Friday, July 30, 2010
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Sunday, July 25, 2010
Segelas Susu
Sudah beberapa jam si pengembara berjalan kaki memerhatikan pemandangan indah musim bunga di kawasan perkampungan itu. Bunga-bungaan sedang mekar, unggas dan serangga yang berterbangan ke sana dan serata halaman rumah yang cantik dihiasi kuntuman bunga amat menarik perhatian pengembara muda itu.
Tetapi perjalanan yang jauh dan matahari yang sedang terik menyebabkan pemuda yang cintakan keindahan alam itu mula berasa letih. Tekaknya kering, sedangkan pengembaraannya masih panjang lagi.
Lantas pemuda itu memutuskan untuk pergi ke sebuah rumah kecil di sebuah ladang di tepi jalan yang sedang disusurinya itu. Seorang budak perempuan membuka pintu rumah yang diketuknya tadi. Wajahnya comel.
Pemuda itu menceritakan yang dirinya kehausan, dia berharap budak perempuan itu dapat memberikannya segelas air. Budak perempuan itu bergegas ke dapur dan sebentar kemudian kembali mendapatkan pemuda tersebut.
Dia bukan membawa segelas air, sebaliknya segelas susu kerana dia tahu pemuda tersebut bukan sekadar dahaga tetapi juga memerlukan tenaga untuk meneruskan pengembaraannya.
Berapa harga susu ini?tanya pemuda itu selepas menghabiskan susu tersebut.
Jawab budak perempuan itu, percuma! Tak perlu bayar. Emak dan ayah telah mengajar saya supaya jangan meminta sebarang balasan terhadap apa juga kebaikan yang kita lakukan.
Pengembara muda itu tersentuh hati dengan jawapan tersebut. Kalau begitu, saya hanya dapat mengucapkan terima kasih sahaja, kata pemuda tersebut, disambut oleh budak perempuan itu dengan senyuman dan anggukan.
Sifat mulia budak perempuan itu memberikan kesan yang mendalam kepada pemuda yang berkenaan. Kejujuran budak itu dan keengganannya menerima sebarang bayaran, walaupun dirinya sendiri miskin, sering saja bermain dalam fikiran pemuda tersebut.
Tahun berganti, budak perempuan itu yang kini berusia 20-an, diserang penyakit kronik. Dia dihantar ke sebuah hospital terkenal di tengah kota untuk diperiksa oleh doktor pakar dan seterusnya menjalani pembedahan. Seorang doktor dipanggil.
Sejurus melihat wajah gadis itu dan alamat tempat tinggalnya, doktor itu segera terkenang saat dia meneguk segelas susu suatu ketika dahulu. Tidak lain tidak bukan, inilah budak perempuan yang pernah memberinya segelas susu dan kemudiannya berkata, Emak dan ayah telah mengajar saya supaya jangan meminta sebarang balasan terhadap apa juga kebaikan yang kita lakukan.
Kini masanya untuk membalas jasa. Doktor itu melakukan segala yang terdaya untuk menyelamatkan gadis tersebut. Si gadis ditempatkan di wad untuk beberapa lama. Pembedahan dilakukan dan penyakit si gadis berjaya diubati.
Kini bayaran perlu dikenakan kepadanya. Bil rawatan ditunjukkan kepada doktor itu untuk pengesahan. Doktor tersebut menyelaknya sehelai demi sehelai. Dia memerhatikan setiap angka yang tercatat pada bil tersebut, kemudian menulis sesuatu di bucu helaian terakhirnya. Setelah itu dia menurunkan tandatangannya. Bil itu dihantar ke alamat yang tertera, iaitu sebuah rumah kecil di pinggir ladang.
Gadis tersebut menggeletar sebaik menerima bil tersebut. Helaian demi helaian dibeleknya, ternyata jumlahnya terlalu besar. Dia tidak mampu membayarnya. Walau si gadis bekerja sepanjang hayat sekalipun, belum tentu dia dapat membayar bil yang dikenakan itu.
Jumlah-jumlah yang menakutkan terus terpapar, hinggalah ke helaian terakhir apabila si gadis membaca satu catatan ringkas di bucunya. Tulisan itu berbunyi…
Sudah DiBayar Dengan SeGelas Susu.
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Kenali 9 syuhada MAVI MARMARA
Berikut merupakan senarai syuhada yang telah gugur sepanjang misi menyampaikan bantuan tersebut sebagaimana laporan laman web Haluan Palestin:
1. Ibrahim Bilgen, 61, seorang jurutera elektrik dari Siirt, Turki. Ahli Chamber of Electrical Engineers di Turki, berkahwin dan mempunyai
enam orang anak.
2. Ali Haydar Bengi, 39, dari Diyarbakir. Graduan Universiti Al-Azhar, Kaherah, Mesir. Telah berkahwin dan mempunyai empat cahaya mata.
3. Cevdet Kiliçlar, 38, Seorang wartawan dari Kayseri, Turki. Telah berkahwin dan mempunyai dua orang putera.
4. Çetin Topçuoglu, 54, dari Adana, Turki. Pemain bola amatur dan jurulatih taekwondo yang melatih atlet taekwondo Turki. Berkahwin dan mempunyai seorang cahaya mata.
