Effect of Oral Inflammatory Burden on Size and Stage of Oral Tongue Cancer.

Objective: Oral tongue squamous cell carcinoma is an aggressive life-threatening disease, the prognosis of which is affected by tumor stage and size. We retrospectively studied whether oral inflammatory burden and established tongue carcinoma etiological factors exert an impact on tumor size and stage.

Materials And Methods: Medical records of 183 subjects diagnosed with tongue carcinoma at Helsinki University Hospital were investigated.

Burden of oral diseases predicts development of excess weight in early adolescence: a 2-year longitudinal study.

Unlabelled: Dental caries, gingivitis, and excess weight are highly prevalent, interconnected chronic conditions. The association of oral health with the development of adiposity among children is sparsely addressed. We examined the association of oral health to the development of excess weight and central obesity in early adolescence during a 2-year follow-up period.

Surgical treatment of clinically infected mandibular fractures.

Purpose: To clarify reasons for infections, surgical techniques, and occurrence of postoperative surgical site complications in infected mandibular fractures.

Methods: Patients with clinically infected mandibular fracture of the dentate part without preceding surgery were studied retrospectively. Clinical infection was defined to occur if pus, abscess, or a fistula in the fracture area was present.

Survival of dental implants and occurrence of mucosal overgrowth in patients with head and neck cancer treated with/without radiotherapy and mucosal graft-two-year follow-up.

Objectives: The primary aim of the present study was to compare head and neck cancer treatment modality surgery and surgery with radiotherapy or chemoradiotherapy alone for dental implant (DI) survival. The second aim was to evaluate the prevalence of mucosal overgrowth around DI after treatment with or without mucosal grafts.

Materials And Methods: An observational retrospective study consisted of 59 patients with malignant head and neck tumors that received DI between 2015 and 2019.

Non-Surgical Site-Related Complications in Mandibular Fracture Surgery - A Problem of Elderly Patients?

Background: Scientific evidence of nonsurgical site-related complications in mandibular fracture patients is limited.

Purpose: The purpose was to measure the frequency of nonsurgical site complications in patients with mandible fractures, describe the types of complications, and identify the risk factors associated with these complications.

Study Design, Setting, Sample: A retrospective cohort study was conducted at the Helsinki University hospital between 2018 and 2021.