Rectangular body ostectomy for the treatment of severe mandibular prognathism.

Objective: The aim of this article was to present the surgical technique and the outcomes of rectangular body ostectomy in the treatment of severe mandibular prognathism.

Methods: Mandibular setback by bilateral rectangular body ostectomies combined with Le Fort I level maxillary advancement was performed. The deep bony concavity of paranasal area was grafted with bone blocks harvested from the ostectomized segments of the mandible.

Focal osteoporotic hematopoietic bone marrow defect formation around a dental implant: a case report.

Focal osteoporotic bone marrow defects usually appear as asymptomatic radioluencies in the edentulous posterior mandible of middle-aged women. The exact causative factor in the majority of focal osteoporotic bone marrow defects is still unknown. Because of their radiological similarity with many intraosseous lesions, accurate diagnosis is possible only with histopathological examination.

Dystrophic calcifications arising in the masseter muscle: a case report.

Calcium salt deposits in the presence of normal calcium/phosphorus metabolism involving tissues that do not physiologically calcify are referred to as dystrophic calcification. The condition may be associated with a variety of systemic disorders. Additionally, injured tissue of any kind is predisposed to dystrophic calcification.

Early detection of alterations in the resonance frequency assessment of oral implant stability on various bone types: a clinical study.

This study was undertaken to evaluate the relation between bone quality and alterations of implant stability quotient values measured during the initial phase of healing. Nineteen patients treated with 106 implants were included in the current study. The mean bone density of the implant recipient area was measured using Simplant 11 software incorporated in the computerized tomography (CT) machine.