Postoperative Outcome After Coronectomy Versus Surgical Removal of Impacted Mandibular Third Molars - Clinical and Oral Health-Related Quality of Life Follow-Up.

Background: Coronectomy is an alternative procedure for removing mandibular third molars near the inferior alveolar nerve. Limited research exists on the effect of coronectomy on the postoperative quality of life (QoL).

Purpose: This study compared postoperative QoL after coronectomy and complete surgical removal of mandibular third molars during the first postoperative week.

Association of indications for mandibular third molar coronectomy and the Pell and Gregory and the Winter classification systems.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine how the surgeon's decision to perform a mandibular third molar coronectomy or surgical removal is associated with the impaction pattern as classified using Pell and Gregory or Winter's system.

Methods: This observational, cross-sectional study was conducted on 813 mandibular third molars belonging to 565 patients. All patients were referred for removal of the mandibular third molar and had radiographic signs indicating a close relationship with the inferior alveolar nerve.

Assessing change in quality of life using the Oral Health Impact Profile in patients undergoing orthognathic surgery: A before and after comparison with a minimal follow-up of two years.

Purpose: Here we evaluated how orthognathic surgery impacted oral health-related quality of life among patients with dentofacial deformities in the immediate postoperative period and during ≥2 years of follow-up, using the OHIP-14-NL questionnaire.

Methods: This prospective study included 86 patients. Quality of life was assessed using the Dutch version of the Oral Health Impact Profile questionnaire (OHIP-14-NL) preoperatively (T, baseline), over 7 days postoperatively (T-T), and at 4 weeks (T), 6 months (T), 1 year (T), and ≥2 years (T) postoperatively.

Early root migration after a mandibular third molar coronectomy.

Purpose: This prospective cohort study aimed to assess early root migration after a coronectomy of the mandibular third molar at 2 and 6 months after surgery.

Methods: We included all patients treated with a coronectomy of an impacted mandibular third molar. The primary outcome measure was the extent of postoperative root migration after 2 and 6 months.

Long-Term Outcome of Surgical Treatments for Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Cervicofacial Lymphadenitis in Children.

Purpose: Information on long-term treatment outcome for nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) cervicofacial lymphadenitis in children is scarce. The purpose of this study is to evaluate long-term outcome for surgical treatment, which is the mainstay treatment modality.

Methods: This case series describes recurrence rates of surgically treated NTM cervicofacial lymphadenitis patients with a follow-up of at least 10 years.

Impact of orthognathic surgery on quality of life in patients with different dentofacial deformities: longitudinal study of the Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP-14) with at least 1 year of follow-up.

Objective: The objective of this study was to assess the impact of orthognathic surgery for dental facial deformities on oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) in the immediate postoperative period up to at least 1 year after surgery.

Study Design: This prospective study evaluated data from 85 patients. OHRQoL was assessed using the Dutch version of the Oral Health Impact Profile questionnaire (OHIP-14NL) preoperatively (T), each day for 7 days postoperatively (T-T) and 4 weeks (T), 6 months (T), and at least 1 year (T) after surgery.

Oral Health-related quality of life after coronectomy for impacted mandibular third molar in the first postoperative week.

Background: Coronectomy of a mandibular impacted third molar is a surgical treatment to minimize the risk for inferior alveolar nerve damage. We aimed to determine whether this procedure affected the oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) within the first postoperative week.

Material And Methods: This prospective study included 50 patients that underwent a coronectomy for an impacted mandibular third molar.

Effect of periapical surgery on oral health-related quality of life in the first postoperative week using the Dutch version of Oral Health Impact Profile-14.

Objective: To evaluate whether periapical surgery affects oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) within the first postoperative week.

Study Design: The primary outcomes in 133 patients (54 men, 79 women; mean age 50.8 years) undergoing periapical surgery were the Oral Health Impact Profile-14 (OHIP-14) score and postoperative sequelae, including pain, analgesic intake, swelling, limited mouth opening, chewing difficulties, and postoperative infection.

Long-term outcome of nonsurgical treatment of nontuberculous mycobacterial cervicofacial lymphadenitis in children.

Objective: Chronic cervicofacial lymphadenitis in children is often caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM). Children with NTM infection who were not surgically treated were evaluated for long-term outcome with a follow-up of at least 10 years.

Results: Among the 117 nonsurgically treated children, the median age was 46 months (range, 9-155 months), 56 were male (47.

Alveolar iodine tampon packing after impacted third molar surgery improves oral health-related quality of life and postoperative sequela: a randomized study.

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of an iodine tampon on postoperative discomfort after surgical removal of a mandibular third molar.

Material And Methods: Patients were randomly assigned to two groups: one group received an alveolar iodine-containing tampon in the extraction socket (N = 44), and the other group used a disposable syringe (Monoject®) to rinse the wound (N = 43). Postoperative discomfort was assessed with the Oral Health Impact Profile-14 (OHIP-14) questionnaire, Pain Intensity Numerical Rating Scale (PI-NRS), and questions about self-care and discomfort.

Alveolar Iodine Tampon Packing Reduces Postoperative Morbidity After Third Molar Surgery.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to assess the efficacy of an iodine tampon after mandibular third molar surgery on oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL), use of painkillers, postoperative sequelae, and self-care behaviors in the first postoperative week.

Materials And Methods: This prospective, crossover, randomized controlled study included patients undergoing surgical removal of bilateral symmetrically, horizontally impacted mandibular third molars. The surgical site was randomly allocated to receive an iodine tampon after surgery or wound closure and rinsing with a Monoject syringe (Tyco/Healthcare-Kendall, Mansfield, MA).

