[TMJ features MRI study in patients with complete edentia in the absence of clinical manifestations of TMJ dysfunction].

The Aim Of The Study: Was to determine the signs of TMJ dysfunction in patients with complete removable dentures who did not complain of discomfort or pain.

Materials And Methods: The study included 264 patients with complete absence of teeth, who had complete removable dentures for at least 6 months. Two groups of subjects were formed, 20 of whom (the control group) had no clinical signs, MRI examination in the TMJ did not reveal any pathological changes, and manual examination did not reveal pathological symptoms.

[A clinical case of maxillofacial dirofilariasis in a child].

The article presents a clinical case of surgical treatment of dirofilariasis in the maxillofacial region in a child. Diagnosis is difficult due to the complex mechanism of transmission, long incubation period and polymorphism of symptoms. The method of ultrasonic diagnosis allows the most accurate and clear verification of the diagnosis (the presence of a dense capsule, in the lumen of which linear hyperechogenic moving structures are determined).

Comparative Effectiveness of an Autologous Dentin Matrix for Alveolar Ridge Preservation.

An urgent issue is the preservation or reconstruction of the volume of bone tissue in planning and surgical treatment in the fields of medicine, such as traumatology, orthopedics, maxillofacial surgery and dentistry. After tooth extraction, resorption of the bone tissue of the alveolar crest of the jaws occurs, which must either be further eliminated by performing additional operations or using osteoplastic material for socket preservation at the extraction stage. The aim of the study was a comparative analysis of various osteoplastic materials used to preserve the volume of bone tissue in the preimplantation period.

Nasal Dorsum Anatomy of Major Different Ethnicities-Surgical Implications: A Multicenter Radiologic Study.

Background: The heterogeneity of nasal features across different racial and ethnic groups is evident. This large-scale multicenter study was performed to evaluate the dorsal keystone area and its relation to superficial nasal anatomy through computed tomography (CT) scans.

Methods: Six populations were included: South Caucasian, Middle Eastern, Black South African, Eastern Asian, Mestizo, and Eastern European.

Investigation of the variability of the pterygomandibular space from the point of view of the target point of the inferior alveolar nerve block.

Introduction: A thorough knowledge of the anatomy and variability of the pterygomandibular space (PMS) is essential to the success of local anesthesia. This study is aimed at determining the volume of the PMS depending on the shape of the skull, face and mandible using the computed tomography (CT).

Materials And Methods: anonymized computed tomograms of 48 adult patients were analyzed, the indicators of the cranial index (CI), facial index (FI) according to Yzard, the high lengthy index of the mandible (HLI), the latitudinal-altitude index of the mandible (LAI), the longitudinal latitude index of the mandible (LLI) were calculated.