abstract：:Using the performance criterion of "success time" it has been possible to investigate in detail the changing efficiency of the amalgamation process as both capsule length and amplitude of oscillation are varied. The most efficient amalgamation was obtained for a length:amplitude ratio between 0.5 and 1.3 over a range ...

journal_title：Australian dental journal

authors： Darvell BW

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The periapical tissues of adult teeth of monkeys were examined histologically after root canal treatment with calcium hydroxide. Healing, as evidenced by complete apical closure with a hard tissue bridge and an inflammation-free periodontal ligament, occurred more frequently where canals were instrumented 1 mm short o...

journal_title：Australian dental journal

authors： Holland R,Souza V,Nery MJ,Bernabe PF,Mello W,Otoboni Filho JA

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endodontic treatment of primary teeth is undertaken by indirect pulp capping, direct pulp capping, formocresol pulpotomy and pulpectomy. The same treatment principles apply to both primary and permanent teeth with infected or necrotic pulps. The main differences are the use of formocresol for root canal medication and...

journal_title：Australian dental journal

authors： Allen KR

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The compressive and tensile (by diametral compression) strengths of amalgams prepared from fifteen conventional and higher copper alloys are compared and the rate at which these amalgams develop strength is investigated. Alloys of the single melt high copper type generally possess the greatest strength at all times of...

journal_title：Australian dental journal

authors： Bryant RW

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A survey of 1,658 homebound and institutionalized persons suggested that about 7,000 chronically ill South Australians may need dental care and that such treatment is currently unavailable to the great majority of them. ...

journal_title：Australian dental journal

authors： Vowles NJ,Watson BI,Dahl BJ

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A technique has been developed and described for the examination of the interface between dissimilar metals, utilizing electrolytic etching and gold electro-deposition procedures. This procedure permitted etching of both the constituents of the silver solder-stainless steel interface without differential leveling. The...

journal_title：Australian dental journal

authors： Rogers OW

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electromyographic analysis was carried out prior to occlusal equilibration for patients who had some form of TMJ dysfunction and again after treatment. The results were compared with similar analyses for patients without any symptoms of dysfunction (controls) and for patients who had been wearing some kind of occlusal...

journal_title：Australian dental journal

authors： Griffin CJ,MacLean AJ,Yaeger JA,Munro RR

更新日期：1978-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At the commencement of the 1979 Academic Year a "modular approach" to degree studies in Dentistry will be instituted at the University of Papua New Guinea. This course of studies will be comprised of four progression modules and includes a one-year programme of community service and clinical experience in a dental cli...

journal_title：Australian dental journal

authors： Deubert LW

更新日期：1978-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A recently discovered alloy of cobalt and samarium (CO5Sm) has exceptional magnetic properties. A laboratory evaluation was made of the grip force of samples of this alloy of a size suitable for dental use. A review of both dental and general literature points to the need for establishing, prior to widespread usage, t...

journal_title：Australian dental journal

authors： Cerny R

更新日期：1978-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The young dental graduate expects to deliver a certain standard of health care to the community. It is likely that both the standard of care required by the Australian people and the proportion of the population seeking treatment will increase in the coming decades. The dental profession has a responsibility to meet t...

journal_title：Australian dental journal

authors： Hume WR

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The overlay denture concept may be used to postpone and in some cases avoid the atrophied mandibular ridge syndrome. The co-operation of the patient is a vital factor for success and the treatment regimen is divided into a series of self-contained stages to allow the patient to demonstrate his mastery of each before p...

journal_title：Australian dental journal

authors： Duckmanton NA

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two sizes of tensile test specimens were produced, the smaller of them by several techniques each incorporating a particular casting variable. All castings were subsequently subjected to radiographic evaluation and mechanical testing. An attempt has been made to relate the application of each variable to the degree of...

journal_title：Australian dental journal

authors： Lewis AJ

更新日期：1978-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The distances between the cephalometric points of 380 patients with complete natural dental arches were measured. A correlation between the bizygomatic, nasion-subnasal and subnasal-gnathion distances and the vertical dimension was established and a mathematical formula was derived to enable determination of both the ...

journal_title：Australian dental journal

authors： Domitti SS,Consani S

更新日期：1978-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nature and the diagnosis and prognosis of the two forms of viral hepatitis is discussed. The possibility of transmission of these diseases during dental treatment to other patients or to dentists or their staff is considered and measures to reduce this risk are suggested. ...

