Oral manifestation and root canal therapy of the patient with mucopolysaccharidosis

Mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS) is an inherited metabolic disorder caused by a deficiency in enzymes that participate in the degradation of glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) such as heparin sulfate and dermatan sulfate. Left untreated, patients show progressive mental and physical deterioration due to deposition of GAGs in organs. Death often occurs due to cardiac or respiratory failure before patients reach their early twenties. MPS has several oral and dental manifestations. An enlarged head, short neck, and open mouth associated with a large tongue are major characteristics of MPS patients. Dental complications can be severe, including unerupted dentition, dentigerous cyst-like follicles, malocclusions, condylar defects, and gingival hyperplasia. A 21-year-old female patient with MPS was described in this article, with special emphasis on oral manifestations and dental treatment.

Effects of RetroMTA on osteoblastic differentiation in MC3T3-E1 cells / 대한치과재료학회지

Mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) provides a very good sealing, acceptable biocompatibility, dentin bridge formation and osteo-inductive effect. However, MTA has a few drawbacks. RetroMTA including calcium-zirconia complex has been developed to overcome drawbacks of MTA, especially long setting time and difficult handling characteristics. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of RetroMTA on biocompatibility, osteogenic differentiation and mineralization in MC3T3-E1 cells compared with conventional MTA. Cytotoxicity was assessed by WST-1 assay. The gene expression of osteogenic markers was detected by real-time PCR. ALP activity and mineralization behavior were evaluated using ALP and alizarin red staining. There was no statistically significant difference between ProRoot MTA and RetroMTA with material extracts at dilutions of 1/4, 1/10 and 1/50 in cell viability assay. Expression of osteogenic markers in both ProRoot MTA and RetroMTA groups was significantly higher than in control group. In the mineralization assay, RetroMTA showed significantly higher formation of mineralized nodules than in control. In conclusion, RetroMTA promotes osteogenic differentiation and potential mineralization. It appears to be a potential alternative to ProRoot MTA as a root-end filling material.

Effect of different pattern size and pattern shape on castability of commercially pure titanium / 대한치과보철학회지

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of geometrically different wax pattern shapes and sizes on the castability of Grade2 Cp-Ti (commercially pure titanium). MATERIALS AND METHODS: Total of 40 mesh wax pattern (61 mm x 24 mm, 207 grids), (61 mm x 17 mm, 138 grids) was cast in this experiment. Depending on the geometrical shape of the wax pattern, 8 groups was organized; Flat, Semicircular, Horse-shoe and V-shape, each consisting 5 samples. Runner-bar sprue was used in all patterns. The number of completely cast grid in wax pattern served as a measure for the castability of comercially pure titanium. RESULTS: The mean value of square count in each group was as followed; 133.20 squares in group SS (96.52%), 132.40 squares in group SH (95.94%), 132.00 squares in group SF (95.65%), 127.60 squares in SV (91.43%), 198.60 squares in group LF (95.94%), 197.80 squares in group LV (95.56%), 196.40 squares in group LS (94.88%), and 188.00 squares in group LH (90.82%). CONCLUSION: Within the limitations of this study the results indicate that there were no sttistically significant difference in castability of titanium regarding wax pattern shape (P>.05). However, Small size wax patterns were showing the noticeable castability more than Large size pattern.

Plasmodium falciparum Cultivation Using the Petri Dish: Revisiting the Effect of the 'Age' of Erythrocytes and the Interval of Medium Change

Differences in the characteristics of the culture conditions can influence the multiplication rate of Plasmodium falciparum. The Petri dish method is one of the most popular methods of cultivating this parasite. In many previous studies, ideal culture conditions of the Petri dish method were achieved by using erythrocytes collected from blood that had been stored for at least 2 weeks, with daily changes of the medium. In the present study, we studied the multiplication rate of P. falciparum in cultures containing erythrocytes of various ages together with changing the medium at various intervals of time. Our results strongly suggest that the rate of in vitro multiplication of P. falciparum was higher in freshly collected erythrocytes than in aged erythrocytes regardless of the anticoagulant and that when the parasitemia is lower than 8% with a hematocrit of 5%, the medium change interval can be as long as 48 hr without a great reduction in the rate of multiplication.