Characterizing the unseen: Clinical and radiographic perspectives on unilateral condylar hyperplasia.

Objectives: Unilateral condylar hyperplasia (UCH), marked by progressive condylar growth, occurs between ages 11-30 with unclear etiology. This retrospective study aims to clarify the clinical, radiographic, and demographic features of UCH to improve its diagnosis and treatment.

Material And Methods: Data for all patients included in this study were retrieved from the archive.

Influence of Orthognathic Surgery on Oral Health and Quality of Life.

Orthognathic surgery is a common treatment modality for moderate to severe dentofacial deformities. This study aimed to determine the early postoperative changes in quality of life (QoL) after orthognathic surgery.Twenty patients were evaluated preoperatively (T0), postoperatively after 1 month (T1), and postoperatively after 3 months (T2).

Evaluation of Stress Distribution of Four Different Fixation Systems at High- and Low-Level Subcondylar Fractures on a Nonhomogenous Finite Element Model.

Purpose: The aim of the present study was to provide insight into a suitable fixation system for subcondylar fractures located at different levels.

Materials And Methods: High and low subcondylar fractures were simulated on a nonhomogenous mandibular model, and rhombic, trapezoid, and lambda plates and 2 miniplates were used for fixation. The stress in the bone and displacement of the fracture site were measured using finite element analysis.

Improved protein detection on an AC electrokinetic quartz crystal microbalance (EKQCM).

Microscale electrodes supplied with an AC field can generate rotational fluid patterns known as AC electroosmosis. In the present study, this effect was used to improve antibody binding on a biosensor surface. Antibodies, like many other large, slow moving biomolecules, tend to suffer from transport limitations during a reaction with a surface-bound receptor.

Real-time monitoring of adhesion and aggregation of platelets using thickness shear mode (TSM) sensor.

Hemostasis is required to maintain vascular system integrity, but thrombosis, formation of a clot in a blood vessel, is one of the largest causes of morbidity and mortality in the industrialized world. Novel clinical and research tools for characterizing the hemostatic system are of continued interest, and the object of this research is to test the hypothesis that clinically relevant platelet function can be monitored using an electromechanical sensor. A piezoelectric thickness shear mode (TSM) biosensor coated with collagen-I fibers to promote platelet activation and adhesion was developed and tested for sensitivity to detect these primary events.

BAEC adhesion analysis using Thickness Shear Mode sensor.

A Thickness Shear Mode (TSM) sensor of which acoustic shear wave has a nano-scale penetration depth was used in detecting biological activities of living cells. The initial cell adhesion process was characterized by analyzing multi-harmonic responses of the TSM sensor. A suspension of bovine aortic endothelial cells (BAECs) was placed on the TSM sensor, and changes in impedance magnitude during sedimentation and attachment processes were monitored.

Real time monitoring of the effects of Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycan (HSPG) and surface charge on the cell adhesion process using thickness shear mode (TSM) sensor.

The effects of Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycan (HSPG) and surface charge on the cellular interactions of the cell membrane with different substrates to determine the kinetics of cell adhesion was studied using thickness shear mode (TSM) sensor. The TSM sensor was operated at its first, third, fifth and seventh harmonics. Since the penetration depth of the shear wave decreases with increases in frequency, the multi-resonance operation of the TSM sensor was used to monitor the changes in the kinetics of the cell-substrate interaction at different distances from the sensor surface.

Real-time analysis of cell-surface adhesive interactions using thickness shear mode resonator.

The cell adhesion process and the molecular interactions that determine its kinetics were investigated using a thickness shear mode (TSM) sensor. The goal of this study was to correlate sensor readings with the progression of cell adhesion. In particular, the specific effects of receptor-mediated adhesion, the glycocalyx, and surface charge on initial cell-surface attachment and steady-state adhesion of endothelial cells were investigated.