5. Necdet Yildirim, 32, dari Malatya, Turki. Berkahwin dan mempunyai seorang anak perempuan berusia tiga tahun.
6. Fahri Yaldiz, 43, seorang ahli bomba di Adiyaman, Turki. Telah berkahwin dan mempunyai empat orang anak.
7. Cengiz Songür, 47, dari Izmir, Turki. Berkahwin dan mempunyai tujuh orang anak.
8. Cengiz Akyüz, 41, dari Iskenderun, Turki. Berkahwin dan mempunyai anak berusia 14, 12 dan 9 tahun.
Sumber:harakahdaily
Dari Allah kita datang kepadaNya kita kembali.Al Fatihah buat para syuhada.Mati mereka bukan mati yang sia-sia..mati mereka mati berjuang.. InsyaAllah..
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Restoration of Teeth
- What is a dental restoration?
- Why should a damaged or decayed tooth be restored?
- What are the available dental restorations?
This is an overview of tooth restoration. The restorations to be described are Amalgams or silver fillings, Bonding or white fillings, Inlays and Onlays, Replacement Crowns and Veneers.
1. What is a dental restoration?
- A dental restoration is also called a filling. It is the repair of a damaged or decayed tooth, restoring it back to its normal shape, appearance and function.
- The name of the material that is used to repair a tooth is often the name given to the repair process. "Amalgam Restoration" is an example of the material giving its name to the process.
2. Why should a damaged or decayed tooth be restored?
- A tooth is repaired to protect the part of the tooth that has become exposed by the decay or injury.
- It can prevent the loss of a tooth, since decay may spread and destroy the tooth.
- Restoration permits normal eating and chewing.
- Restored teeth should reinstate, or improve upon, the appearance of teeth and the face.
3. What are the available dental restorations?
There are different types of dental restorations which are used in particular situations.- Amalgam restoration
- An amalgam is an alloy or combination of two or more metals.
- Amalgam fillings (silver fillings) are made up of mercury, powdered silver and tin. They are mixed and packed into cavities in teeth. It hardens slowly, and replaces the missing tooth substance.
- Amalgam fillings are held in place by the shape of the prepared cavity.
- The cavity has to have an undercut to prevent the filling from falling out. The amalgam is then slotted into the cavity.
- It is still commonly used, despite an ongoing debate about mercury toxicity.
Amalgam fillings | ||||
Preparation | After | Amalgam fillings |
- Bonding Or Composite Restoration
"The superglue of dentistry"- Composite resin is a plastic tooth-coloured material that is used as a filling. It is also called a white or plastic filling. The process of fusing the filling material to the tooth is called bonding.
- It is placed into the cavity in layers until the tooth is restored to its original form.
- An ultraviolet light is used to harden it, and it can be chewed on immediately after it has been completed. This is an advantage it has over amalgam.
- The filling bonds or sticks to the tooth.
- This characteristic is a major advance for dentistry. There is no longer the need to cut a slot into a tooth to hold a filling in place, as is necessary for an amalgam filling. As a result, less tooth needs to be cut away for a filling.
- We at Simplyteeth have named it "the superglue of dentistry".
- It is hard wearing and is used for repairing front and back teeth.
- Bonding is ideal for front teeth that need cosmetic dentistry.
White fillings | Decay before | After repair | ||
White fillings | Fracture of front tooth | Cosmetic repair |
- Inlay restoration
- An inlay is a solid filling that is cemented into a tooth that has been specially prepared for it.
- To make this restoration, an impression of the prepared cavity is taken using an elastic material. It is sent to the dental technician who will make the inlay.
- Most inlays are made of gold or tooth-coloured porcelain.
Porcelain inlays
Before | Preparation | After |
Gold inlays
Before | Preparation | After |
See Bonding
- Onlay restoration
- An onlay is a modified inlay. It is also made by a dental technician, from the impression taken of a prepared cavity.
- It differs from an inlay in that it not only fills the cavity as an inlay does, but also covers and protects the chewing surface of the tooth.
- It is also cemented into place and may be made of gold or tooth-coloured porcelain.
Before | After |
- Replacement crown or "crown"
- A replacement crown does exactly what its name implies, it replaces the natural crown of a tooth. It is often simply called a crown.
- When all, or a large part of the original crown of a tooth has been destroyed by injury or decay, the lost tooth material needs to be replaced.
- The remaining portion of tooth is trimmed down in preparation for a replacement crown.
- After taking an impression of the prepared tooth, the dentist sends the impression to the dental technician who will make the replacement crown.
- This new crown is then cemented onto the remaining part of the tooth.
- Replacement crowns may be made of porcelain, gold or a combination of the two materials.
- Temporary crowns are made of acrylic.
- A replacement crown is also made for a healthy tooth, when it forms part of a bridge, or when it is used to improve the appearance of a tooth.
Before | Preparation | After |
See Replacement Crowns for more information.
