Remote physical examination for temporomandibular disorders.

There is a need to further develop telemedicine approaches because of the immediate and perhaps long-term consequences of the coronavirus disease 2019. Thus, a remote protocol for assessment of patients with temporomandibular disorders (TMD) was developed, and the agreement of this protocol was compared with the guidelines of the Diagnostic Criteria for TMD (DC/TMD). A total of 16 individuals were first assessed by a reference standard examination (RSE) and 3 other examinations applied in a random order by 3 examiners: standard physical examination (standard examination), physical examination keeping 2-m distance (physical distanced examination), and examination conducted with the aid of video communication technology (video communication examination).

Condylar changes in patients with idiopathic condylar resorption: retrospective 2-year follow-up CBCT-based case-control study.

Objectives: To compare condylar development and changes in condylar radiological appearance in patients with idiopathic condylar resorption (ICR) to a healthy, age- and gender matched, control group.

Materials And Methods: This case-control study included 16 ICR patients [mean age: 15years, 9 months; standard deviation (SD): 4 years) and 16 controls (mean age: 16 years, 8 months; SD: 4 years, 7 months), with diagnostic (T0) and 2-year follow-up (T1) CBCT examinations. Condylar changes were evaluated through changes in condylar neck angle (CNA), and the transversal, vertical and anteroposterior displacement of five condylar points between T0 and T1.

Influence of mini-screw diameter and loading conditions on static and dynamic assessments of bone-implant contact: An animal study.

Objectives: The goal was to compare static versus dynamic bone-implant interface histology of mini-screws and to evaluate its relation to diameter and load.

Setting And Sample Population: Canine animal model.

Material And Methods: Custom-machined, titanium alloy (Ti6AI4V) mini-screws (n = 70) of 1.

Oncologic doses of zoledronic acid induce site specific suppression of bone modelling in rice rats.

Objectives: To examine the effect of zoledronic acid (ZOL) on cortical bone modelling and healing of extraction sockets in the jaw bones of a rodent model. We hypothesized ZOL suppresses both the bone formation in the modelling mode in the jaw bones and alters the extraction site healing.

Material & Methods: Rice rats were administered saline solution and two dose regimens of ZOL: 0.

Effects of aging in the expression of NOD-like receptors and inflammasome-related genes in oral mucosa.

The molecular changes underlying the higher risk of chronic inflammatory disorders during aging remain incompletely understood. Molecular variations in the innate immune response related to recognition and interaction with microbes at mucosal surfaces could be involved in aging-related inflammation. We developed an ontology analysis of 20 nucleotide-binding and oligomerization domain (NOD)-like receptors (NLRs) and seven inflammasome-related genes (IRGs) in healthy and inflamed/periodontitis oral mucosal tissues from young, adolescent, adult, and aged non-human primates (Macaca mulatta) using the GeneChip(®) Rhesus Macaque Genome array.