15/February/2022 Top Medical Bulletin

Selection of cast and wrought-wire clasps for removable partial dentures: Guideline

Use of dentures are growing with awareness of growing oral health. Dentures usually consist of replacement teeth attached to pink or gum-colored plastic bases. A partial denture may have a metal framework and clasps that connect to your teeth, or they can have other connectors that are more natural looking. Recent guidelines have suggested that combinations of clasp material and undercuts that would exert the maximum retentive force without deformation were the most effective, as published in the International Dental Journal. 

Renalase a Novel Biomarker For Diagnosing Renal Injury Due To Blunt Renal Trauma  

Kidneys are the most frequently injured organ in the genitourinary system, but there is no specific biological marker for this trauma. In the Journal of Pediatric Urology, researchers have suggested that renalase levels might be a useful biomarker for the diagnosis of renal injury due to blunt renal trauma.

The authors concluded, a definitive diagnosis of traumatic renal injury in children is made with contrast-enhanced computed tomography. It is reported for the first time that renalase levels may be useful as a biomarker for the diagnosis of renal injury due to blunt renal trauma.