<p><span style="font-size: 8pt / " text-align:="" font-family:="" color:="">The edentulous jaw is a common feature in elderly patients that had lost their teeth during life due to local reasons such as poor oral hygiene and dental caries as well as periodontal disease. Hence these patients are the victims of biological phenomenona that lead to difficulties in different aspects of patient comfort with dentures. Clinicians are always concerned to minimize these difficulties and increase patient comfort through manufacturing a proper prosthesis to substitute for the loss of the natural teeth as well as the surrounding structures for optimum satisfaction and improved quality of life of the patient. The aim of this study was to evaluate patient satisfaction regarding function and aesthetics with conventional mandibular dentures and implant retained mandibular overdentures in denture wearers.</span></p>

Thesis (M.Sc. / Written for the Faculty of Dentistry. [Dept. of Dental Sciences]. Title from title page of PDF (viewed 2008/07/30). Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Michigan, 1971.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Michigan, 1971.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:28:55Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2005-02-17Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T20:58:46Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 pero_ac_me_arafo.pdf: 475502 bytes, checksum: 7962f5d801f2cc928c6960616073f175 (MD5) / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) / O objetivo do presente trabalho foi avaliar a porosidade em bases de resina acrílica de prótese total maxilar, processadas em diferentes ciclos de polimerização e confeccionadas em três espessuras (2,0, 3,5 e 5,0 mm). Cinco grupos foram estabelecidos, de acordo com os ciclos de polimerização: A) Onda-Cryl, ciclo curto em microondas; B) Onda-Cryl, ciclo longo em microondas; C) Onda-Cryl, ciclo do fabricante; T) Clássico, banho de água; Q) Jet, ciclo em câmara de pressão. Após o seu processamento, as bases de resina acrílica foram pesadas em ar e em água e a porcentagem de porosidade foi relacionada com a absorção de água no interior desse material. Os dados de % de porosidade foram submetidos ao teste de Kruskal-Wallis para a comparação entre os grupos (a= 5%). Dentro das limitações do presente estudo, concluiu-se que os ciclos de polimerização e a espessura do espécime de resina acrílica têm influência na porosidade, já que diferenças estatisticamente significantes foram encontradas entre os ciclos e espessuras avaliados. Não houve diferença de porosidade entre as bases de resina polimerizadas no ciclo T para qualquer uma das espessuras. / The aim of this study was to evaluate the porosity on (acrylic resin) maxilar complete denture bases, processed through diferent polimerization cycles, procedure done in three different kinds of thickness (2,0, 3,5 e 5,0 mm). Five groups were proposed, according to the polimerization cycles: A) Onda-Cryl, short microwave cycle; B) Onda-Cryl, long microwave cycle; C) Onda-Cryl, manufacturing microwave cycle; T) Clássico, water bath; Q) Jet, press chamber cycle. After the process, the denture bases were weighted in air and in water, and the percent of porosity was related to the water absorption within this material. The porosityþs % data were submitted to the Kruskal-Wallis test to promote the comparison among the groups. In despite of the present paperþs limitations, we have concluded that the polimerization cycles and the specimenþs thickness of acrylic resin really influence the porosity. This result was reached because statistically significant differences were found in the cycles and thickness evaluated. It has been not observed porosity differences in the polimerized resin bases in T cycle in relation to any thickness.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:28:56Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2005-02-17Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T18:58:05Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 silva_mm_me_arafo.pdf: 485003 bytes, checksum: a3299f64dc8ce209e1a2c0ea6740be6d (MD5) / Este estudo teve por objetivo avaliar a efetividade da irradiação por microondas na esterilização de próteses totais. Para isso, oitenta próteses totais padronizadas foram confeccionadas e submetidas à esterilização com óxido de etileno. As próteses foram então individualmente inoculadas (107 ufc/mL) com meio de cultura de Tryptic Soy Broth (TSB) contendo um dos seguintes microrganismos: C.albicans, S. aureus, B. subtilis e P. aeruginosa. Após 48 horas de incubação a 37oC, 40 amostras foram imersas em 200 mL de água e irradiadas a 650 W por 6 minutos. Quarenta amostras não irradiadas foram utilizadas como controle. A seguir, 25 uL da suspensão resultante das diluições seriadas de 10-1 a 10-6, foram semeados em placas de Petri contendo os meios de cultura seletivos para cada microrganismo. Todas as placas foram incubadas a 37oC por 48 horas. Após a incubação, as colônias foram quantificadas em ufc/mL. Para verificação da efetividade exposição às microondas em longo prazo as amostras irradiadas foram imersas em meio de cultura e incubadas a 37oC por 7 dias. A esterilização foi obtida, após 48 horas, para as próteses contaminadas com C.albicans, S. aureus e B. subtilis. Um pequeno número de colônias foi observado em 2 placas de Petri para o microrganismo P. aeruginosa. Após 7 dias de incubação a 37oC houve crescimento microbiológico em 3 culturas de TSB, sendo 2 para P. aeruginosa e um para B. subtilis. Todas as próteses totais do grupo controle apresentaram crescimento microbiano nas placas de Petri, após 48 horas de incubação a 37oC. A irradiação por microondas por 6 minutos a 650 W provou ser um método rápido e efetivo para desinfecção das próteses totais contaminadas com P. aeruginosa e B. subtilis além, de promover a esterilização das inoculadas com C. albicans e S. aureus. / The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of microwave irradiation on the sterilization of complete dentures contaminated with individual suspension of 3 bacterias (P. aeruginosa, S. aureus and B. subtilis) and one fungus (C. albicans). Eighty simulated maxillary complete dentures were fabricated in a standardized procedure and subjected to ethylene oxide sterilization. The dentures were individually inoculated (107 cfu/mL) with Tryptic Soy Broth (TSB) media containing one of the tested microorganisms. After incubation at 37°C for 48 hours, forty dentures were immersed in 200 mL of distilled water and submitted to microwave irradiation at 650 W for 6 minutes. Forty non – irradiated dentures were used as positive controls. Using 0.9% sodium chlorine solution as diluent, tenfold serial dilutions 10-1 – 10-6 were plated onto 4 selective media appropriate for each organism: Manitol Salt Agar for S. aureus, Miller Hinton for P. aeruginosa, Sabourand Agar containing 5 μg/mL gentamicin for C.albicans, and Tryptic Soy Agar for B. subtilis. All plates were incubated at 37°C for 48 hours and colonies counts of each plate were quantified (cfu/mL). To verify the long - term effectiveness ofmicrowave sterilization, the TSB beakers with the microwave specimens were incubated at 37°C for 7 days. Data were statistically analyzed by Kruskal – Wallis’s test (α=0.05). Irradiated dentures showed consistent sterilization of S. aureus, B. subtilis and C. albicans after 48 hours. Compared to P. aeruginosa control, a very low number of colonies were detected only in two plates. Turbidity was observed in three broth beakers, two from P. aeruginosa and one from B. subtilis, after 7 days incubation at 37°C. All control dentures showed microbial...(Complete abstract, click electronic access below)

