OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the physiochemical characteristics of resin restorative material and its clinical application in repairing dental caries.METHODS:Related papers published between January 1995 and January 2010 were searched using key words of "dental caries,resin,restoration,dental pulp,wear resistance and hardness" both in English and Chinese from databases of Medline and Chinese Journal Full-text Database.RESULTS:As a kind of cosmetology repair material,the color of resin restorative material is similar to the natural teeth,and exhibits strong bonding force to enamel.But,the mechanical features of which is smaller than dental amalgam.The composite resin commonly comprised crystalline quartz and fumed silica,which had advantages of insufficient mechanical strength,poor wear resistance and great polymerization shrinkage.Recently,the research of resin gained breakthrough and newly typed composite resin was developed.Though the mechanical strength has been notably improved,it is still far from the requirement.The polymer-metal nano-resins,such as tantalum oxide nanoparticles and zirconia-based resin,can not only enhance the strength,decrease polymerization shrinkage,but also exhibit good appearance and surface properties,therefore are themost promising materials.CONCLUSION:At present,plenty of resin restorative materials were used in caries fillings with own advantages and disadvantages.Novel composite resin would be widely used in future due to its unique superiority.

OBJECTIVE: Dental implantation is one of effective method to repair defect and dentition. Therefore, it has wide perspective for clinical application. This study was designed to evaluate physicochemical property and clinical application of dental implant materials.METHODS: A computer-based online search was conducted in Medline for English language publications containing the key words of "dental implant, biocompatibility" from January 1999 to November 2009. Relevant data were also searched from CNKI with the same key words in Chinese from January 1999 to November 2009.RESULTS: With the development of medical materials, metal, ceramics, high polymer, composite materials, and nano-materials played important roles in dental implantation. Biochemical function, including biological morphology and correlation with adjacent soft and sclerous tissues, of the implanted teeth becomes a hot topic in modern tooth implantation. Nanometer technique, as a novel technique of living and life materials, becomes a hot research in oral implantology.CONCLUSION: Varying materials have been applied for tooth implantation, while nano-materials are developing for replacing traditional implant materials.

By means of the introarterial-injected preparations with oil dye(in some caseswith neuprene latex),the cerebral arterial circle and vertebral-basilar artery of camel(Bactrianus Camelus)were studied in 15 cases.The results obtained are as follows:1.The cerebral arterial circle is composed of two parts,and is formed by theinternal carotid artery intracranial segments and the caudal communicating arteriesas well as their branches of both sides,respectively.66.7 per cent of the caudalcommunicating arteries originate from the carotid rete,33.3 per cent from the inter-nal carotid artery intracranial segment.Anastomosis was found between these twovessels in 46.7 per cent and 20.0 per cent has no communicating branches.This isdifferent from other mammals.The average diameters of the two vessels are 0.216+0.057 cm and 0.178+0.056 cm,respectively.The circle gives the following vessels:rostral cerebral arteries,middle cerebral arteries,caudal cerebral arteries,and thecaudal segment of basilar artery.2.After receiving the branches of occipital artery,the vertebral artery entersinto the cranial cavity and divides to form the cerebral-spinal circle together withbranches on the opposite side.The circle gives rise to the caudal segment of basilarartery and ventral spinal artery.3.The course of the basilar artery differs in no way from the usual patternfound in other mammals,but it is of interest to note that the calibre of this vesselindicate the flow of the blood away the cerebral arterial circle as well as the cere-bral-spinal circle.The vessels arisen from the basilar artery are rostrol cerebellararteries,caudal cerebellar arteries,postpone branches and medullary branches.

Objective To observe the clinical efficacy of electroacupuncture plus puncturing the thirteen ghost points in treating diabetic gastroparesis.Method Sixty patients with diabetic gastroparesis were randomized into a treatment group and a control group, 30 in each group. The treatment group was intervened by electroacupuncture plus puncturing the thirteen ghost points, while the control group was by electroacupuncture alone. The clinical efficacies were then compared.Result The total effective rate was 93.3% in the treatment group versus 83.3% in the control group, and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). Conclusion Electroacupuncture plus puncturing the thirteen ghost points is an effective approach in treating diabetic gastroparesis.

Objective To analyze testing results and values of blood heterotypic lymphocyte in flu patients.Methods 100 cases of influenza patients and 100 healthy people were collected.The observation group for flu patients and control group of healthy people.Extraction of peripheral blood in patients with microscopic examination observing leukocyte,neutrophil,lymphocyte,intermediate cells,atypical lymphocytes under a microscope,and calculated the percentage in the patients in the two group cells to make analysis and comparison.Ratio in peripheral blood of patients and analysis of specific lymphocytes were also calculated between different ages.Results Peripheral blood lymphocytes in observation group was (11.1 ± 2.6) ％,which was significantly higher than than of the control group [(1.5 ± 0.5) ％].The difference was statistically significant (chi-square =16.9,P ＜ 0.05) ; White blood cells,the ratio of neutrophils,lymphocytes in observation group were obvious differenent compared with the control group(t/chi square are:13.2,11.3 and 12.6,P ＜ 0.05) ;Three ages of influenza patients peripheral blood lymphocytes of the opposite sex ratio has no difference(P ＞ 0.05).Conclusion Detection of peripheral blood lymphocyte heterosexual has great significance to the diagnosis of influenza with simple,convenient and feasible characters.It is worth to be used widely in clinical practice.

OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the environmental quality of planting bases of Artemisia argyi in Qichun county of Hubei province so as to provide scientific foundation for the construction of the planting bases of A. argyi which conforms to the require-ments of Good Agriculturing Practice (GAP). METHODS:By reference to national Ambient Air Quality Standards (GB 3095-1996),Water Quality Standards for Farm Irrigation(GB 5084-2005)and Soil Environment Quality Standards(GB 15618-1995), the ambient air,irrigation water and soil quality at 3 major producing areas of A. argyi,including Hongmenlou,Zhulinhu and Tongxin,were tested respectively. RESULTS:At the 3 major producing areas,the ambient air(including sulfur dioxide,nitrogen dioxide,total suspended particulates,fluoride,etc.)was up to primary standards in Ambient Air Quality Standards,irrigation wa-ter quality(including pH,chloride,sulfide,total arsenic,total mercury,lead,cadmium,fecal coligroup count,number of ascaris eggs,etc.)met the basic dry farming requirements in Water Quality Standards for Farm Irrigation,and soil quality(including pH, cadmium,mercury,lead,arsenic,chromium,copper,DDT,hexachlorocyclohexane,etc.) reached secondary standards in Soil Environment Quality Standards. CONCLUSIONS:The aforesaid results show that the planting bases meet GAP requirements in am-bient air,irrigation water and soil quality and are applicable producing areas of medicinal material A. argyi.

Objective To investigate the diagnostic value and the clinical significance of six tumour markers of pleural effusion and serum in patients with lung cancer by detecting tumour marker and pleural effusion cytological examination. Methods Carcinoembryanic antigen (CEA), cancer antigen 19-9 (CA19-9),squamous cell carcinoma antigen (SCC), neuron specific enolase(NSE), cytokeratin 19 fragments(CYFRA21-l)and progastrin releasing peptide (ProCRP) levels in pleural effusion and serum sample from 50 cases of lung cancer and 30 cases of benign lung disease were detected by chemical and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.At the same time, the specimen of patients from pleural effusion was examinated by cytological method.According to the data above, the rational clinical diagnosis value were established by ROC curves. Results Six tumour markers in pleural effusion of lung cancer were higher than those of benign lung diseases, CEA,CA19-9, CYFRA21-1 and ProGRP were the highest group (P<0.05). The ratio of CEA, serum CYFRA21-1and CEA levels in pleural fluid and serum (P/S) in the group was the largest area under the ROC curve.Conclusion Pleural fluid CEA, the ratio of CYFRA21-1 and CEA levels in pleural fluid and serum (P/S) is helpful to differentiating benign and malignant pleural effusion diseases.The diagnostic value of pleural fluid CEA is important.

OBJECTIVE:To compare the contents of eucalyptol in Artemisia argyi of 5 different planting densities. METH-ODS:Gas chromatography method was performed on the column of HP-5 capillary column,and cyclohexanone was selected as in-ternal standard,the carrier gas was nitrogen at a flow rate of 0.6 ml/min,the volume temperature was 240℃,the detector tempera-ture was 250 ℃,the split ratio was 10∶1,and the injection volume was 1 μl. RESULTS:The linear range of eucalyptol was 0.420 4-1.261 2 mg/ml(r=0.999 9);RSDs of precision,stability and reproducibility tests were no more than 0.92%;average recovery was 99.6%(RSD=1.4%,n=6). CONCLUSIONS:The method is simple,rapid,accurate,reliable and reproducible,and can be used for the content determination of eucalyptol in A. argyi. The optimal planting density of A. argyi was spaced 30 cm×40 cm.

OBJECTIVE To highlight the characteristics of diffuse panbronchiolitis(DPB) in community hospital.METHODS One patient with DPB confirmed by clinic was described and relevant literatures were reviewed.RESULTS DPB was a chronic lower respiratory tract disease common in Japanese,rare in China,characterized by infiltration of inflammatory cells around bronchioles.Symptoms included cough,expectoration,and dyspnea after exercises.Pseudomonas aeruginosa was isolated from sputum in some cases.Some patients had the history and X-ray manifestation of sinusitis.The reason for a high misdiagnosis rate was due to unknown to its clinical findings and its diagnosis standard among doctors in community hospital.Chest high resolution CT(HRCT) could be attributed to the diagnosis of diffuse panbronchiolitis.The early treatment with macrolides was satisfied.CONCLUSIONS The patients with the history of chronic cough,expectoration and sinusitis,should be diagnosed.Long term,low dose macrolide therapy may improve the prognosis through an anti-inflammatory effect.

The phenomenon of perineural invasion in pancreatic cancer occurs more easily.It can cause pain and tumor recurrence,and result in poor prognosis.The perineural invasion of pancreas cancer is closely related to the anatomical basis of pancreas and nerve tissue as well as the changes in the tumor microenvironment.Multiple factors in the microenvironment take part in the development of perineural invasion,meanwhile,the tumor tissue itself can also change the microenvironment.This article is to overview the research on the anatomy and molecular biology of perineural invasion of pancreas cancer.