Publications by authors named "Henrique do Couto de Oliveira"
The incidence of fractures of the atrophic edentulous mandible is still low, even with the increasing life expectancy. The reduced blood supply of the sclerotic bone, the diminished contact area between bone fragments and the patient's systemic condition makes the treatment of those fractures a challenge for any professional. Treatment of atrophic mandibular fractures by means of miniplate osteosynthesis has not been the preferred method of fixation by many authors.
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- The study aimed to assess the effects of recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) on the integration of titanium implants in rabbits.
- Fourteen rabbits were divided into a test group receiving rhGH at the implant site and a control group with no treatment, with implant performance evaluated after 14 and 42 days.
- Results showed that rhGH significantly improved the bone's attachment to the implants, indicated by higher tensile stress values and more advanced bone remodeling at the 14-day mark, supporting its potential to enhance dental implant success.
Osteopetrosis (OP) is a rare hereditary disorder characterized by a dysfunction of the osteoclasts that impairs bone resorption, which together with the normal osteoblastic activity forms intense bone sclerosis with reduction of marrow. A common complication that arises, most frequently, as a result of tooth extraction is mandibular osteomyelitis. There is no consensus on the literature about the treatment of this infection in an osteopetrotic patient, therefore, the purpose of this paper is to report a case of marginal resection for treatment of mandibular osteomyelitis in an osteopetrotic patient and discuss relevant features of this procedure.
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