This study aimed to present a wireless mandibular motion tracking device and optoelectronic data acquisition system developed to analyze the real-time spatial motion of the entire mandible during mouth opening and closing with no restriction of any movement. The procedures were divided into three phases: confection of a kinematic arch, dynamic digital video image acquisition, and image processing and analysis by using graphic computation. Four sequences of jaw opening/closing movements were recorded in lateral view: two from the maximum intercuspation (MIC) and the other two from a forced mandibular retruded position. Jaw motion was recorded by a digital video camera and processed as spatial coordinates corresponding to the position variation of the markers in the kinematic arch. The results showed that the method was capable of recording and processing the dynamics of the mandibular movements during jaw opening/closing using pixel-magnitude points. The mandible showed points with less displacement located near the temporomandibular joint during the opening/closing movements from the mandibular retruded position. When the jaw movements were recorded from MIC, these points were located near the mandibular foramen.

Um dos principais objetivos do cimento, que fixa a restauração protética ao dente, é o selamento da fenda existente entre os mesmos. Para avaliar a infiltração marginal, foram feitos preparos cavitários padronizados, em 20 dentes naturais extraídos. As coroas totais foram fundidas em NiCr, sendo 10 cimentadas com cimento de fosfato de zinco e 10 com cimento resinoso Panavia 21. As amostras foram submetidas à ciclagem térmica e em seguida foram colocadas em solução de azul de metileno a 0,5%. Após o seccionamento vestíbulo-lingual, os corpos-de-prova foram examinados com lupa de aumento. Houve diferença significante entre os dois cimentos testados, sendo que 100% das amostras cimentadas com cimento de fosfato de zinco apresentaram infiltração atingindo dentina e polpa e 100% das amostras cimentadas com Panavia 21 não sofreram qualquer tipo de infiltração. Conclui-se que: o cimento resinoso Panavia 21 apresentou melhores resultados, quanto ao grau de infiltração, quando comparado com o cimento de fosfato de zinco, na cimentação de coroas metálicas fundidas em NiCr.

One of the main goals of the luting agent, which bonds the cast restoration to the prepared tooth, is to seal the gap between them. Standardized preparations were made on 20 extracted teeth in order to evaluate microleakage. The crowns were made in NiCr, and in one group of 10 crowns zinc phosphate was used as the luting agent; in the other 10, Panavia 21 was used. The samples were thermocycled and then put into methylene blue solution (0.5%). After buccolingual sectioning of the cemented crowns, the samples were examined with a magnifier. There was a significant difference between the two groups: 100% of the zinc phosphate cemented crowns presented microleakage reaching the dentin and the pulp and 100% of the samples with Panavia 21 did not suffer any microleakage. So, as to the marginal microleakage with cast metal crowns in NiCr, the Panavia 21 luting agent presented better results than did zinc phosphate.

Com a preocupação de avaliar os efeitos danosos da transmissão de calor aos tecidos periodontais, este trabalho teve como objetivo avaliar a temperatura gerada durante a remoção de pinos intra-radiculares com o uso de instrumentos cortantes rotatórios (ICR) em alta rotação. Para se obter os registros da temperatura durante os desgastes, foram fixados fios termopares ao redor do terço médio e terço apical da raiz de incisivos centrais superiores extraídos, conectados a termômetros digitais. Através da análise de variância, verificou-se que houve diferença estatisticamente significante, de 5%, entre as regiões medidas e as ligas utilizadas. Analisando as regiões, observou-se, na região mediana, amplitude de 9,1oC, e, na região apical, amplitude de 6,2oC. A liga de CuAlZn (GOLDENT) alcançou média de amplitude maior, 10,3oC, as ligas de CuAl (DURACAST), 6,3oC, e a de PdAg (PORS-ON 4), 6,3oC. Provavelmente, os fatores que interferiram foram o grau de refrigeração, a pressão e o corte intermitente. Baseando-se na metodologia utilizada, concluiu-se que a remoção de pinos intra-radiculares, através do uso de ICR em alta rotação, pode gerar amplitudes de temperatura críticas de acordo com a região do desgaste e liga utilizada.

Due to the concern with the damaging effects of heat distribution on periodontal tissues, this study had the objective of evaluating the temperature generated during the removal of posts with burs in high speed handpieces. Fixed thermopars around the medium and apical regions of the roots of extracted superior central incisors, connected to digital thermometers, were used to obtain temperature measurements during wearing down. Analysis of variance demonstrated a statistically significant difference, to the level of 5%, between the regions where the temperature was taken and the alloys used. When comparing the differences between the regions of roots, the medium portion presented a variation of 9.1oC, and the apical region recorded a 6.2oC amplitude. The alloy containing CuAlZn (GOLDENT) reached the largest amplitude, 10.3oC; the alloys made of CuAl (DURACAST), 6.3oC; and the one made of PdAg (PORS-ON4), also 6.3oC. The factors that probably interfered were: degree of refrigeration, pressure, and intermittent wearing down. Based on the methodology used, we may conclude that the removal of posts by using burs in high speed can generate critical temperature variations, depending on the region of the root and the alloy being used.