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<p>The aim of this study was to determine how effective a chewing gum regime is in treating the common minor complaints of third molar surgery. The efficacy of a six-day chewing gum regimen in reducing pain, swelling and trismus after third molar surgery was compared to no chewing gum therapy. Third molar surgery is an important part of any maxillofacial surgery practice. There is an ongoing quest to find new and innovative methods to treat the minor complaints of this procedure.</p>

Consists of the author's previously published articles. / Includes bibliographical references. / 1 v. : / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / Knowledge of PDL oxytalan fibres from the author's previous publications is greatly extended with new histological, TEM and data studies. These papers cover orthodontic tooth movement, fibre system permenance, vertical tooth loading, functional aspects, ankylosis, anatomical associations, microfibrillar ultrastructure and species specificity. / Thesis (D.D.Sc.)--University of Adelaide, Dental School, 2004

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hong Kong, 2010. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 179-194). Also available in print.

Thesis--Karolinska Institutet, 1971. / eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (p. 27-29).

The load distribution across the contact line(s) of spur gears is essential for the gear designer to be able to accurately stress gears for a given application. Existing gear standards (eg BS 436, AGMA 218 DIN 3990) use a thin slice (2D) model of the meshing gear teeth to estimate the contact line load distribution. This approach clearly fails to model properly teeth subjected to mal-distributed loads, since the buttressing effect of adjacent tooth sections tends to flatten the load distribution. Non-linear tooth modifications such as crowning and some forms of lead correction are also inadequately modelled. This thesis sets out the theory for a 3D elastic model of widefaced- spur gears that has been implemented on a micro-computer. The required 3D contact line influence coefficients for standard form zero modification spur gears with 18 to 100 teeth have been determined by Finite Element analysis. These theoretical values have been compared with results from experiments carried out on a complete large module (18. Omm) wide-faced spur gear. The effect of the various elemental gear errors (eg pitch, profile, lead) and profile modifications have been investigated using the 3D computer model; the results compared with results predicted by the existing gear design standards. The existing gear standards use 2D tooth compliance values up to 50% less than those obtained in this work, largely due to inadequate modelling of the gear body compliance, which is most significant in gear wheels. Comparison of 3D tooth compliance values shows a large discrepancy between author's results again due to inadequate modelling of the gear body.

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Background: The width of the facial alveolar bone wall is crucial for long term successful esthetic outcomes of implants immediately placed into extraction sockets. A threshold of 2 mm is recommended to minimize buccal vertical bone resorption. Aim: To assess the width of the facial alveolar bone wall using cone-beam computed tomography images (CBCT). Methods: Retrospective CBCT images were acquired from a representative sample of Asians using the i-CAT® classic system with a 0.4 mm voxel size. At random, 200 CBCT images were selected according to predefined criteria. The DICOM file was imported into the i-Cat Vision® software. In the panoramic screen, the middle of each tooth was selected and, in the sagittal window, the middle cross section was selected for performing the measurements using a computer. The vertical distance from the alveolar crest (BC) - CEJ was measured. The width of the facial alveolar bone wall was measured at three locations: 1, 3, and 5 mm apical to BC. Descriptive statistics, frequency analyses, and multi-level comparisons were performed. Results: The sample consisted of 74 males and 126 females (mean age of 37.2 years; range 17-82 years). A total of 3618 teeth were assessed. There was no significant difference between the values of right and left sides, or between genders. However, statistically significant differences were observed between age groups at all levels. The distance from CEJ-BC varied from 0.4 to 4mm, with an overall tendency to increase with age. The mean width of the facial alveolar bone wall at anterior teeth was 0.9 mm and increased towards posterior regions. Rarely, a width of 2 mm was yielded (0.6-1.8 % for anterior teeth, 0.7- 30.8 % for posterior teeth). At a 5mm distance from BC, minimal widths of facial alveolar bone were identified for the anterior teeth. The frequency of dehiscence ranged from 9.9- 51.6 % for anterior and 3.1- 53.6 % for posterior teeth, respectively. Conclusion and clinical implications: A thin facial alveolar bone wall was usually present in both jaws. Hence, for most patients, adjunctive bone augmentation may be needed when installing implants in areas of esthetic concern. / published_or_final_version / Dental Surgery / Master / Master of Dental Surgery