Short-term postoperative changes in temporomandibular joints and masticatory muscles of Angle class II patients after mandibular advancement surgery: Clinical findings.

Background And Objective: The aim of the study was to detect postoperative changes in the temporomandibular joints (TMJs) and masticatory muscles of Angle class II malocclusion patients who underwent mandibular advancement surgery.

Material And Methods: Twenty-three patients were selected for mandibular advancement by bilateral sagittal split ramus osteotomy (BSSO). Cephalograms and clinical evaluation were performed before the surgery as well as fourteen days and six months after surgery.

Increases in Cranial Volume with Posterior Cranial Vault Distraction in 31 Consecutive Cases.

Background: Posterior cranial vault distraction (PCVD) is a technique widely used in surgical treatment of craniosynostosis when cranial expansion is required. It has proven to be safe and to allow a significant increase of intracranial volume.

Objective: To evaluate increases in intracranial volume as a result of PCVD performed in Oulu Craniofacial center using 2 different methods based on 3-dimensional (3-D) photogrammetric imaging or plain skull radiographs.

Frontal cranial modeling using endocranial resorbable plate fixation in 27 consecutive plagiocephaly and trigonocephaly patients.

Introduction: Premature ossification of coronal and metopic sutures is treated by fronto-orbital remodeling. Such operations require stable fixation of the reshaped cranial bones. Currently, biodegradable plating systems are used to provide sufficient stability over the time that takes for the osteotomies to ossify.

Endoscopically assisted enucleation of a large mandibular periapical cyst.

Enucleation of large cysts in the jaws is an invasive method that might be associated with complications. Marsupialization is a less invasive alternative method but it involves a prolonged and uncomfortable healing period. This study addresses a contemporaneous and less invasive surgical technique for treating larger mandibular cysts.

Use of the suture anchor in interpositional arthroplasty of temporomandibular joint ankylosis.

Background: The purpose of this article is to demonstrate the use of a mini suture anchor to attach the temporal myofascial flap to the head of the mandibular condyle in interpositional arthroplasty for the treatment of temporomandibular joint (TMJ) ankylosis.

Case Report: A 29-year-old patient, with unilateral posttraumatic temporomandibular joint osseous ankylosis and pre-operative maximal interincisal distance of 9 mm, was treated by the interpositional gap arthroplasty using the temporal myofascial flap. After rotation, the flap and the TMJ capsule were attached to the lateral pole of the condyle by a non-absorbable mini suture anchor.