This article concerns a subject that has been very perplexing to dentists attempting to provide superior removable prosthetic services. The techniques in this article have been developed, tried, and proven over 42 years of clinical practice. Adequate impressions for partial denture construction when crowns that have been fitted to the mouth are included as part of the master cast. The dilemma of having already cemented crowns with attachments on them can be a problem. An easy technique has been developed for analog production in these cases.
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January 2025
Internal Medicine (Rheumatology), Academic Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
Background: It was our impression that safety outcome trials were getting more frequent, raising ethical issues mainly related to patient autonomy. We and others had also proposed this autonomy would be best served if wording of the informed consents would be in the public domain.
Methods: Initially two observers and an arbiter tabulated the main aims of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) published in 1990-1991 vs.
J Clin Med
January 2025
Research Group in Social and Nutritional Epidemiology, Pharmacoepidemiology and Public Health, Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Food Sciences, Toxicology and Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universitat de València, Av. Vicent Andrés Estellés s/n, 46100 Burjassot, Spain.
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of spinal cord stimulation (SCS) on pain, neuropathic symptoms, and other health-related metrics in patients with chronic painful peripheral neuropathy (PN) from multiple etiologies. A prospective single center observational longitudinal cohort study assessed SCS efficacy from April 2023 to May 2024, with follow-ups at 2, 4, 6, and 12 months in 19 patients suffering from the painful polyneuropathy of diverse etiologies: diabetic (DPN), idiopathic (CIAP), chemotherapy-induced (CIPN), and others. Patients were implanted with a neurostimulator (WaveWriter Alpha, Boston Scientific Corporation, Valencia, CA, USA) and percutaneous leads targeting the lower limbs (T10-T11) and, if necessary, the upper limbs (C4-C7).
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January 2025
Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul 07441, Republic of Korea.
Aging affects the face and eyebrow areas, with various resultant procedures for lifting the eyebrows. Recently, thread lifting using absorbable threads has become increasingly popular, with the advantages of a faster recovery and no visible scars, when compared with conventional facial rhytidectomy. Furthermore, polydioxanone (PDO) thread lifting is a favorable surgical method that has been used for eyebrow lifting.
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January 2025
Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Clinic of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Geneva University Hospitals, University of Geneva, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland.
Peritonsillar abscess (PTA) is relatively common but challenging to diagnose clinically. Several clinical signs may be used, with unknown performances. We evaluated and compared the diagnostic performance of individual and combined clinical signs (, , , , , and ) assessed by an otolaryngologist and of contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) to detect acute PTA.
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January 2025
Anesthesiology Department, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, 48105, USA.
Introduction: Chronic pain is common among Veterans, some of whom use cannabis for pain. We conducted a feasibility pilot study of a novel coaching intervention to help Veterans optimize use of medical cannabis products for pain management (NCT06320470).
Methods: The intervention drew from scientific literature, consultation with cannabis experts, Veteran input via a Community Advisory Board, and tenets of motivational interviewing.
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