• Journal of the korean academy of Pediatric Dentistry
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• v.35 no.4
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• pp.737-743
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• 2008

Regional odontodysplasia is a relatively rare developmental anomaly of dental hard tissue with characteristic clinical, radiographic and histologic features. It requires a continuous and multidisciplinary approaches, and the aim of treatment for these patients should include aiding mastication, improving aesthetics, maintaining normal vertical dimension and space, allowing normal jaw growth and eruptional management of affected teeth. This report describes three cases of regional odontodysplasia with 2-5 years of follow-up. Conservative treatment is chosen to preserve the affected teeth as long as possible, and periodic radiographic and clinical examination was done. During this time, all teeth except one showed progressive development. An interesting finding observed in our cases was that each tooth even in the same person showed different degree of tooth development and eruption rate. Thus, we colcluded that the treatment plan for regional odontodysplasia should be conservative and individualized and based on the assessment of each tooth.

• The Journal of the Korean dental association
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• v.19 no.5 s.144
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• pp.449-461
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• 1981

The author studied on the blood groups by the elution tests with teeth left standing under various conditions, and the following results were obtained. 1) The blood group identification with dental hard tissue proved to be possible. 2) In the cases of teeth left under various conditions-formalin fixation, standing in air, soil embedding and immersing in water-the identification of blood groups was possible in every case without any difference on difficulties. 3) The reaction of agglutination was somewhat more obvious in dentin substance than in enamel. 4) About 10 mg of dental hard tissue was recommendable for blood grouping.

• Journal of the korean academy of Pediatric Dentistry
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• v.31 no.4
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• pp.617-623
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• 2004

Acidic drink has been known as a cause of tooth erosion. The purpose of this study is to verify the acid levels of orange juices in market and evaluate the erosion effects on the enamel of deciduous teeth by orange juices in relatively short period of time. With four kinds of orange juice selected from market, pH, buffering capacity and concentration of Ca and P ion were measured. And forty segments of normal enamel of deciduous incisors were divided into four groups and level of erosion was measured by surface hardness test before and after soaking at 50ml of orange juice for 10 minutes. The results of this study showed that the average pH of orange juices was 4.0 and this pH value was so acidic as to cause the tooth erosion. There were differences in small quantity for each group of teeth, however, the result was statistically so significant that orange juices can cause enamel erosion in relatively short period of time.

• The Journal of Korean Academy of Prosthodontics
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• v.36 no.5
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• pp.683-700
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• 1998

치아경조직의 소실은 반드시 치아우식증이나 사고에 의해서만 일어나는 것이 아니라 마모에 의해서도 일어난다. 마모에 영향을 미치는 인자들은 시간/나이, 성별, 이갈이와 같은 과기능, 저작력, 위장관장애, 음식물, 환경적인 영향, 타액의 상태 그리고 교합적인 조건들이 있다. 한편 중심위와 최대교두감합위 불일치가 악구강계에 미치는 영향에 관해서는 아직도 논란이 분분하다. 본 연구의 목적은 중심위와 최대교두감합위의 불일치가 치아마모에 미치는 영향과 중심위에서 제일 먼저 닿는 치아와 나머지 치아의 마모에 있어서 차이에 대해서 알아 보는 것이다. 본 연구는 두개하악관절과 저작습관에 이상이 없으며, 식이습관에 문제가 없으며 치아우식증과 치주질환, 수복물, 교정 또는 교합치료의 경험이 없는 21세에서 25세 사이의 서울대학교 치과대학생을 대상으로 하였다. 교합기를 이용하여 중심위 교합-최대교두교두감합위 불일치를 조사하여, 중심위 교합-최대교두감합위가 불일치가 작은 군과 큰 군으로 나누었다. 각 군은 각각 10명의 피검자들로 구성되었다. 각 피검자의 인상채득 후 CR mounting을 시행하고 중심위교합-최대감합위 불일치를 측정한 다음 임상검사로 ordinal scale을 측정하고 모형을 통해 arbitrary scale을 측정하였다. 평균치아마모도 그리고 중심위에서 먼저 닿는 치아와 나머지 치아, 나머지 구치의 마모도를 각각 조사하여 통계처리하였다. 1. 평균치아마모도는 ordinal scale로 측정하였을 때 중심위 교합-최대교두감합위 불일치가 작은 군과 큰 군 사이에 통계적으로 유의할만한 차이가 없었다(p>0.05) 2. 평균치아마모도는 arbitrary scale로 측정하였을 때 중심위 교합-최대교두감합위 불일치가 작은 군과 큰 군 사이에 통계적으로 유의할만한 차이가 없었다(p>0.05). 3. CR에서 먼저 닿는 치아와 나머지 치아, 나머지 구치의 마모도는 ordinal scale로 측정하였을 때 통계적으로 유의한 차이가 없었다(p>0.05). 4. CR에서 먼저 닿는 치아와 나머지 치아, 나머지 구치의 마모도는 arbitrary scale로 측정하였을 때 먼저 닿는 치아에서 통계적으로 유의한 높은 수준의 마모도를 보였다(p<0.05).