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:28:56Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2002-12-04Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T18:35:08Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 ricci_wa_me_arafo.pdf: 2180921 bytes, checksum: 4653e1da73841781ac765553c9326a77 (MD5) / O presente estudo procurou avaliar a prevalência de sinais e sintomas de disfunção craniomandibular (D.C.M.) em 100 pacientes desdentados totais, portadores de próteses totais duplas, dos quais 58 apresentavam dimensão vertical normal (Grupo 1) e 42 dimensão vertical com alteração (Grupo 2). Os dados foram obtidos a partir de um índice anamnésico simplificado e de exame físico. Após a análise estatística, foi possível observar que: 1. em relação ao índice anamnésico utilizado, a análise estatística mostrou haver associação entre a dimensão vertical e os sintomas de D.C.M. (p=0,016); 2. quanto ao número de regiões sensíveis à palpação muscular, foi constatada uma associação estatisticamente significante com a dimensão vertical (p=0,014); 3. quando avaliados os grupos musculares isoladamente, apenas a palpação intraoral do músculo pterigóideo lateral apresentou associação estatisticamente significante com a dimensão vertical (p=0,05). Conclui-se, por meio deste estudo, que existe uma evidência de associação entre a dimensão vertical e os sinais e sintomas de D.C.M. considerando-se a metodologia empregada e a população estudada. / The present study evaluated the prevalence of signs and symptoms of temporomandibular disorders in 100 patients wearing complete upper and lower dentures, 58 with normal vertical dimension (Group 1) and 42 with altered vertical dimension (Group 2). The data were obtained utilizing a simplified anamnestic index and of physical exam. After the statistical analysis, it was possible to conclude that: 1. there was a significant correlation between the vertical dimension and the symptoms of temporomandibular disorders, when utilizing the anamnestic index (p=0,016); 2. there was a significant correlation between the vertical dimension and the number of tenderness sites during muscle palpation (p=0,014); 3. when appraised the muscular groups separately, just the tenderness to the intra-oral palpation of the lateral pterygoid muscle showed a statistically significant correlation with the vertical dimension (p=0,05). It could be concluded that there was an association between the vertical dimension and the signs and symptoms of temporomandibular disorders, for this sub population that has been analysed.

