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Iodoform
Definition:
(n.) A yellow, crystalline, volatile substance, CI3H, having an offensive odor and sweetish taste, and analogous to chloroform. It is used in medicine as a healing and antiseptic dressing for wounds and sores.
Example Sentences:
(1) Meanwhile, higher dose of iodoform was required for induction of aplasia or depression of the dental pulp or root dentain.
(2) The toxicity of iodoform is probably unrecognized if the rarity of the observations published and the amount of iodoform gauzes annually sold are compared.
(3) The iodoform paste that was applied as a result of canal treatment, which was performed on the left mandibular second premolar, did not only overfill the apical lesion of that tooth but also extended as far as the apical region of the left mandibular second molar.
(5) The root canal filling material "Vitapex" (Neo Dental Chemical Products Co., Tokyo), made of calcium hydroxide and iodoform with the addition of silicone oil, was experimentally injected into the mandibular canals of dogs, and its effect on the alveolar nerve tissue was examined by light and electron microscopy.
(6) Postoperative treatment with a vaselinated iodoform gauze lasted between 3 and 5 weeks.
(7) Plasma iodine determinations were carried out on the toxic patient and three others with iodoform containing packs.
(8) One hundred and forty eight patients with bilateral symmetrically impacted lower third molars entered a clinical crossover trial to compare the effects on postoperative recovery of a Bismuth Iodoform Paraffin Paste (BIPP) socket dressing, primary closure using a resorbable suture (Softgut) and to ascertain if prophylactic metronidazole influenced the outcome.
(9) The disinfection treatment carried out on these same surfaces had a positive effect, leading to a reduction in microbial findings of at least 98% both using energetic disinfectants based on iodoform products, and also milder disinfectants based on quaternary ammonium.
(10) The metabolism of haloforms to CO followed the halide order; thus, iodoform yielded the greatest amount of CO, whereas chloroform yielded the smallest amount.
(11) Three cases of iodoform poisoning are described following dressings with 10% iodoform gauze (0.10 x 5 m) on extended wounds.
(12) It was concluded that the Ca(OH)2-iodoform paste, Vitapex, produced better results than Ca(OH)2-CMCP paste in treatment of infected nonvital permanent teeth with incompletely formed apices.
(13) Immediate wound care involved dressing the defect with zinc iodoform paste on ribbon gauze for 4 weeks when complete granulation and epithelialisation occurred.
(14) The closest to the ideal appears to be a calcium hydroxide-iodoform mixture.
(15) Tested was the effect of the iodoform preparation iosan and the quaternary ammonium preparation bradofen against the viruses of the Newcastle disease (strain La Sota), laryngotracheitis (strain TsNIIP) and fowl pox (strain FK) in birds.
(16) A paste consisting of equal amounts of calcium hydroxide and iodoform mixed with glycerin was used.
(17) The surgical procedure is a modification of the maxillary sinus approach, which includes the use of iodoform gauze packing, nasal antrostomy, a double layer oral closure and prophylactic antibiotics.
(18) 40 teeth of a complex canal anatomy and or in the posterior position in the buccal cavity were submitted to either a manual canalisation preparation or endosconic followed by monconic canal filling with a paste: 3 inc oxyde eugenol and iodoform.
(19) Seven substances (1,2-dibromo-3-chloropropane, 1,2-dibromoethane, 1,2-dichloroethane, vinyl bromide, hexachloro-1,3-butadiene, iodoform and vinilydene chloride) were mutagenic at non-lethal doses.
(20) The ultrastructural aspects of initial calcification in the rat subcutaneous tissues elicited by the root canal filling material Vitapex, made up of calcium hydroxide and iodoform with the addition of silicone oil, were studied by means of electron microscopic and cytochemical techniques.