- Porcelain veneer restoration
- A veneer is a thin facing of porcelain or plastic material which serves to replace only the front visible part of the tooth. It is used for tooth repair and to whiten the teeth permanently and make the mouth more attractive.
- After the dentist has prepared the tooth, an impression is taken and sent to the technician, where the veneer is made.
- The porcelain veneer is cemented into place, using a special cement that bonds it to the tooth.
- This is a conservative and popular method for improving the appearance of teeth.
Before | After |
Swelling in submandibular area in patient with Ludwig's angina
Ludwig's angina, otherwise known as angina ludovici, is a serious, potentially life-threatening cellulitis, or connective tissue infection, of the floor of the mouth, usually occurring in adults with concomitant dental infections. It is named after the German physician, Wilhelm Friedrich von Ludwig who first described this condition in 1836. Other names include "angina Maligna" and "Morbus Strangularis."
Ludwig's angina should not be confused with angina pectoris, which is also otherwise commonly known as "angina". The word "angina" comes from the Greek word ankhon, meaning "strangling", so in this case, Ludwig's angina refers to the feeling of strangling, not the feeling of chest pain, though there may be chest pain in Ludwig's angina if the infection spreads into the retrosternal space.
The cause is usually an infection with Streptococcus spp, although other bacteria can cause the condition. Since the advent of antibiotics, Ludwig's angina has become a rare disease.Causes
The route of infection in most cases is from infected lower third molars or from pericoronitis, which is an infection of the gums surrounding the partially erupted lower third molars. Although the widespread involvement seen in Ludwig's is usually develops in immunocompromisedpersons, it can also develop in otherwise healthy individuals. Thus, it is very important to obtain dental consultation for lower-third molars at the first sign of any pain, bleeding from the gums, sensitivity to heat/cold or swelling at the angle of the jaw.
Ludwig's angina is also associated with piercings of the lingual frenulum.
Symptoms
The symptoms include swelling, pain and raising of the tongue, swelling of the neck and the tissues of the submandibular and sublingual spaces, malaise, fever, dysphagia (difficulty swallowing) and, in severe cases, stridor or difficulty breathing. Swelling of the submandibular and/or sublingual spaces are distinctive in that they are hard and classically 'boardlike'. Important signs include the patient not being able to swallow his/her own saliva and the presence of audible stridor as these strongly suggest that airway compromise is imminent.
Treatment
Treatment involves appropriate antibiotic medications, monitoring and protection of the airway in severe cases, and, where appropriate, urgent maxillo-facial surgery and/or dental consultation to incise and drain the collections. A nasotracheal tube is sometimes warranted for ventilation if the tissues of the mouth make insertion of an oral airway difficult or impossible. In cases where the patency of the airway is compromised, skilled airway management is mandatory. This entails management of the airway according to the American Society of Anesthesiologists' "Difficult Airway Algorithm" and necessitates fiberoptic intubation.
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When most people think of PMS they think of women. However, researchers recently discovered that many men suffer from a condition similar to PMS called irritable male syndrome (IMS). Men with IMS often experience mood swings, stomach cramps and even hot flashes. These symptoms and others are caused by a drop in the male hormone testosterone.
IMS can manifest at any time because, unlike women who experience monthly hormone cycles, men experience a daily hormone cycle. Males' levels of testosterone are highest after waking and fall throughout the day.
Irritable Male Syndrome Symptoms
A variety of symptoms are linked to irritable male syndrome. A man experiencing IMS may experience the following symptoms:
- anger
- anxiety
- hypersensitivity
- irritability.
Changes in the male hormone cycle can also cause males to experience the following:
- a lack of arousal
- backaches
- headaches
- hot flashes
- sexual dysfunction
- stomach cramps.
The male version of PMS can cause men to feel antisocial and depressed and can leave them unable to concentrate.
Irritable Male Syndrome Causes
Men experience a natural drop in testosterone every day. However, there are certain outside factors that can cause testosterone levels to fall:
- certain medications
- diet (Eating too few or too many calories can impact testosterone levels, as can eating an unbalanced diet.)
- excessive alcohol consumption
- illness
- lack of sleep
- stress
- surgery.
Irritable Male Syndrome Studies
There have been a number of studies focusing on male PMS. Many of these studies have been conducted on animals. One such study was conducted on Soay sheep.
In the study, scientists noted that the testosterone levels in the sheep were highest in the autumn months, during which time the male sheep experienced an increase in mating activity. In the winter months, hormone leaves dropped dramatically and the sheep become nervous and anxious around females. The decrease in testosterone also caused the males to lash out at one another.
Coping with Irritable Male Syndrome
If you think you might be experiencing irritable male syndrome, schedule an appointment with your doctor. He will be able to determine if your symptoms are caused by a natural drop in testosterone or from a more serious medical condition.
If your doctor determines that your symptoms are indeed caused by normal changes in testosterone he will likely give you advice on coping with IMS symptoms. Sometimes IMS symptoms can be alleviated with topical creams, such as male progesterone cream or AndroGel®.