Two cases of axenfeld-rieger syndrome, report of the complex pathology and treatment.

The purpose of this case report is to report the orthodontic surgical treatment and subsequent dental rehabilitation in two patients with Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome. Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome is a rare autosomal dominant condition characterized by ocular, dental, craniofacial, and periumbilical abnormalities. The treatment of two patients with various anomalies in Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome is described and discussed.

[Odontogenic maxillary sinusitis based on overextension of root canal filling material].

In a 48-year-old woman and a 35-year-old man, a sinusitis maxillaris resulting from overextension of root canal filling material after an endodontic treatment ofa maxillary molar could be diagnosed through computed tomography. The woman complained of nasal congestion and in the man 2 radiopaque abnormalities in the maxillary sinus were discovered coincidentally. The corpora aliena were removed surgically.

[Aging, a frightening image of dental health?].

The combination of decreasing oral self-care and increasing risks of oral health make elderly people an oral health risk-group. In many elderly people above the age of approximately 75 the decline in functions culminates in infirmity. Frail and infirm elderly people require geriatric care, but often oral health care is not an integral part of geriatric care.

[Serious periodontal destruction in the elderly. Intensive treatment or an overdenture prosthesis?].

A minority of dentate elderly people have advanced periodontal disease. Is both non-surgical and surgical periodontal treatment or overdenture treatment the therapy of choice? Research data comparing these treatments, from patients' or professionals' point of view, are as yet not available. Concerning efficacy and cost-effectiveness, overdenture treatment appears to be superior to periodontal treatment.

Fine structural changes in dog myocardium exposed to lowered pH in vivo.

A surgical preparation that allows chemical alteration of the blood supplied to specific area of the intact heart was used to investigate the effects of lowered tissue pH on the fine structure of myocardial cells. Controlled infusion of isotonic saline acidified with HCl to a pH value between 1.0 and 2.