Performance of self-reported measures for periodontitis in rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis.

Background: This study evaluates the performance of self-report against the reference standard of clinically defined periodontitis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and osteoarthritis (OA) after accounting for factors associated with periodontitis.

Methods: Six self-report periodontitis questions were evaluated in patients with RA and OA. Questions were validated against a reference standard of severe and moderate-to-severe periodontitis based on full-mouth examination.

Periodontitis and Porphyromonas gingivalis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

Objective: To examine the degree to which shared risk factors explain the relationship of periodontitis (PD) to rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and to determine the associations of PD and Porphyromonas gingivalis with pathologic and clinical features of RA.

Methods: Patients with RA (n = 287) and patients with osteoarthritis as disease controls (n = 330) underwent a standardized periodontal examination. The HLA-DRB1 status of all participants was imputed using single-nucleotide polymorphisms from the extended major histocompatibility complex.

Implant prosthodontic rehabilitation of a patient with nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome: a clinical report.

This clinical report describes the prosthodontic rehabilitation of an edentulous patient with compromised maxillary and mandibular anatomy, caused by the resection of several odontogenic keratocysts associated with nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome. Preprosthetic surgical preparation included iliac crest bone grafting to both arches and placement of implants. Prosthodontic treatment included the fabrication of maxillary and mandibular dental implant-supported connecting bars and construction of attachment-retained overdentures.

Extraoral maxillofacial prosthetic rehabilitation at the M. D. Anderson Cancer Center: a survey of patient attitudes and opinions.

Statement Of Problem: Measures of satisfaction after extraoral maxillofacial prosthetic rehabilitation have been sparsely reported.

Purpose: This article reviews the care-related opinions of patients who were provided extraoral prostheses at the M. D.

An endosseous, implant-retained obturator for the rehabilitation of a recurrent central giant cell granuloma: a clinical report.

The prosthodontic rehabilitation of a patient with a recurrent maxillary CGCG has been described. The patient's immense defect originally was rehabilitated with a scapular microvascular free flap, endosseous dental implants, and an ISP that became obsolete by virtue of the resection of recurrent disease and the subsequent need for velopharyngeal obturation. The patient was provided with a surgical obturator at the time of the resection of the recurrent CGCG.