Buffered versus Non-buffered Local Anaesthesia in Minor Oral Surgery - A Comparative Study.

Introduction: Commercially available local anaesthetics are acidic solutions associated with the vasopressor sting on injection, relatively slower onset of action and pain during palatal injections. The above drawbacks can be addressed by anaesthetic buffering. This prospective study was aimed at comparing the efficacy of buffered and non-buffered local anaesthesia in the extraction of grossly decayed maxillary molar teeth in relation to pain on local infiltration, onset and duration of action of local anaesthesia.

Evaluation of efficacy of simvastatin in bone regeneration following local application in third molar extraction socket: A randomized control trial.

Aims And Objectives: The aim of this study is to study the efficacy of simvastatin in bone regeneration following the local application in third molar extraction sockets.

Materials And Methods: This is a randomized controlled trial done on 50 patients involving 100 third molar teeth extraction sockets. The patients were randomly divided based on the placement of simvastatin.

Facial soft-tissue changes after anterior maxillary osteotomy: A prospective study.

Aims: The aim of this study was to analyze and assess the soft-tissue response in patients treated by anterior maxillary osteotomy (AMO) in the postoperative period at 3, 6, and 9 months and to qualitatively assess the outcome of the surgery by the patients.

Patients And Methods: The study included twenty adult healthy patients between 18 and 25 years with skeletal Class II malocclusion and requiring AMO setback for the correction of facial deformity. Preoperative and postoperative lateral cephalograms were taken and soft-tissue changes that occurred following AMO were compared at 3, 6, and 9 months postoperatively.

Role of Resopac® as an intraoral dressing material for the surgical wound: A randomized controlled clinical trial.

Aim: The aim of the study is to evaluate the efficacy of Resopac® in improving patient postoperative comfort and its effect on wound healing after extraction of impacted teeth.

Materials And Methods: A split mouth randomized controlled trial was conducted on 50 patients who required bilateral surgical removal of mandibular third molars. After completion of surgery, Resopac® was placed as intraoral dressing material on surgically sutured site (study site) and plain gauze pack on contralateral surgically sutured site (control site).

Arthroplasty Followed by Distraction Osteogenesis Versus Distraction Osteogenesis Followed by Arthroplasty in the Management of TMJ Ankylosis: A Comparative Study.

Aim: To compare treatment outcome of arthroplasty followed by distraction osteogenesis (AFD) and distraction osteogenesis followed by arthroplasty (DFA) in the management of mandibular deficiencies in temporomandibular joint (TMJ) ankylosis.

Materials And Methods: A total of 20 patients with TMJ Ankylosis were included in the study. Patients were randomly divided into two groups.

Tissue-engineered Maxillofacial Skeletal Defect Reconstruction by 3D Printed Beta-tricalcium phosphate Scaffold Tethered with Growth Factors and Fibrin Glue Implanted Autologous Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells.

The study aimed to investigate whether a 3D printed beta-tricalcium phosphate (β-TCP) scaffold tethered with growth factors and fibrin glue implanted autologous bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells would provide a 3D platform for bone regeneration resulting in new bone formation with plasticity. Twenty 3D printed β-TCP scaffolds, ten scaffolds engrained with osteogenic mesenchymal stem cells with fibrin glue (group A), and ten scaffolds used as a control group with β-TCP scaffold and fibrin glue inoculation only (group B) were included in the study. Cell infiltration, migration, and proliferation of human osteogenic stem cells on the scaffolds were executed under both static and dynamic culture conditions.

Efficacy of Temporomandibular Joint Arthrocentesis with Sodium Hyaluronate in the Management of Temporomandibular Joint Disorders: A Prospective Randomized Control Trial.

Purpose: This study was designed to investigate the efficacy of the temporomandibular joint arthrocentesis with and without injection of sodium hyaluronate (SH) in the treatment of temporomandibular joint disorders.

Patients And Methods: A total of sixty two TMJs in 34 males and 28 females aged 20-65 years comprised the study material. The patients' complaints were limited mouth opening, TMJ pain, and joint noises during function.