Orientador: Marco Antonio Compagnoni / Resumo: Objetivos: Verificar se os adesivos Ultra Corega Creme e Corega Fita Adesiva interferem na adesão e formação de biofilme simples e misto de Candida albicans e de Lactobacillus casei, e observar possíveis relações de sinergismo ou antagonismo entre as espécies. Metodologia: Espécimes em resina acrílica termopolimerizável (Lucitone 550) foram confeccionados (N=144), de formato circular e com rugosidade padronizada (3,0 μm ±0,3), e foram divididos em três grupos: Sem Adesivo, com Adesivo Ultra Corega Creme e com Adesivo Corega Fita Adesiva. Estes foram divididos em três subgrupos cada: C. albicans simples, L. casei simples e misto de C. albicans com L. casei. Foram feitos ensaios de adesão e de formação de biofilme em duplicata, resultando em 8 espécimes (n=8) por condição experimental. Foi observada a quantidade de cada micro-organismo nas superfícies dos espécimes através de contagem de Unidades Formadoras de Colônia (UFC) por mL e foi feita a caracterização dos espécimes através de Microscopia Eletrônica de Varredura (MEV), sendo utilizados 18 espécimes nesta análise (N=18), 2 por condição experimental (n=2). Análise de variância por ANOVA dois fatores e teste de Tukey para comparações múltiplas foram empregados, e um nível de significância de 0,05 foi obedecido para todas as comparações realizadas. Resultados: L. casei só apresentou diferença de adesão em uma situação de seu cultivo misto, na qual L. casei (misto) aderiu mais na situação Sem Adesivo do que quando o Adesivo C... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / To verify whether the adhesives Ultra Corega Cream and Corega Strips interfere in the adhesion and biofilm formation by Candida albicans and Lactobacillus casei in single- and mixed-species setup, and observe possible synergistic or antagonistic relationships between these species. Methodology: Specimens made from heat-polymerized acrylic resin (Lucitone 550) were fabricated (N=144), with circular shape and standardized roughness (3.0 μm ±0.3), and were divided into three groups: Without Adhesive, with Adhesive Ultra Corega Cream and with Adhesive Corega Strips. These groups were divided into three subgroups each: C. albicans single-species, L. casei single-species and C. albicans with L. casei (mixedspecies). Microbial adhesion and biofilm formation assays were performed in duplicate, resulting in 8 specimens (n=8) per experimental condition. The amount of each microorganism on the surfaces of the specimens was observed by counting of Colony Forming Units (CFU) per mL and the specimens were characterized by Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), being used 18 specimens in this analysis (N=18), 2 per experimental condition (n=2). Analysis of variance by ANOVA two-way and Tukey's test for multiple comparisons were employed, and a significance level of 0.05 was obeyed for all comparisons. Results: L. casei showed only one difference of adhesion in a situation of its mixed-species cultivation, in which L. casei (mixedspecies) adhered more in the situation Without Adhesive than when Cream Adhesive was used, and C. albicans (single- and mixed-species) adhered more when Strips Adhesive was used. C. albicans both single- and mixed-species adhered more than L. casei (single- and mixed-species). L. casei (single) formed more biofilm in the situation Without Adhesive, but in its mixed cultivation with C. albicans had no difference of growth in the tested situatio.... (Complete abstract electronic access below) / Doutor

Constraint programming is an invaluable tool for solving many of the complex NP-complete problems that we need solutions to. These problems can be easily described as Constraint Satisfaction Problems (CSPs) and then passed to constraint solvers: complex pieces of software written to solve general CSPs efficiently. Many of the problems we need solutions to are real world problems: planning (e.g. vehicle routing), scheduling (e.g. job shop schedules) and timetabling problems (e.g. staff rotas) to name but a few. In the real world, we place structure on objects to make them easier to deal with. This manifests itself as symmetry. The symmetry in these real world problems make them easier to deal with for humans. However, they lead to a great deal of redundancy when using computational methods of problem solving. Thus, this thesis examines some of the many aspects of utilising the symmetry of CSPs to reduce the amount of computation needed by constraint solvers. In this thesis we look at the ease of use of previous symmetry breaking methods. We introduce a new and novel method of describing the symmetries of CSPs. We look at previous methods of symmetry breaking and show how we can drastically reduce their computation while still breaking all symmetry. We give the first detailed investigation into the behaviour of breaking only subsets of all symmetry. We look at how this affects the performance of constraint solvers before discovering the properties of a good symmetry. We then present an original method for choosing the best symmetries to use. Finally, we look at areas of redundant computation in constraint solvers that no other research has examined. New ways of dealing with this redundancy are proposed with results of an example implementation which improves efficiency by several orders of magnitude.

A quantum system which evolves in time while interacting with an external environ- ment is said to be an open quantum system (OQS), and the influence of the environment on the unperturbed unitary evolution of the system generally leads to non-unitary dynamics. This kind of open system dynamical evolution has been typically modeled by a Standard Prescription (SP) which assumes that the state of the OQS is initially uncorrelated with the environment state. It is here shown that when a minimal set of physically motivated assumptions are adopted, not only does there exist constraints on the reduced dynamics of an OQS such that this SP does not always accurately describe the possible initial cor- relations existing between the OQS and environment, but such initial correlations, and even entanglement, can be witnessed when observing a particular class of reduced state transformations termed purity extractions are observed. Furthermore, as part of a more fundamental investigation to better understand the minimal set of assumptions required to formulate well defined reduced dynamical quantum maps, it is demonstrated that there exists a one-to-one correspondence between the set of initial reduced states and the set of admissible initial system-environment composite states when G-consistency is enforced. Given the discussions surrounding the requirement of complete positivity and the reliance on the SP, the results presented here may well be found valuable for determining the ba- sic properties of reduced dynamical maps, and when restrictions on the OQS dynamics naturally emerge.