An inventory of patients' response to treatment at a multidisciplinary breath odor clinic.

Objective: This study was undertaken to assess patients' response to their treatment at a multidisciplinary oral malodor clinic.

Method And Materials: In 4 years, a multidisciplinary breath odor clinic in Belgium examined 406 patients. The team consisted of an ear, nose, and throat specialist, a periodontologist, occasionally a specialist in internal medicine, and, more recently, a psychiatrist.

The rehabilitation of the severely resorbed maxilla by simultaneous placement of autogenous bone grafts and implants: a 10-year evaluation.

The long-term success of Brånemark implants has been previously reported. The success rate of the same implants, when associated with autologous grafts, seemed much less predictable. In the present study it is demonstrated that when these implants are installed in conjunction with an autologous corticocancellous hip graft, either onlay or inlay, the cumulative success rate remains at 95% for individual implants in non-smokers.

Experiences of a Belgian multidisciplinary breath odour clinic.

Experiences of a Belgian multidisciplinary breath odour clinic. Oral malodour is a frequent problem, which can benefit from a multidisciplinary approach (periodontology, ENT, internal medicine, psychiatry). An objective measurement of the amount of volatile sulphur compounds in the patient is very useful and easy to perform.

Long-term bone mass evaluation of mandible and lumbar spine in a group of women receiving hormone replacement therapy.

The overall aim of this study was to examine the relationship between bone mass of the jaw and the axial skeleton. Sixty-nine subjects (age at entry: 32-64), who underwent hormone replacement therapy during the study period, participated. Bone mass of the lumbar spine was determined using dual photon absorptiometry.