O propósito deste trabalho foi analisar a produção de prótese removível em três laboratórios da cidade de São Paulo observando o perfil da população que recebeu este tratamento. A produção foi registrada diariamente, por meio de ensaios fotográficos padronizados, durante um mês de trabalho junto aos laboratórios. Foram enviados questionários para complementação de informações das técnicas e materiais utilizados pelos técnicos responsáveis. Da amostra de 367 próteses, 52% foram feitas para mulheres, e 33% para homens; não se notou diferenças estatisticamente significantes entre a quantidade de modelos nos arcos maxilares e mandibulares; segundo a classificação de Kennedy, a Classe I foi a mais freqüente principalmente para os arcos inferiores e, para os arcos superiores, a Classe III; o conector mais utilizado para o arco inferior foi a barra lingual e para o arco superior o tipo em forma de ferradura; com relação aos dentes remanescentes a média de dentes retidos para os arcos inferiores foi de 7,72 dentes, e para os arcos superiores foi de 7,54 dentes; a grande maioria de prótese confeccionada foi a de armação de cobalto-cromo, com grampo circuferencial, ou a barra; as próteses terapêuticas apresentaram uma porcentagem de 5,45% do total. / The aim of this work was to analyze the removable denture production in three dental laboratories, city of São Paulo, regarding to the population profile submitted to this treatment. The production was daily registered, through pattern photographs, during one month of work in each laboratory. Questionnaires were sent in order to obtain a complementation in technical and material information used by the responsible technicians. From the 367 dentures of the sample, 52 % were obtained from women and 33% from men; it was not observed significant statistical differences between the quantity of maxillary and mandibular models; according to Kennedy classification, the Class I was most frequent in inferior dental arches while the Class III was most frequent in superior dental arches; the most used connector was the lingual bar in inferior dental arches and the horseshoe type in superior dental arches; regarding the teeth remaining the mean values were 7.72 teeth for inferior dental arches and 7.54 for superior dental arches; the great majority of prosthesis was confectioned in chrome-cobalt with circumferential arm clasp or bar clasp; the therapeutic prosthesis presented a percentage of 5.45% from the total.

O propósito deste trabalho foi analisar a produção de prótese removível em três laboratórios da cidade de São Paulo observando o perfil da população que recebeu este tratamento. A produção foi registrada diariamente, por meio de ensaios fotográficos padronizados, durante um mês de trabalho junto aos laboratórios. Foram enviados questionários para complementação de informações das técnicas e materiais utilizados pelos técnicos responsáveis. Da amostra de 367 próteses, 52% foram feitas para mulheres, e 33% para homens; não se notou diferenças estatisticamente significantes entre a quantidade de modelos nos arcos maxilares e mandibulares; segundo a classificação de Kennedy, a Classe I foi a mais freqüente principalmente para os arcos inferiores e, para os arcos superiores, a Classe III; o conector mais utilizado para o arco inferior foi a barra lingual e para o arco superior o tipo em forma de ferradura; com relação aos dentes remanescentes a média de dentes retidos para os arcos inferiores foi de 7,72 dentes, e para os arcos superiores foi de 7,54 dentes; a grande maioria de prótese confeccionada foi a de armação de cobalto-cromo, com grampo circuferencial, ou a barra; as próteses terapêuticas apresentaram uma porcentagem de 5,45% do total. / The aim of this work was to analyze the removable denture production in three dental laboratories, city of São Paulo, regarding to the population profile submitted to this treatment. The production was daily registered, through pattern photographs, during one month of work in each laboratory. Questionnaires were sent in order to obtain a complementation in technical and material information used by the responsible technicians. From the 367 dentures of the sample, 52 % were obtained from women and 33% from men; it was not observed significant statistical differences between the quantity of maxillary and mandibular models; according to Kennedy classification, the Class I was most frequent in inferior dental arches while the Class III was most frequent in superior dental arches; the most used connector was the lingual bar in inferior dental arches and the horseshoe type in superior dental arches; regarding the teeth remaining the mean values were 7.72 teeth for inferior dental arches and 7.54 for superior dental arches; the great majority of prosthesis was confectioned in chrome-cobalt with circumferential arm clasp or bar clasp; the therapeutic prosthesis presented a percentage of 5.45% from the total.

Asphalt joints are potentially weakest parts of every pavement. Despite of their importance, reliable tools for measuring their mechanical properties for design and performance assessments are still scarce. This is particularly true for cold joints when attaching a new hot pavement to a cold existing one as in case of large patches for pavement repair. In this study, three static fracture testing methods, i.e. indirect tensile test (IDT), direct tension test (DTT) and 4 point bending (4PB), were adapted and used for evaluating different laboratory made joints. The results suggested that joints with inclined interfaces and also the ones with combined interface treatments (preheated and sealed) seemed to show more promising behaviors than the vertical and untreated joints. It was also confirmed that compacting from the hot side towards the joint improved the joint properties due to imposing a different flow pattern as compared to the frequent compaction methods. The latter finding highlighted the importance of asphalt particle rearrangements and flow during the compaction phase as a very little known subject in asphalt industry. Studies on compaction are of special practical importance since they may also contribute to reducing the possibility of over-compaction and aggregate crushing. Therefore, in this study, a new test method, i.e. Flow Test (FT), was developed to simulate the material flow during compaction. Initially, asphalt materials were substituted by geometrically simple model materials to lower the level of complexity for checking the feasibility of the test method as well as modeling purposes. X-ray radiography images were also used for capturing the flow patterns during the test. Results of the FT on model materials showed the capability of the test method to clearly distinguish between specimens with different characteristics. In addition, a simple discrete element model was applied for a better understanding of the test results as a basis for further improvements when studying real mixtures. Then, real mixtures were prepared and tested under the same FT configuration and the results were found to support the findings from the feasibility tests. The test method also showed its potential for capturing flow pattern differences among different mixtures even without using the X-ray. Therefore, the FT was improved as an attempt towards developing a systematic workability test method focusing on the flow of particles at early stages of compaction and was called the Compaction Flow Test (CFT). The CFT was used for testing mixtures with different characteristics to identify the parameters with highest impact on the asphalt particle movements under compaction forces. X-ray investigations during the CFT underlined the reliability of the CFT results. In addition, simple discrete element models were successfully generated to justify some of the CFT results. / <p>QC 20151104</p>