Showing posts with label Pedodontics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pedodontics. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

How To Make A Dedicated Page For Reading Latest Journal Articles

Latest and current knowledge of research is of utmost importance to keep pace with the ever growing field of dentistry. One of the best methods to peacefully read journal articles without being disturbed by the distraction on the web is to make a dedicated page for the very same purpose.
It is a fairly simple process and one can make it with existing or new Gmail / Google id.
Steps:
1. Log in to iGoogle at www.igoogle.com with your existing gmail id.
Click on the page tab labeled "HOME" and you will see a dropdown list. At the bottom of this list see "add a tab" and click it. See Fig 1. below.
Fig 1: Adding a new tab in igoogle home.
 When you click this tab a box pops up. Fill the "tab name" to any sensible name you like, shorter the better. I have used OMR Journals. See Fig 2.
Fig 2: Adding the name of the journal page tab
 When you are done you will get a Message sating "Sorry............" But don't panic. Say thank you ! and click on the blue button labeled "Look for new stuff to add". See Fig 3.
Fig 3: The blue button to click despite the error message. 
 This will take you to a next page. Scroll a bit and see "Add a feed or gadget" and click. A new box pops up. Enter the RSS or Atom feed address of the journals you want to add.
Fig 4: Add a feed or gadget link when pressed give up a pop box.
 An violoa ! you have a tab with the latest headlines from the journal you wish. Clicking these headlines will take you to the actual journal article. If the journal give full length articles you can read the entire article at its earliest.
Fig 5: A new tab added from the journal Journal Of Rehabilitation. Similar more tabs can be added.
 The gadget is customizable, and you can choose how many head lines to display ranging from 1 to 9. The number of columns can also be customized in the settings tab. Keep adding more journal and stay ahead of the crowd - in fact ahead of even the intelligent crowd.

Sunday, December 6, 2009

Can Commercial Orange Juice Destroy Baby's Teeth ?



Can Commercial Orange Juice Destroy Baby's Teeth ?
With the boom in health care products, many baby heath drinks have been launched in the market. The analysis showed that the pH of these drinks range from 3.5 to 4.0. In an experiment the authors found that 3.77 to 8.10 microns of enamel was destroyed in 1 hr. It is concluded that commercially available baby heath drinks pose a definite risk of excessive enamel erosion on continuous and long term use.
Ref: International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry 2009; 19: 325–329

In Vitro Toxic Potential Of Compomers
Three different compomers were tested for their toxicity after applying different types of curing lights.The study concluded that the compomers are potentially toxic to human pulp. Type of light curing unit may also affect the degree of compomers toxicity. These results were obtained by adding compomers to human pulp fibroblast cultures.
International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry 2009; 19: 55–60.


Is PALS an Effective Child Management Technique ?
Child management in dental clinics can be done by various methods. PALS stands for passivity to activity through live symbolics. A study conducted on 5-10 year old dental patients showed that PALS is ineffective in modifying a child behaviour and response to interventional dental treatment.
Ref: International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry 2009; 19: 233–242

Can Probiotics Bacteria Colonize The Mouth After Taking Such Products ?
Probiotics are in trend these days. Microbiologically probiotics are products fortified with Lactobacilus reuteri ATCC 55730. As documented they colonize the deuodenum and ilium of the subject and provide enhanced immunity. L. reuteri also induces a significantly higher number of CD4positive T-lymphocytes. The L. reuteri dimish in number very soon from the oral cavity and there is no danger of their colonization in the oral habitat.
Ref: International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry 2009; 19: 377–381

Device To Administer Painless Anesthesia
It is very common to face difficulties in dental practice due the fear of pain during anethesia. Especially in pediatric patients it becomes too difficult to manage. This new device can deliver painless anesthesia to your pediatric patients. It is QuickSleeper (TM). It has an electronically controlled system that is capable of delivering intraosseus anesthsia without any thrust from the operators hand. Just place it near the required area and it automated system does the rest.
Ref: International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry 2009; 19: 360–366.


By: Dr. Hamid Raihan
Jaipur Dental College
Jaipur.