Background: Chitosan is biomaterial improved for various dentistry applications because it is biocompatible. degradable. non¬toxic, and not carcinogenic. The main parameter affecting the characteristics of chitosan is deacetylation degree. Purpose: This study is aimed to determine the degree of deacetvlated of chitosan derivedfrom white shrimp shell waste used as dental biomaterial. Methods:…
Nowadays, one of the modalities in performing reperfusion in coronary artery disease is percutaneous coronary intervention. Before drug eluting stent era, the problem that occurs the most among interventional cardiologists is restenosis. After drug eluting stent era, restenosis can be reduced significantly. Unfortunately, it further develops another problem, that is called stent thrombosis. Me…
Background: Many researches were done to find natural materials that may increase and promote bone healing processes after trauma and surgery. One of natural material that had been studied was soybean extract which contains phytoestrogen, a non-steroidal compounds found in plants that may binds to estrogen receptors and have estrogen-like activity. Purpose: The aim of this study was to investig…
Pare titanium is the most biocompatible material today and used as a gold standard for metalic. However stainess steel is still being used as implanty because of its strength, dutility, lower price, corrosion resistant and biocompatibility.Tis study was done to revealed the cytotoxicity difference between reconstruction plate made of 3161, steel and of commercially pare (CP)titanium in baby han…
Oral health takes part in the whole human’s health. National Survey on Family’s Health (SKRT) shows that the prevalence of dental illnes is quite high. Deteriorated teeth might be extracted by the dentists. And there is no data of the repreplacement of the missing teeth. The data of the missing teeth can be used for predicting the needs of the prosthesis for Jakarta’s inhabitants. The obj…
Prepontine retroclival tumors have typically removed through a variety of innovative cranial base approaches. Its location traditionally require extensive cranial base removal, neurovascular manipulation or even severe brain retraction. Removing extra-axial tumor such as meningioma be tailoerd to tumor location, minimize brain retraction and avoid neurovascular manipulation to reduce the compli…
Background: Report on Result of National Basic Health Research (Riskesdas) 2007 by National Institute Health Research & Development Ministry of Health showed that only 38.7% prevalence Behavior of Clean and Healthy Living (PHBS). This means that most residents do not behave in a clean and healthy living. Promotion of clean and healthy lifestyle needs to start early age to become additional know…
Background: Low Birth Weight (LBW) is still a public health problem in many countries because it is considered to be one of the causes of infant mortality. LBW can also seriously affected the quality of future generations because it can slow the growth and development of children, and therefore contributes to a decrease of intelligence. Methods: This was a secondary data analysis, where data s…