Does an intracanal composite anchorage replace posts?

Objectives

This study aims to assess the effectiveness of an intracanal composite anchorage to replace conventionally cemented titanium or bonded glass fibre posts.

Materials and methods

Post space preparation was performed up to depths of 6 mm (groups 1 and 2) and 3 mm (group 3) in root filled mandibular premolars. In group 1, titanium posts were cemented with zinc phosphate cement. Glass fibre posts were adhesively cemented in group 2 using a dual-cure composite resin. In group 3, intracanal anchorage was solely performed with a dual-cure composite. All teeth were restored with standardised direct composite crowns without a ferrule. After thermo-mechanical loading, static load was applied until failure. Fracture patterns were assessed, and a microscopic analysis was performed to analyse the occurrence of additional cracks.

Results

Group 2 revealed a significantly higher median fracture value (408 N) than groups 1 and 3, while no difference was detected between group 1 (290 N) and group 3 (234 N) (p?=?.1417). In group 3, the more favourable fracture patterns were observed. However, the majority of teeth within this fracture category revealed additional minor cracks of the root.

Conclusions

Within the limitations of this study, adhesive intracanal anchorage to a depth of 3 mm with resin composite only has the same fracture resistance as titanium posts conventionally cemented to a depth of 6 mm. Even teeth with repairable main fractures exhibited additional dentinal cracks on the root.

Clinical relevance

Additional dentinal root cracks in the teeth with repairable main fractures may considerably impair their longevity.     

Manutenção da anestesia inalatória com a máscara facial Janus para substituição de válvula aórtica transcateter: uma série de casos

Background and objectives

Aortic stenosis is the most common type of heart valve disease. Percutaneous aortic valve replacement has become the alternative for patients considered at high risk for surgery. Controlled mechanical ventilation with tracheal intubation has been the choice for this type of procedure, however the use of noninvasive ventilation in cardiac patients has shown to be beneficial. Janus is a novel full‐face mask that allows application of noninvasive ventilation support during anesthesia. Our main objective was to evaluate the feasibility of transcatheter aortic valve replacement with prolonged transesophageal echocardiographic monitoring under deep inhalational sedation delivered through a new mask for noninvasive ventilation.

Seguimiento a largo plazo del cabestrillo AdVance®/AdVanceXP®. ¿Qué piensa el cirujano?, ¿qué piensa el paciente?

Objectives

To analyse the safety, efficacy and quality of life of patients with male stress urinary incontinence after radical prostatectomy treated with the AdVance^® and AdvanceXP^® slings.

Three-dimensional transvaginal sonography of interstitial pregnancy

We describe the case of a 33-year-old pregnant woman, gravida 1 para 0, who was referred to us with a presumptive diagnosis of an interstitial pregnancy. The patient had had amenorrhea for 7 weeks and had previously undergone myomectomy. Two-dimensional sonographic examination revealed a gestational sac located outside the uterine cavity but could not define its exact anatomic position. Using transvaginal 3-dimensional sonography, we were able to correctly depict the sac, which was located where the fallopian tube crossed the uterine horn. We performed a cornual resection, during which the diagnosis of interstitial pregnancy was confirmed. The use of 3-dimensional sonography in this patient's case thus led to appropriate early treatment and avoidance of possible subsequent morbidity.