Objective To evaluate modified retropubic prostatectomy in the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia.Methods Modified retropubic prostatectomy was carried out for 56 cases of benign prostatic hyperplasia and the patients were followed up for 1～24 months.Results The procedure were satisfactory in all with less complication.Conclusion Modified retropubic prostatectomy is belived to be the idea surgical procedure for the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia.

OBJECTIVETo observe and evaluate the clinical performance of zirconia crowns made by CEREC inLab computer aided design/computer aided manufacturing(CAD/CAM) for posterior teeth.

METHODSA total of 242 patients were implanted with zirconia crowns fabricated by CEREC inLab CAD/CAM. The crowns were evaluated by Modified US Public Health Service criteria at baseline, 6, 12, 24, and 36 months. The chi-square test was used to analyze the survival rate.

RESULTSAll but five crowns were evaluated by an independent evaluator at baseline, 6, 12, 24, and 36 months. The survival rate declined with time. The A score percentage was above 85% at 36 months.

CONCLUSIONThe single zirconia crowns fabricated by CEREC inLab CAD/CAM demonstrate satisfactory clinical performance during a short period.

Ceramics ; Computer-Aided Design ; Crowns ; Dental Porcelain ; Dental Prosthesis Design ; Zirconium

Objective:To evaluate the effects of shade and light irradiation condition on the polymerization of composite resin core material.Methods:The light-proof silicon rubber cuboid mold with one end open were stringed and filled by dual-cured flowable composite resin core material with the shade of dentine and white(Paracore) respectively,then the open end of mold was irradiated directly by a light unit at 1 000 mW/cm2 ×20 s and 3 200 mW/cm2 ×6 s respectively.And all specimens of 4 groups(n =5) were stored in the light-proof box.1 h and 24 h after irradiation,Knoop microhardness was measured along the vertical surfaces of the specimens at the depth of 1,2 and 3 mm respectively.Data were analyzed by One-way ANOVA.Results:At all light irradiation conditions,the hardness of all specimens decreased with the increase of measurement depth.24 h after irradiation,the hardness of dentine shade specimens at each measurement depth showed no difference between 1 000 mW/cm2 × 20 s and 3 200 mW/cm2 × 6 s irradiation,while the white shade specimens irradiated by 1 000 mW/cm2 × 20 s showed higher hardness than those by 3 200 mW/cm2 × 6 s.Conclusion:To obtain sufficient polymerization of composite core material with different shade optimal light irradiation condition should be selected.

OBJECTIVETo evaluate the bond strength and durability of a self-adhesive resin cement with a zirconia ceramic pretreated by a zirconia primer.

METHODSZirconia ceramic (Vita Inceram YZ) plates with a thickness of 2.5 mm were fired, polished, and then cleaned. Half of the polished ceramic plates were sandblasted with 50 μm alumina particles at 0.3 MPa for 20 s. The surface compound weight ratios were measured via X-ray fluorescence microscopy. The polished and sandblasted ceramic plates were directly bonded with self-adhesive resin cement (Biscem) or were pretreated by a zirconia primer (Z Primer Plus) before bonding with Biscem. The specimens of each test group were divided into two subgroups (n=10) and subjected to the shear test after 0 and 10,000 thermal cycles. The data were analyzed via three-way ANOVA.

RESULTSAfter air abrasion, 8.27% weight ratio of alumina attached to the zirconia surface. Compared with air abrasion, primer treatment more significantly improved the primary resin bond strength of the zirconia ceramic. The primary resin bond strength of the zirconia ceramic with no primer treatment was not affected by thermocycling (P>0.05). However, the primary resin bond strength of the zirconia ceramic with primer treatment was significantly decreased by thermocycling (P<0.05).

CONCLUSIONPrimer treatment can improve the primary resin bond strengths of zirconia ceramics. However, the bond interface of the primer is not stable and rapidly degraded during thermocycling.

