The crippling disorder known as temporomandibular joint (TMJ) ankylosis is caused by the fusing of the mandibular condyle to the base of the skull, which results in limited mouth opening and severe functional impairment. In order to stop re-ankylosis, surgical care is essential and several interpositional materials have been tried. The therapy of TMJ ankylosis is compared in this research between dermal fat grafts and temporal fascia.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFComparison of gap arthroplasty (GAP), interpositional arthroplasty (IAP) and distraction osteogenesis (DO) simultaneous with interpositional arthroplasty (DO+IAP) in management of TMJ ankylosis is of interest to dentists. The study comprised 36 individuals with TMJ ankylosis, 16 of whom were female and 20 of whom were male. Both prior to and following surgery, the maximum inter-incisal opening (MIO) and facial pattern were noted.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: The low-level laser therapy has been accepted globally as cell bio-modulator, used to reach ideal therapeutic effects, acting in the reduction of the pain response, with anti-inflammatory effects, stimulating local micro-circulation and wounds repair, promoting a rapid recovery, which brings a better quality of life to the patient. In this study, we aim to to determine the effectiveness of low-level laser therapy on reducing the pain and swelling after removal of impacted third molars.
Materials And Methods: In this present prospective randomized clinical study, third molar surgeries were performed in thirty patients who were divided into two equal groups (placebo group and study group) a placebo group with routine treatment and a study group with low-level laser therapy which was applied both intraorally and extraorally after the surgical extraction of mandibular third molar.