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The rubber dam is an absolute essential in all endodontic procedures. In documentation of that fact, we have presented the case of a 50-year-old man who swallowed an endodontic broach during endodontic treatment; the instrument passed through the gastrointestinal tract without difficulty.
Rat's tongues were injured by cold and the reactive processes were observed by light and electron microscopy. Injured animals and untreated controls were injected with aurothiomalate and the cells in tongue muscles which contained gold were observed after increasing injection-sacrifice time intervals. In the very rapid regeneration, gold-containing macrophage-like cells fused with each other and with well preserved parts of myofibers. The selectivity of gold localization suggested, at least morphologically, a macrophage to myoblast development. The possible factors affecting the rate of muscle regeneration have been discussed with special reference to the nature of the injurious stimulus and the type of cellular response.
Rat hearts were exposed and injured locally by direct cryoapplication. The hearts were examined 2, 4, 20 and 48 hours, 7 and 12 days later. In the first 48 hours mast cell and polymorphonuclear (mainly eosinophilic) granulocyte infiltration was followed by proliferation of mononuclear phagocytic and fibroblastic cells and new capillaries. The underlying muscle showed freeze-thaw-rigor damage, segmental intramyofiber necrosis, phagocytosis and focal regeneration. After 7 days numerous myofibroblasts appeared and they were intimately related to myofibers undergoing degeneration and repair. After 12 days there was increased fibrosis while mesothelial covering cells of the epicardium and myofibers returned to normal. It is suggested that amines released from mast cells are involved in the formation of myofibroblasts.
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