.

This case report describes an adverse reaction (phenothiazine reaction) to prochlorperazine (Compazine), a commonly prescribed drug. The patient had been referred to a dental clinic for an oral evaluation because of muscle spasms in the oral musculature. He had severe muscle spasms, a reduced range of motion, difficulty registering a repeatable maximum intercuspation, facial grimacing, and difficulty speaking because of the spasms.

Effect of Operator Experience on Ability to Place Sequential, 2-mm-thick Increments of Composite.

Objective: To measure and compare the effect of operator experience in their ability to place composite in increments that are 2 mm thick.

Methods And Materials: Fifteen volunteers from each class of freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and senior dental students and 15 clinical faculty (total number of volunteers = 75) were asked to restore a Class I preparation that was 5 mm in diameter and 8 mm deep from the cusp tips using three increments of composite that were each to be 2 mm thick. Once completed, the models were sectioned, and the thickness of each increment was measured.

Effect of aging and long-term erectile function after iodine-125 prostate brachytherapy.

Purpose: To evaluate long-term erectile function (EF) in men treated with iodine-125 prostate brachytherapy (PB) and to determine factors predictive for erectile dysfunction (ED), including natural decline because of aging.

Methods: Two thousand nine hundred twenty-nine patients (implanted July 1989-June 2012) with baseline EF and greater than 10-month followup (FU) are included. About 78.

First-term dental readiness.

Army recruits have high levels of dental disease, and traditionally the dental needs of soldiers have not been addressed until the soldiers arrive at their first permanent duty station. Today's expeditionary Army requires that soldiers be fully deployable. This article addresses an initiative (called First-Term Dental Readiness) aimed at providing dental care in the initial training of a soldier's career, implementation of pilot programs at Fort Sill and Fort Knox, and the lessons learned from those pilot programs.