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M G Weiner

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PubMed1998

"Virtual" clinical trials: case control experiments utilizing a health services research workstation.

We created an interface to a growing repository of clinical and administrative information to facilitate the design and execution of case-control experiments. The system enables knowledgeable users to generate and test hypotheses regarding associations among diseases and outcomes. The intuitive interface allows the user to specify criteria for selecting cases and defining putative risks. The repository contains comprehensive administrative and selected clinical information on all ambulatory and emergency department visits as well as hospital admissions since 1994. We tested the workstation's ability to determine relationships between outpatient diagnoses including hypertension, osteoarthritis and hypercholesterolemia with the occurrence of admissions for stroke and myocardial infarction and achieved results consistent with published studies. Successful implementation of this Health Services Research Workstation will allow "virtual" clinical trials to validate the results of formal clinical trials on a local population and may provide meaningful analyses of data when formal clinical trials are not feasible.

Case-Control Studies↗
PubMed1978

Fabrication of interim acrylic resin removable partial dentures with clasps.

An orderly sequence of steps for construction of an interim acrylic resin partial denture has been presented. The technique allows the dentist to fabricate an effective restoration that has a definite path of insertion and removal that can be placed in the patient's mouth with little time spent on adjustment and correction. This technique may be used with heat- or cold-curing acrylic resin.

Acrylic Resins↗
PubMed1977

An overdenture survey: preliminary report.

The preliminary conclusions from this survey are listed: 1. The exceedingly high incidence of periodontal pathology seems to be the major problem in the long-term use of overdentures. 2. The incidence of caries is fairly low, but it remains a potential problem. 3. Subjective evaluations by the patients are favorable. 4. The overdenture technique as described by Lord and Teel seems to be practical and advantageous. 5. Additional research to find the most effective agent for inhibiting caries in overdenture support roots should be initiated. 6. Need exists for more surveys by other schools, institutions, or prosthodontists. 7. The overdenture is a valid alternative to complete denture therapy.

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