In a randomized clinical trial conducted 10 years ago, 274 single- and multiple-surface glass-ionomer posterior restorations were performed using a modified ART approach as part of the restorative strategy of a prenatal oral healthcare program directed at 43 high-caries active pregnant patients of low social background.
It is well known that the IGF-1 level decreases with age, so future trials could be warranted to establish whether its supplementation or increase through other hormones (ie, growth hormones) would be an effective restorative strategy (Bonkowski et al 2006).
It seemed to acknowledge that current approaches to sustainability based on damage limitation were failing to halt declines in key environmental and social systems and call for a shift from palliative to restorative strategies.
Furthermore, restorative strategies are considered to increase the efficiency and robustness of the proposed relief network under disaster.
These restorative strategies include addiction recovery, treatment for mental illness, education, faith- and values-based programs that support life transformation and programs that help keep families together.
As neuronal cell losses are limited, restorative strategies with stem and progenitor cells are under investigation for tissue repair and recovery in neonatal and adult SCI.
Such restorative justice strategies have been proven to be effective and cost far less than the high rates of relapse and recidivism of drug users that we have now.
Moreover, further investigations into large animal models of diseases resembling age-related macular degeneration will be needed if any restorative transplantation strategies are to be employed in this disorder.
Siegel has distilled his success with such patients into a notion of "restorative sex" — the strategy of seeking a partner or partners whose complementary needs, fantasies, traumas, and expectations provide a sense of freedom to experiment.
Various restorative cell transplantation strategies have been investigated to substitute for lost dopamine (DA) neurons or to enhance DA synthesis in Parkinson's disease.
Diane Perlman, PhD is a clinical and political psychologist with interests in the psychology of enmity, nuclear proliferation, terrorism, gender and violence, post-conflict processes of restorative justice, and strategies of tension reduction and nonviolent conflict transformation.
