During a 3-year follow-up period, no cases of wear-related osteolysis were noted radiographically in the present study, and no head decentering was observed on the digital radiographs.
Therefore, statistical methods cannot fully represent the wear process, especially in the case of wear evolution stages [10].
Because of their plasticity, macrophages could be a promising therapeutic target, in the special case of wear particle-induced osteolysis to enhance osseointegration of the implant, and in general to enhance bone healing.
Production team will coordinate with design team to manufacture products incorporating repair ability concept so that product may be repaired in case of wear out with less time and cost effect.
This has the added advantage of the reusability of the moulds should the patient request for another prosthesis in case of wear, tear, staining or loss of elasticity.
He came out quite quickly, as I expected him to, and it was just a case of wearing him down".
Donachie and Walls [ 7, 8] outlined various flaws in the tooth wear index as an epidemiological tool in the ageing population and suggested a need to increase the sensitivity of TWI at extremes of tooth wear, to take account of the capacity of the elderly to have adequate function in cases of significant wear.
However, we found no cases of measurable wear even though we used a high-precision measuring method.
This assumption is supported by the finding that these types of lesions are not present in ancient remains even in cases of severe wear.
It is unclear if these data really reflect more severe tissue loss occurring in children or if the thin deciduous enamel leads to early exposure of dentine also in cases of minor wear, which would mean an overestimation of the condition.
