January 2015

A prospective study to observe thehistopathological findings in Aluminium PhosphidePoisoning was undertaken on 70 autopsy cases conducted at S. S. Medical College, Rewaand associated Gandhi Memorial Hospital. Aluminium Phosphide poisoning hasbecome the commonest poisoning in central India over the last few years. Aluminium Phosphide is a solid fumigant bulk grain preservative and is available in the market under various trade names like Celphos, Quickphos, Phostoxin, Phostek, Gastoxin, Zedesa, Li Fumesets. It is marketed either in Tablet or pellet form. Mortality is high as mechanism of action is not clearly understood and no specific antidote is available against this poison. Samples of tissues fromliver, lungs, kidneys and spleen were preserved in 10% Formal Saline, processed for histopathology, stained by HaematoxylinandEosin method and studied microscopically. Observations made in similar previous studies are compared with findings of present study and discussed.

Conventional fixed partial dentures, implant supported Fixed Partial Dentures (FDPs) and removable partial dentures are the most common treatment modalities for the aesthetic and functional rehabilitation of partially edentulous patients. Hard and soft tissue undercuts are frequently encountered in the fabrication of prosthesis in partially as well as completely edentulous arches. Removable cast partial dentures are used as definitive removable prostheses when indicated, but location of clasps may affect aesthetics. So, when patient is concerned about aesthetics, flexible partial dentures which is aesthetically superior to flipper and cast partial dentures, may be considered. This article is an effort to review the various commercially available flexible denture base materials and highlights their indications and special instructions in wearing and maintenance of the same.

Aim: Osteoporotic patients require particular attention during implant placement, and bone density has been established as a simple method to assess local bone quality and primary implant stability. This study aimed to examine and significantly correlate the relationship of local bone density volumetric analysis as assessed by the CBCT in a group of osteopenic and osteoporotic patients. Materials and Methods:A total of 30 patients were included in the study. The mandibular Second premolar region was choosen as the site of investigation to prevent Variability in surgical implant placement technique in different locations affecting bone mineral density. Partially edentulous female patients between 51 years and 60 years of age who were scheduled to receive implant placement were recruited for the study. Ultrasound bone densitometer was used in the study to divide the three groups (Group I-Normal patients), (Group II-Osteopenic patients), (Group III-Osteoporotic patients). CBCT (Master Series 3D Dental Imaging) was used for preoperative evaluation of the jaws for each patient.Materialise's Interactive Medical Image Control System (MIMICS) was used to process stacks of 2D images from CBCT. 3-matic software was used to combine CAD tools with pre-processing (meshing) capabilities like the anatomical data coming from the segmentation of medical images (from Mimics). All data were collected and analyzed using SPSS 16.0 for windows version. Student T Test and One way ANOVA were calculated between groups to determine the difference in bone mineral densities. Results: A total of 30 females participated in the the study. The mean bone density for group I, group II, group III was 60364.36 mm3, 51789.65 mm3, 40468.62 mm3 respectively (Table 1,2,3). The difference in mean bone density in all three groups were statistically significant (p<0.05). (Table 4). Conclusions: The results of this study suggest that bone density values (as measured in mm3) obtained from preoperative cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) examination may be an objective technique for preoperative evaluation of bone density. This tool when combined with MIMICS software can serve as diagnostic tool for predicting implant success, thus providing the implant surgeon with an objective assessment of bone density, especially were poor bone quality is suspected.

The present study were conducted to ascertain the Impact of Vocational Training programme on Mushroom Cultivation for Self Employment for the establishment of mushroom units and adoption (%) rate of the mushroom farming among the trainees who acquired trainings from the Krishi Vigyan Kendra(Tepla) Ambala, Haryana during 2010-2013. The numbers of mushroom units established were also increased progressively from 6 to 22. The adoption rates were increased from 9.83 per cent to 42.30 per cent. The facilities provided in KVK also plays the remarkable role among the farmers as the total number(493) of diseased samples including diseased mushroom samples analyzed in Basic Plant health Diagnostic Facility/lab in last 4 years and subsequently increased year wise and nowadays, farmers are more responding to the recommendations given to him. The mass media i.e. Newspaper played the significant role in facilitating the information regarding imparting of On-Campus vocational training as per the feedback from the mushroom trainees.