Adhesives ; Aluminum Oxide ; Ceramics ; Dental Bonding ; Dental Porcelain ; Dental Stress Analysis ; Materials Testing ; Resin Cements ; Surface Properties ; Zirconium

ObjectiveTo observe the changes of high sensitive serum C-reaction protein (hsCRP) in macrovascular disease with or without type 2 diabetes.MethodsThere were 3 groups population in our study:148 type 2 diabetic patients were divided into 2 subgroups:77 patients with macrovascular disease and 71 without macrovascular disease, 73 non-diabetic patients with macrovascular disease and 75 health controls. The concentration of serum hsCRP of all patients were determined by ELISA.ResultsThere was significant difference in concentration of serum hsCRP between type 2 diabetes with or without macrovascular disease groups, non-diabetes macrovascular disease group and control(P<0.01 or P<0.001). However, there was not significant difference between 2 diabetes groups and non- diabetic macrovascular disease group(P>0.05). There was no significant difference in hsCRP between type 2 diabetes with and without macrovascular disease (P>0.05).ConclusionThere may be a chronic inflammatory reaction in patients with type 2 diabetes or macrovascular disease. hsCRP might be a well forecasting factor of the occurrence and development of type 2 diabetes and atherosclerosis.

Objective: To explore the effect of ultrasound on dentin smear layer's surface and bonding strength of the universal resin adhesive under self-etching mode. Methods: Forty mandibular third molars without caries were randomly divided into two groups; one was polished with silicon carbide sandpaper; the other was polished with silicon carbide sandpaper followed by ultrasonic treatment. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) was used to observe surface of the dentin. Treated teeth were bonded with two universal resin adhesives, Clearfil Universal Bond (pH=2.3) and All-Bond Universal (pH=3.1), and the penetration of the bonding interface was observed with a confocal laser scanning microscope (CLSM) after Rhodamine B staining. Finally, the micro tensile bond strength test was conducted to test the adhesion. Results: The SEM showed that after polishing with silicon carbide sandpaper, the smear layer of the dentin surface was scratched, and dentin tubules were almost completely blocked, with no obvious dentin tubules exposed. After ultrasonic treatment, the scratches were reduced, and a large number of dentin tubules were exposed. CLSM showed that both adhesives could penetrate the dentin along the dentin tubules more deeply after ultrasound treatment. Micro tensile bond strength tests showed that ultrasonic treatment could enhance the bonding strength of two universal resin adhesives. However, there was no statistical difference in bonding strength between these two universal resin adhesives under the same treatment. . Conclusion Ultrasound can partially remove the smear layer on dentin's surface, expose dentin tubules, and increase universal resin adhesives' penetration depth and bonding strength under self-etching mode

AIM:To investigate the maturation of mice immature myeloid dendritic cells (mDCs) induced by antigen(Ag)85B of mycobacterium tuberculosis, and the expression of TSLPR and OX40L mediated by TSLP in vitro. METHODS:Recombinant mouse GM-CSF ( rmGM-CSF) and rmIL-4 were used to induce bone marrow precursor cells of C57BL/6 mice to differentiate into immature mDCs in vitro.mDCs were identified followed by purification using CD 11c binding magnetic beads .The morphological characteristic of mDCs was observed under inverted phase-contrast microscope and scanning electron microscope .The surface phenotypes of mDCs were determined by flow cytometry .To obtain the opti-mal concentrations of Ag85B and TSLP, immature mDCs were cultured with different concentrations of Ag 85B or TSLP at 0 (control group), 50, 100 and 200 μg/L for 24 h, and the expression of cell surface molecules CD 80, CD86, TSLPR and OX40L was detected by flow cytometry.In addition, the expression of TSLPR and OX40L in Ag85B and TSLP-co-stimula-ted mDCs was determined by flow cytometry .RESULTS:After 7 d of culture in vitro, the cells showed irregular dendritic protrusions under the inverted-phase contrast microscope , and had wrinkles and dendritic splits under scanning electron mi-croscope , conformed to the morphological characteristics of immature mDCs .The mDCs cells expressed higher level of spe-cific marker CD11c, lower level of co-stimulatory molecules CD80 and CD86, which conformed to the phenotype of imma-ture mDCs.The CD80 +and CD86 +cell ratios of mDCs displayed significant increases in 50, 100 and 200μg/L Ag85B or TSLP groups compared with control group (P<0.05).The ratios of TSLPR +and OX40L+cells did not differ among dif-ferent concentrations of Ag 85B groups.The ratios of TSLPR +and OX40L+cells were significantly increased in 100 μg/L and 200μg/L TSLP groups compared with control group and 50μg/L TSLP group (P<0.05).Under the circumstance of optimal Ag85B or TSLP treatment concentration at 200 μg/L, there was significantly decreased in TSLPR and OX 40L cell ratio of mDCs in Ag85B group or Ag85B combined with TSLP group when compared with TSLP group (P<0.05), and no significant difference among Ag85B group, Ag85B combined with TSLP group and control group was observed .CONCLU-SION: Ag85B enhances mDCs maturation by up-regulating the expression of co-stimulatory molecules CD80 and CD86, and inhibit the expression of pro-inflammatory specific molecules TSLPR and OX40L on TSLP-activated mDCs, indicating that Ag85B modifies the development of asthmatic airway inflammation through the pathway of TSLP -activated mDCs.