• Restorative Dentistry and Endodontics
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• v.34 no.2
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• pp.120-129
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• 2009

The purpose of this study was to investigate the pulpal response to direct pulp capping with dentin sialoprotein (DSP) -derived synthetic peptide in teeth of dogs, and to compare its efficacy to capping substances $Ca(OH)_2$ and white mineral trioxide aggregate (WMTA). A total of 72 teeth of 6 healthy male beagle dogs were used. The mechanically exposed pulps were capped with one of the following: (1) DSP-derived synthetic peptide (PEP group): (2) $Ca(OH)_2$ (CH group): (3) a mixture paste of peptide and $Ca(OH)_2$ (PEP+CH group): or (4) white MTA (WMTA group). The access cavity was restored with a reinforced glass ionomer cement. Two dogs were sacrificed at each pre-determined intervals (2 weeks, 1 month, and 3 months). After the specimens were prepared for standard histological processing, sections were stained with hematoxylin and eosin. Under a light microscope, inflammatory response and hard tissue formation were evaluated in a blind manner by 2 observers. In the PEP group, only 3 of 17 specimens showed hard tissue formation, indication that the DSP-derived synthetic peptide did not induce proper healing of the pulp. Compared with the CH group, the PEP group demonstrated an increased inflammatory response and poor hard tissue formation. The CH and WMTA groups showed similar results for direct pulp capping in mechanically exposed teeth of dogs.

• Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.127-142
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• 1983

This thesis was to investigate sex defferencd by employing the methodes of Bernadskij's and it's modification by means of the evaluation of pH of dentin in 162 extracted teeth. The obtained were as follows: 1. In 72% of all experinments, pH of human dentin substance was higher in female than in male. Mean pH was 13.175±0.031 in male and 13.245±0.030 in female. 2. After comparative studies on each pH in anatomical region of tooth arrangement, the sex difference of pH was most obviously showed in molars. 3. In pH change according to ages, the 30's was the highest in male and the 20's in female, also pH showed decresing tendency by the increasing of age in both male and female. 4. There was no pH difference in anatomical regions of tooth arrangment. 5. Mean pH was 13.282±0.013 in under 50 years of age and 13.282±0.022 over 50. It proved that pH was higher in under 50 years of age than in over 50.

• The Journal of the Korean dental association
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.185-189
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• 1973

Dental amalgam in the clinic practice of dentistry is one of the most important materials. Mercury, one of the component of this alloy, is emitted in the form of vapor after filling as long as 5 days Silver particles penetrate into the dentine deeply along the tubles underneath cavity floor. To determine the permeability of mercury in the teeth following experiments were performed. Class 5 cavities total 40 from 10 dogs were prepared on upper and lower canines and amalgam alloys which contain about 10uCi of radioactive mercury were inserted. The animals were sacrificed 7 days after the experiments and the teeth were decalcified, sectioned and autoradiographed by means of emulsion and stained by H & E. Following are the results obtained from this experiments. 1. Blackened silver grains were found along the dentinal tubules underneath the cavity floor. Beyond the border of dentine and pulp chamber grains were seen in odontoblastic layer (Fig. 1, 2, 3, 4) 2. Underneath the odontoblastic layer, the pulp tissue showed almost normal appearance except slight dilatation of blood vessel.

• The Journal of the Korean dental association
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• v.42 no.6 s.421
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• pp.414-421
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• 2004

Sjogren syndrome is a chronic systemic autoimmune disorder that chiefly involves the salivary gland and the lacrimal gland, resulting in xerostomia and xerophthalmia. Although the exact cause of the disease is not early diagnosis, treatment and observation must be emphasized because of its poor prognosis, such as the high occurrence of malignant lymphoma and other autoimmune disease that may be accompanied. In the present case, a twenty-year-old woman whose chief complaint was multiple dental hard tissue loss and xerostomia, which was misdiagnosed as iron deficiency anemia at first, but through re-evaluation and differential diagnosis it was Sjogren syndrome. the diagnosis approach was discussed in this report, suggesting that Sjogren syndrome should be considered as a differential diagnosis in a with xerostomia.

• Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain
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• v.7 no.1
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• pp.77-85
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• 1982

Identification of blood group from dental hard tissue for the purpose of individual identification of a highly burned corpse would play a significant role in a practical legal medicine. The author conducted a study of blood group with teeth left stading at a high temperature by the method of elution test. The following results were obtained. 1. The blood identifcation from heated dental hard tissue proved to be possible. 2. In cases of heat-treated theeth at $100^{\circ}C$ for 120 minutes, at $150^{\circ}C$ for 120 minutes and at $200^{\circ}C$ for 45 minutes for A.B.O(H) blood group, the identification of blood group was possible. 3. In case of heat-treated teeth, thermostability of blood group was found to be $150^{\circ}C$. 4. The adequate surface area for the detection of blood group was 40-80 meshes.

• Journal of Dental Rehabilitation and Applied Science
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• v.34 no.3
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• pp.137-146
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• 2018

Tooth wear is a multifactorial condition, leading to the loss of dental hard tissues. While for many years, tooth wear was a condition of little interest in daily clinical practice, nowadays this is changed. Tooth wear is becoming increasingly significant in maintaining the long-term health of the dentition. This becomes especially important when the dentition is kept relatively intact in the contemporary ageing population, and edentulism is decreasing. There is also evidence that the prevalence of tooth wear is growing. It is a natural consequence of the unidirectionality of tooth wear that it is frequently used as a means of individual age estimation. Tooth wear was very serious in ancient populations up to the medieval period. Tooth wear is thus studied in a wide variety of areas. The purpose of this paper is to summarize and analyze the many issues surrounding tooth wear through recent studies in various fields and to search for future research direction.