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In order to increase patient compliance, cooperation and improvement in the treatment quality, information regarding patient satisfaction, perception and expectations is of paramount importance. Present study is to assess the factors influencing patient’s perception and satisfaction regarding quality of dental care they receive at a Dental Hospital located in the city of Bengaluru. A crosssectional questionnaire study was conducted among 400 adult patients aged between 20-65 years visiting the Dental Hospital.

Various lesions of the oral cavity have always been a challenge to Radiologists., delineating the extent of a mass in the oral cavity can prove to be difficult owing to the close relation of adjacent mucosa. Very Small tumours of the oral cavity are not always visible on conventional CT studies. Even though Large tumours can be well made out on CT, it may not be always possible to determine the surface of origin of the tumour. Dynamic manoeuvres tend to distend the oral cavity and widen the window available for the radiologists.

This article proposes a study of the effect of various doses of fungicides in presence and in absence of Pyricularia oryzae or of Helminthosporium oryzae, on the germination of seeds, on the length of coleoptiles, roots, the lesions on coléoptiles and on duration of protection of the plants of rice, against both pathogens. Accordingly, the fungicides protection of seeds against appearances inferred by both pathogens depends on the pathogen, and the dose of the fungicide used.

Effluent produced by the cellulose and textiles industries contains inorganic and organic substances. These can only be removed by pretreatment of the wastewater followed by biological treatment. The microbes help to accelerate the degrading process. Some bacteria are isolated from environment playing a fabulous role in improving the quality of waste water. The present study was conducted to find out the potential of bacteria for reducing the hardness and total dissolve solid in effluent.

In this paper we find regions containing all or a specific number of zeros of a polynomial in which the real and imaginary parts of the coefficients satisfy some restricted conditions.

The rapid rise in the world’s population and our ever-growing dependence on fossil fuel-based modes of production has played a considerable role in the growing concentration of greenhouse gases (GHG) in the atmosphere. As a result, global temperatures are increasing, the sea level is rising and precipitation patterns are changing, while storm surges, floods, droughts and heat waves are becoming more frequent and severe.

In occupational health, safety and prevention of hazards among developing countries have much to be done. This original case study in which a fitter was treated for cervical and lumbar disc lesions with conservative physiotherapy. With an encouraging prognosis, other prophylactic aspects of rehabilitation including ergonomics were discussed.

The aim of this study was to gauge the awareness of general dental practitioners’ concerns of providing dental treatment for medically compromised children. Materials And Method: A rundown of inquiries by means of questionnaires for gauging and quantifying statistically the confidence, experience and willingness for treating medically compromised children was sent via email to 300 general dental practitioners utilizing Google Online Survey form. Result: Out of 300 questionnaires, 165 responded to the survey; the response rate being 55%.

Aim: To estimate the levels of N-telopeptide of type I collagen (NTx) in gingival crevicular fluid (GCF) in periodontally healthy, gingivitis, generalized chronic periodontitis subjects and after nonsurgical periodontal therapy for periodontitis patients along with its association with the clinical parameters. Materials and Methods: A total of 72 subjects were selected from the out-patient department of Periodontology, Meenakshi Ammal Dental College and Hospital.

Parent-to-child-transmission (PTCT) of HIV is the transmission of HIV from an HIV positive mother to her child during any stage of pregnancy, labour, delivery or breastfeeding. It is necessary to ensure that the nurse/midwife has adequate knowledge about the strategies for the prevention of vertical transmission of HIV in order to target safe, rational and effective intervention to reduce PTCT of HIV.