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The aim of this in vitro study was to evaluate the effect of high-concentration hydrogen peroxide (HP) and carbamide peroxide (CP) bleaching solutions on the dentin-resin interface and the shear bond strength (SBS) of restorative materials. A total of 56 extracted human premolars were prepared with flat dentin windows and divided into groups according to the bleaching protocol group A, bleached with 35% HP (n = 24); group B, bleached with 35% CP (n = 24); and group C, control, no bleaching (n = 8). Groups A and B were each divided into 3 subgroups according to the time of bonding A0 or B0, bonded immediately after bleaching (n = 8); A1 or B1, bonded 1 week after bleaching (n = 8); and A2 or B2, bonded 2 weeks after bleaching (n = 8). The specimens in group C were bonded without prior bleaching. Scanning electron microscopic analysis was conducted to evaluate the length of the resin tags at the dentin-resin interface. For SBS testing, the specimens were loaded into a universal testing machine at a crosshead speed of 0.5 mm/min. The mean resin tag lengths of groups that were bonded immediately (A0 and B0) or after a 1-week delay (A1 and B1) were significantly shorter than that of group C (P 0.05; Tukey test).While synthetic implants represent a significant contribution to the advancement of dental medicine, they are associated with high costs, potential complications, and time delays. With autotransplantation, the patient is both donor and recipient of a living tooth; in the ideal case, this procedure transfers a healthy, nonfunctional tooth to a functional position. The aim of this article is to review the literature surrounding autotransplantation and present a successful case with the hope of increasing awareness of this approach to tooth replacement. A 20-year-old patient presented with a maxillary right second molar showing poor prognosis for restoration, and the patient's financial difficulties rendered extraction the only treatment option. The patient's fully soft tissue-impacted maxillary right third molar was atraumatically extracted and transplanted as a replacement for the second molar. The autotransplantation technique was enhanced via use of bone allograft to adapt the distal portion of the socket to the transplant, immediately reestablishing a healthy bony anatomy. In addition to reviewing the biologic basis, high success rate, and advantages of tooth autotransplantation, this article introduces a naming convention for transplanted teeth.This study evaluated the bilateral symmetry of carious lesions in the primary and permanent teeth of children. The clinical records of patients aged 3 to 14 years who had carious lesions were evaluated. Dental caries was assessed using the modified decayed, missing, and filled teeth (dmft/DMFT) index, and the biofilm was assessed using the O'Leary plaque control record. The results were analyzed considering the presence or absence of caries and the stages of caries. The kappa coefficient between the left and right sides was calculated, and the chi-square test was applied (P less then 0.05). The sample consisted of 206 children and 4802 teeth (2127 primary and 2675 permanent teeth). Fifty-one percent of the sample was female, and the mean age was 8.28 (SD 1.62) years. The mean number of dmft/DMFT was 4.45 (SD 3.61), and the mean O'Leary plaque index was 27.38%. The overall symmetry for the presence/absence of dental caries was 49.5% (n = 342), and the symmetry for the stage of caries was 43.5% (n = 301). The symmetry was similar in primary and permanent teeth for the presence/absence of caries (50.83% and 47.39%, respectively) and stages of caries (42.08% and 45.89%, respectively). Among the teeth that showed symmetry of carious lesions, there was an association between the hygiene condition and the presence of lesions in all maxillary and mandibular primary second molars and in the mandibular permanent right first molar (P less then 0.05). A bilateral symmetric relationship of carious lesions was observed in the primary canines, primary first and second molars, permanent central and lateral incisors, first premolars, and permanent first molars in both the maxillary and mandibular arches. The results suggest that the presence of a carious lesion on a tooth surface can predict vulnerability to caries on the contralateral tooth, allowing the dentist to pursue targeted preventive action.A commitment on the part of dentists to provide dental care to pregnant patients may contribute to alleviating the burden of oral disease experienced in this population. To assess barriers to providing dental care for pregnant patients, a survey instrument was developed and distributed to 472 Alabama Academy of General Dentistry members. Descriptive analyses were conducted to assess dental care practices, self-reported competence, and barriers to providing dental care. Bivariate analyses were conducted to determine whether dentists with and without residency training displayed differences in self-reported competence and dental care practice models. A total of 82 dentists completed the survey, yielding a response rate of 17.3%. Of the respondents, 93.9% reported providing dental care to pregnant patients in the past year. Lack of education and/or training was the most frequently identified barrier (41.5%) to the provision of care. Statistically significant associations were found between self-reported competence and residency training (χ2 = 4; P = 0.034; Φ = 0.235). Residency training may influence dentists' self-reported competence in providing care to pregnant patients. Dentists who did not receive residency training appeared more likely to report competence in their ability to provide such care. Most respondents reported providing dental care to pregnant patients, but only 40.6% of the respondents to the 2015 Alabama Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) survey reported receiving a dental cleaning during pregnancy. Implementing systems to connect these patients with dentists may increase the receipt of care among this group.Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) represents a class of disorders including hepatic steatosis, steatohepatitis, and liver fibrosis. Mycro 3 Previous research suggested that xyloketal B (Xyl-B), a marine-derived natural product, could attenuate the NAFLD-related lipid accumulation. Herein, we investigated the protective mechanism of Xyl-B in a high-fat diet (HFD) mice fatty liver model by combining a quantitative proteomic approach with experimental methods. The results showed that the administration of Xyl-B (20 and 40 mg·kg-1·day-1, ip) ameliorated the hepatic steatosis in HFD mice. Proteomic profiling together with bioinformatics analysis highlighted the upregulation of a cluster of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-α (PPARα) downstream enzymes mainly related to fatty acid oxidation (FAO) as key changes after the treatment. These changes were subsequently confirmed by bioassays. Moreover, further results showed that the expression levels of PPARα and PPARγ coactivator-1α (PGC1α) were increased after the treatment. The related mode-of-action was confirmed by PPARα inhibition. Furthermore, we evaluated the PPARα-mediated anti-inflammatory and antifibrosis effect of Xyl-B in methionine-choline-deficient (MCD) mice hepatitis and liver fibrosis models. According to the results, the histological features were improved, and the levels of inflammatory factors, adhesion molecules, as well as fibrosis markers were decreased after the treatment. Collectively, these results indicated that Xyl-B ameliorated different phases of NAFLD through activation of the PPARα/PGC1α signaling pathway. Our findings revealed the possible metabolism-regulating mechanism of Xyl-B, broadened the application of xyloketal family compounds, and may provide a new strategy to curb the development of NAFLD.5-Hydroxymethylcytosine (5hmC) modification is a key epigenetic regulator of cellular processes in mammalian cells, and its misregulation may lead to various diseases. Herein, we develop a hydroxymethylation-specific ligation-mediated single quantum dot (QD)-based fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) nanosensor for sensitive quantification of 5hmC modification in cancer cells. We design a Cy5-modified signal probe and a biotinylated capture probe for the recognition of specific 5hmC-containing genes. 5hmC in target DNA can be selectively converted by T4 β-glucosyltransferase to produce a glycosyl-modified 5hmC, which cannot be cleaved by methylation-insensitive restriction enzyme MspI. The glycosylated 5hmC DNA may act as a template to ligate a signal probe and a capture probe, initiating hydroxymethylation-specific ligation to generate large amounts of biotin-/Cy5-modified single-stranded DNAs (ssDNAs). The assembly of biotin-/Cy5-modified ssDNAs onto a single QD through streptavidin-biotin interaction results in FRET and consequently the generation of a Cy5 signal. The nanosensor is very simple without the need for bisulfite treatment, radioactive reagents, and 5hmC-specific antibodies. Owing to excellent specificity and high amplification efficiency of hydroxymethylation-specific ligation and near-zero background of a single QD-based FRET, this nanosensor can quantify 5hmC DNA with a limit of detection of 33.61 aM and a wider linear range of 7 orders of magnitude, and it may discriminate the single-nucleotide difference among 5hmC, 5-methylcytosine, and unmodified cytosine. Moreover, this nanosensor can distinguish as low as a 0.001% 5hmC DNA in complex mixtures, and it can monitor the cellular 5hmC level and discriminate cancer cells from normal cells, holding great potential in biomedical research and clinical diagnostics.Dialysis-related amyloidosis (DRA) is considered an inescapable consequence of renal failure. Upon prolonged hemodialysis, it involves accumulation of toxic β2-microglobulin (β2m) amyloids in bones and joints. Current treatment methods are plagued with high cost, low specificity, and low capacity. Through our in vitro and in cellulo studies, we introduce a peptidomimetic-based approach to help develop future therapeutics against DRA. Our study reports the ability of a nontoxic, core-modified, bispidine peptidomimetic analogue "B(LVI)2" to inhibit acid-induced amyloid fibrillation of β2m (Hβ2m). Using thioflavin-T, sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, and transmission electron microscopy analysis, we demonstrate that B(LVI)2 delays aggregation lag time of Hβ2m amyloid fibrillation and reduces the yield of Hβ2m amyloid fibrils in a dose-dependent manner. Our findings suggest a B(LVI)2-orchestrated alteration in the route of Hβ2m amyloid fibrillation resulting in the formation of noncytotoxic, morphologically distinct amyloid-like species. Circular dichroism data show gradual sequestration of Hβ2m species in a soluble nonamyloidogenic noncytotoxic conformation in the presence of B(LVI)2. Dynamic light scattering measurements indicate incompetence of Hβ2m species in the presence of B(LVI)2 to undergo amyloid-competent intermolecular associations. Overall, our study reports the antifibrillation property of a novel peptidomimetic with the potential to bring a paradigm shift in therapeutic approaches against DRA.