Publications by authors named "Amanda Laisa de Oliveira Lima"
Oral health self-perception, maximum bite force and masticatory efficiency in patients with overdentures with different attachment systems-A crossover study.
J Oral Rehabil
November 2024
Article Synopsis
- The study investigates how different attachment systems for mandibular overdentures (O-ring and Locator) affect bite force, masticatory efficiency, and patients' self-perception of oral health.
- 28 edentulous patients participated, randomly assigned to try both attachment types; their quality of life and oral health perception were measured alongside bite force and masticatory efficiency.
- Results showed no significant differences in self-perception or quality of life, but O-ring showed higher bite force; masticatory efficiency improved with more chewing cycles, particularly for almonds, indicating O-ring may provide better performance in terms of bite force while both systems are similar overall.
Background: The literature is unclear about bite force (BF) and handgrip force (HF) in a specific group of different ages and dentate conditions, or even a predictive model for each specific group, using BF and HF as factors.
Objective: To establish the correlation between HF and BF in female participants with distinct ages and dentate conditions; also create a predictive model of BF as a function of HF.
Methods: Participants were divided into three groups (GI: young natural dentate women, n = 65; GII: adult natural dentate women, n = 67; and GIII: edentulous women users of bimaxillary complete dentures, n = 67) and subjected to an HF measurement test using a digital dynamometer.
Necrotizing fasciitis (NF) is a severe bacterial infection with rapid and aggressive progression. The infection generally affects individuals with comorbid conditions that lead to immunologic and microvascular deficiencies. It is characterized by necrosis of tissues, mainly in the extremities, trunk, and perineum, and is rarely found in the head and neck.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: The florid cemento-osseous dysplasia is an uncommon condition nonneoplastic, of unknown cause with higher prevalence in melanodermic women, limited the maxillary bones, is characterized by the presence of dispersed and diffuse radiopaque calcifications, constituted of bone and dense cemento; however, when the bone is infected it induces the suppuration and formation of osseous sequestra, thus resulting in an osteomyelitis frame.
Clinical Report: The patient was attended in a Dental Specialties Center in the state of Alagoas, Brazil, presenting on clinical examination edema and extra oral fistula with pus drainage in hemiface submandibular of the right side. Radiographically it was possible to observe area of sclerosis and osseous sequestra involving the right side region of the mandible body, and it increases zones of the bone density.