Does Condylar Morphology Affect Maxillary Repositioning in Bimaxillary Orthognathic Surgery?

This study aimed to measure the association between condylar morphology and a measure of the maxillary centroid following bimaxillary surgery using mandibular-dependent splints. The study included skeletal Class III and Class II malocclusion patients, excluding those with facial asymmetry. Based on computed tomography imaging patients were characterized into normal or abnormal temporomandibular joint (TMJ) groups.

Study of Anatomical Changes of the Inferior Nasal Passage After Le Fort I Osteotomy With Superior Repositioning.

The relationship between postoperative morphological changes in the inferior nasal cavity and inferior turbinate after Le Fort I osteotomy remains unclear. This study aimed to investigate how the bone volume of the inferior turbinate affects contact with the inferior nasal cavity of patients who underwent superior repositioning. We evaluated the 3-dimensional relationship between the anatomical changes in the inferior nasal passage before and after surgery in 51 patients who underwent Le Fort I osteotomy with an elevation of >4.

Clinical manifestations of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma that exhibits initial symptoms in the maxilla and mandible: a single-center retrospective study.

Background: Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is the most common type of lymphatic tumor; however, extranodal DLBCLs that exhibit initial symptoms in the maxilla and mandible are rare. Moreover, DLBCL is clinically classified as a moderate to highly malignant lymphatic tumor that can progress rapidly; therefore, early diagnosis is crucial. However, diagnosis is difficult as the disease causes a diverse range of clinical symptoms with no characteristic imaging findings.

Distinct interacting core taxa in co-occurrence networks enable discrimination of polymicrobial oral diseases with similar symptoms.

Polymicrobial diseases, which can be life threatening, are caused by the presence and interactions of multiple microbes. Peri-implantitis and periodontitis are representative polymicrobial diseases that show similar clinical symptoms. To establish a means of differentiating between them, we compared microbial species and functional genes in situ by performing metatranscriptomic analyses of peri-implantitis and periodontitis samples obtained from the same subjects (n = 12 each).

Genome Sequence of a Bacillus anthracis Outbreak Strain from Zambia, 2011.

In August 2011, an anthrax outbreak occurred among Hippopotamus amphibius hippopotamuses and humans in Zambia. Here, we report the draft genome sequence of the Bacillus anthracis outbreak strain CZC5, isolated from tissues of H. amphibius hippopotamuses that had died in the outbreak area.