journal_title：Australian dental journal

authors： Hribar DL

更新日期：1977-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three cases are reported to illustrate certain features related to swellings of the salivary glands. With a mucocele of the floor of the mouth difficulites may arise in the correct identification of the gland of origin, in elucidating the aetiological factors, and in obtaining adequate radiographic or sialographic vie...

journal_title：Australian dental journal

authors： Speculand B

更新日期：1977-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This case report describes an approach to treatment for a patient with severe bone loss resulting from advanced periodontal diseae. A provisional splint was constructed in conjunction with suitable periodontal therapy. The purpose was to allow time for evaluation prior to deciding whether to commit the patient to perm...

journal_title：Australian dental journal

authors： Goodman JM,Lester KS

更新日期：1977-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reasons for permanent tooth extractions were studied in a survey in South Australia conducted over a two week period in which 154 dentists participated, a response rate of 43 per cent. Of 2,387 teeth extracted from 1,104 patients, caries accounted for 52 per cent, periodontal and orthodontic causes 25.6 and 11.1 per c...

journal_title：Australian dental journal

authors： Johansen SB,Johansen JR

更新日期：1977-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of a number of factors on creep in dental amalgam was investigated. The factors studied were the delayed time between mixing and packing, the packing technique, the alloy system and the annealing or ageing of specimens at 37 degrees C for one and 190 days. The delayed time and the alloy system factors as w...

journal_title：Australian dental journal

authors： Spanauf AJ,Vrijhoef MM,De Graaf R

更新日期：1977-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The problems associated with positioning anterior health teeth in prosthetic treatment procedures are discussed and some recent work reviewed. Useful guides for establishing the artificial anterior dental relationship have been described and an application of these guides has been illustrated. ...

journal_title：Australian dental journal

authors： Murray CG

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Comment is made regarding the cost, related to working properties, of non-precious metal alloys compared to precious metal alloys for ceramics and their possible potential for the production of allergic response. ...

journal_title：Australian dental journal

authors： Stevens L

更新日期：1977-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seventy-four patients wearing full upper and lower dentures were examined in the study; 37 exhibited varying degrees of denture sore mouth (DSM) while the remaining 37 patients acted as controls. Denture trauma was more common in the DSM group. Candida was grown from 73 per cent of patients with DSM but only from 22 p...

journal_title：Australian dental journal

authors： Bastiaan RJ

更新日期：1976-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A sample of 422 students at the Australian National University was examined in 1972. Results for the 302 full-time student sample were considered significant and are presented in this report. The students were found to have a relatively low (for Australia) DMFT of 13.8, Oral Hygiene Index of 0.9 and Periodontal Index ...

journal_title：Australian dental journal

authors： Barnard PD,Boyles JR

更新日期：1976-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A survey of over 2,000 second year high school students at 13 South Australian schools indicated that those who had received school dental care at primary school had fewer carious teeth and, in some respects, better oral hygiene habits. Whilst they were better informed on dental subjects than were control students, fe...

journal_title：Australian dental journal

authors： Roder DM

更新日期：1976-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three series of standard tensile test specimens were produced using the nickel-base Ticonium Premium 100 alloy cast into a gypsum-bonded investment. For the first series an average weight metal ingot was used and cast at the temperature determined by the sensing head of the casting machine. For the second series a la...

journal_title：Australian dental journal

authors： Lewis AJ

更新日期：1976-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An electronic method of recording displacement was used to study mandibular movement during mastication. The technique enables the parameters of muscle activity, the sound of tooth contact, the force developed between opposing teeth, and the displacement of the mandible to be recorded at the same time on a single U/V ...

journal_title：Australian dental journal

authors： Atkinson HF

更新日期：1976-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apicoectomy is a frequently performed operation. In order to produce consistently good results the operation and its varieties are described, with stress being placed on correct assessment of each case prior to surgery. ...

journal_title：Australian dental journal

authors： Summers L

更新日期：1975-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malposed mandibular and maxillary premolars and canines often cause great difficulties in removal. The ways in which these procedures are accomplished are described in detail. ...

journal_title：Australian dental journal

authors： Summers L

更新日期：1975-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study of 4,278 country and city kindergarten children living in South Australia showed 63 and 59 per cent received fluoride tablets at some time and 17 per cent received daily doses. Lower dmf scores were found in those taking fluoride tablets but of decreasing value in the older children. Where no fluoride was take...

journal_title：Australian dental journal

authors： Fanning EA,Cellier KM,Leadbeater MM,Somerville CM

更新日期：1975-02-01 00:00:00