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The Changes in Nickel and Chromium Ion Levels in Saliva with Fixed Orthodontic Appliances: A Systematic Review

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2023
Fixed orthodontic appliances (braces systems) contain variable amounts of nickel and chromium, which can lead to immune responses and allergic reactions.
Klaudija Urbutytė   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Controlling Home Appliances Remotely through Voice Command [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Controlling appliances is a main part of automation. The main object of Home automation is to provide a wireless communication link of home appliances to the remote user. The main objective of this work is to make such a system which controls the home appliances remotely.
arxiv   +1 more source

Non-Intrusive Electrical Appliances Monitoring and Classification using K-Nearest Neighbors [PDF]

open access: yes2019 2nd International Conference on Innovation in Engineering and Technology (ICIET), 2019
Non-Intrusive Load Monitoring (NILM) is the method of detecting an individual device's energy signal from an aggregated energy consumption signature [1]. As existing energy meters provide very little to no information regarding the energy consumption of individual appliances apart from the aggregated power rating, the spotting of individual appliances'
arxiv   +1 more source

Fluoridated elastomers: Effect on the microbiology of plaque [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of fluoridated elastomeric ligatures on the microbiology of local dental plaque in vivo. This randomized, prospective, longitudinal, clinical trial had a split-mouth crossover design. The subjects
Alstad   +18 more
core   +1 more source

A Retrospective Study of Dental Trauma in Israel Military Personnel

open access: yesDental Traumatology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Traumatic dental injuries (TDIs) are a significant public health concern, especially prevalent among active populations like military personnel, where the causes and consequences of such injuries can be particularly severe due to the nature of their duties.
Yael Arbel   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nickel Release and the Viability of Streptococcus mutans Corresponding to Low Risk of Dental Caries in Artificial Saliva Containing Orthodontic Appliances: In Vitro Study

open access: yesTurkish Journal of Orthodontics, 2022
Objective: The aims of this study were to determine the effect of different levels of Streptococcus mutans that correspond to a low risk of dental caries on nickel release and to determine the viability of S.
Serap Titiz   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

MotorBeat: Acoustic Communication for Home Appliances via Variable Pulse Width Modulation [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2022
More and more home appliances are now connected to the Internet, thus enabling various smart home applications. However, a critical problem that may impede the further development of smart home is overlooked: Small appliances account for the majority of home appliances, but they receive little attention and most of them are cut off from the Internet ...
arxiv  

Do the Mechanical and Chemical Properties of Invisalign\u3csup\u3eTM\u3c/sup\u3e Appliances Change After Use? A Retrieval Analysis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Aim: To investigate the mechanical and chemical alterations of Invisalign appliances after intraoral aging. Materials and methods: Samples of Invisalign appliances (Align Technology, San Jose, California, USA) were collected following routine treatment ...
Bradley, T. Gerard   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Effect of autoclave sterilization on nickel ion release from stainless steel crowns and space maintainer bands

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Oral Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract This study aimed to investigate the effect of autoclave sterilization on the leaching of nickel ions from stainless steel crowns and space maintainer bands used in pediatric dentistry. Sixty space maintainer bands and 60 stainless steel crowns were divided into sterilized (Amsco Century V‐120 Prevac steam sterilizer) and non‐sterilized groups.
Noura Alessa   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Factors affecting dental biofilm in patients wearing fixed orthodontic appliances

open access: yesProgress in orthodontics, 2017
BackgroundThe aim of this study is to investigate the amount and the distribution of biofilm in patients wearing fixed appliances and its relation with age, gender, frequency of tooth brushing, and patient motivation.MethodsThe sample comprised 52 ...
L. Mei   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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