Pediatric cervicofacial lymphadenitis caused by Bartonella henselae.

Background: Chronic cervicofacial lymphadenitis in children is often caused by nontuberculous mycobacterium or Bartonella henselae species (known as cat scratch disease).

Methods: Bartonella henselae infection was diagnosed in 53 of 427 children with cervicofacial lymphadenopathy by polymerase chain reaction.

Results: The age of patients ranged from 16 to 148 months (median, 59 months), 28 (53%) were male, and 25 were female (47%).

Surgical treatment for nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) cervicofacial lymphadenitis in children.

Purpose: To compare surgical excision with surgical curettage in the treatment of nontuberculous mycobacterial (NMT) cervicofacial lymphadenitis in children.

Patients And Methods: Fifty children, 22 boys and 28 girls, with a PCR- or cultured-confirmed diagnosis of cervicofacial NTM infection were included in the study. Twenty-five children were randomized to surgical excision of the involved lymph nodes, and 25 children to surgical curettage.

[Nontuberculous mycobacterial lymphadenitis].

A 4-year-old girl was referred with a chronically enlarged left cervical lymphadenitis of the neck. This swelling appeared to be caused by a Mycobacterium avium infection. Mycobacterium avium belongs to the group of nontuberculous mycobacteria.

A comparison of two implant techniques on patient-based outcome measures: a report of flapless vs. conventional flapped implant placement.

Background: Flapless implant surgery is considered to offer advantages over the traditional flap access approach. There may be minimized bleeding, decreased surgical times and minimal patient discomfort. Controlled studies comparing patient outcome variables to support these assumptions, however, are lacking.

Esthetic outcome of surgical excision versus antibiotic therapy for nontuberculous mycobacterial cervicofacial lymphadenitis in children.

One hundred children with microbiologically proven nontuberculous mycobacterial cervicofacial lymphadenitis were randomly assigned to excision of the involved lymph nodes, or antibiotic therapy consisting of clarithromycin and rifabutin. The esthetic outcome was rated using a revised and weighted Observer Scar Assessment Scale. The median weighted esthetic outcome in surgical patients was significantly better (30.

Interpretation and precision of the Observer Scar Assessment Scale improved by a revised scoring.

Objective: To apply Rasch measurement to develop a rule for clinical interpretation of the Observer Scar Assessment Scale (OSAS) to help surgeons judge reported sum scores clinically.

Study Design And Setting: We used cross-sectional data of a multicenter randomized clinical trial for the treatment of nontuberculous cervicofacial lymphadenitis in children. Rasch analysis was used on the OSAS scores obtained from scar photographs of 100 children after surgical or antibiotic treatment.

Microvascular soft tissue changes in alveolar distraction osteogenesis.

Objective: The aim of the study was to quantify the effect of distraction osteogenesis on the changes in vascular density in the human oral mucosa.

Material And Methods: Alveolar distraction was performed in 10 patients with alveolar ridge deficiencies, while in the contralateral nondistracted site an implant was placed. The distraction device was activated after 7 days of latency starting with a distraction rate of 1 mm a day for a 1-week period.

Surgical excision versus antibiotic treatment for nontuberculous mycobacterial cervicofacial lymphadenitis in children: a multicenter, randomized, controlled trial.

Background: The optimal treatment of nontuberculosis mycobacterial cervical lymphadenitis in children has not been established. Until recently, surgical excision was the standard treatment, but the number of reports of successful antibiotic treatment is increasing, which questions whether surgery is the preferred treatment. In this randomized, multicenter trial, we compared surgical excision with antibiotic treatment.

Influence of the application of platelet-enriched plasma in oral mucosal wound healing.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to describe and quantify the therapeutic value of platelet concentrate on the capillary density in oral mucosal wound healing.

Material And Methods: The subjects included 10 healthy edentulous patients who underwent bilaterally a sinus floor elevation procedure and a buccal onlay graft with autologous iliac crest bone for maxillary reconstruction. During surgery, platelet-rich plasma (PRP) was prepared from a blood sample taken from the patient.

Inguinal lymphadenitis caused by mycobacterium haemophilum in an immunocompetent child.

Infections caused by Mycobacterium haemophilum in immunocompetent patients are unusual. M. haemophilum have been associated with cervicofacial lymphadenitis in children, but inguinal infections have not yet been described.

Tuberculin skin testing is useful in the screening for nontuberculous mycobacterial cervicofacial lymphadenitis in children.

Background: We evaluated the diagnostic usefulness of tuberculin skin testing in the screening for nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) infection in children.

Methods: We enrolled 180 children who had chronic cervicofacial lymphadenitis in our study. Skin testing was done using antigens of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Mycobacterium avium, Mycobacterium kansasii, and Mycobacterium scrophulaceum.

The sonographic characteristics of nontuberculous mycobacterial cervicofacial lymphadenitis in children.

Background: Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are a common cause of chronic cervicofacial lymphadenitis in young children. The differential diagnosis includes other infections, lymphoepithelial cysts and malignancies.

Objective: To assess the sonographic findings of NTM cervicofacial lymphadenitis in children.

First case of an oculofacial lesion due to Mycobacterium haemophilum infection in an immunocompetent child.

Oculofacial lesions caused by infections with nontuberculous mycobacterial organisms are unusual, but infections with Mycobacterium haemophilum species in immunocompetent patients have not yet been described. We present a case of an oculofacial lesion in a girl as a result of a Mycobacterium haemophilum infection.