Objective To discuss the application of microsurgery in the treatment of male infertility.Methods From March 2007 to March 2012,there were totally 853 infertile men received microsurgical treatments in our department.Among them,344 patients with unilateral or bilateral varicocele underwent microsurgical varicocelectomy,60 underwent vasovasostomy (VV) and 192 underwent vastoepidystomy (VE)in microsurgical methods due to obstructive azoospermia.257 non-obstructive azoospermia (NOA) patients were performed microdissection of testicular sperm extraction (MD-TESE),at the same time,pathologic examination was done.Results ①For the varicocele patients,the pre-operative sperm density was (10 ±6) × 106/ml,the progressive sperm percentage was (16 ± 9)％.The post-operative density was (15 ± 8) ×106/ml,the progressive sperm percentage was (28 ± 14)％.The natural pregnant rate was 10.8％ (37/344).②In 60 patients undergone VV,the patent rate was 80.0％ (48/60),the natural pregnant rate was 35.0％ (21/60).In 192 VE patients,the patent rate was 53.1％ (102/192),the natural pregnant rate was 19.8％ (38/192).③In 257 NOA patients,the testicular volume,sperm retrieval rate of MD-TESE was significantly higher than that of conventional testicular sperm extraction (60.3％ vs.38.1％).Conclusion The microsurgery techniques in male infertility treatments could have some advantages such as explicit effects and decreased injuries.

Objective:To investigate the effects of TLR4 knockout on immune cells and adipokines in mouse visceral adipose tissue.Methods: Cells were isolated from the spleen and epididymal adipose tissue of 20-week-old male wild type mice C57BL/6 and TLR4-/-.The expression of F4/80,CD11b,CD11c,CD3,CD4 and CD8 in these cells were analyzed by flow cytometry.The expression of IL-6,HMGB1,TNF-α,adiponectin and resistin in epididymal adipose tissue were detected by qPCR.Results: Compared with wild type C57BL/6 mice,the percentage of M1 macrophage which marked F4/80+CD11b+CD11c+ in spleen and epididymal adipose tissue of TLR4-/-mice increased(P<0.05) greatly,while that of M2 macrophage which marked F4/80+CD11b+CD11c-was decreased(P<0.05)significantly.This trend was more remarkable in epididymal adipose tissue than in spleen(P<0.05).In epididymal adipose tissue,the percentage of CD4+T cells decreased but that of CD8+T cells increased in TLR4-/-mice.Moreover,the high-level expressions of IL-6,HMGB1,resistin were found in epididymal adipose tissue of TLR4-/-mice.However,the expressions of TNF-α and adiponectin decreased obviously.Conclusion: TLR4 knock-out could lead to a disorder in adipokine and immune cells in visceral adipose tissue.

OBJECTIVETo evaluate the coronal microleakage of teeth restored with fiber posts and composite cores with four different resin bonding systems.

METHODSSixty extracted human maxillary single-rooted teeth were endodontically treated and randomly divided into four groups. Post spaces were prepared in the root canals. Four different resin bonding systems (RelyX Unicem, Dulink, DC core Automix, Luxacore) were used respectively to bond fiber posts and reconstruct cores. The specimens were immersed in India ink for one week. Subsequently all teeth were demineralized, dehydrated and rendered transparent. Then microleakage was observed with stereomicroscope.

RESULTSThe microleakage degrees among four resin bonding systems were significantly different (P = 0.007), and group C showed the least microleakage compared with the other three.

CONCLUSIONSelf-etching resin bonding systems have a super margin sealing ability.

Composite Resins ; Dental Bonding ; Dental Leakage ; Dentin-Bonding Agents ; Humans ; Post and Core Technique ; Resin Cements