Oral Health-Related Quality of Life in Dutch Adults With Osteogenesis Imperfecta.

Objective: To explore the oral health-related quality of life and its possible risk factors among adults with Osteogenesis Imperfecta using the Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP)-49 questionnaire. Secondary objectives were to investigate the impact of self-reported Osteogenesis Imperfecta, Dentinogenesis Imperfecta, and age on various dental parameters.

Materials And Methods: A cross-sectional questionnaire was distributed online to 417 Dutch adults with Osteogenesis Imperfecta at three national referral centers.

[Time wears on everyone, but not equally quickly].

In 30 patients (average age 38 ± 8 years, 77% male, 23% female) with intra-oral scans made at intake and after 3 years, tooth wear progression was measured. With the aid of GeoMagic to superimpose the scans, the maximum difference in height of 64 surfaces was measured per surface. A large variation was found in progression rates between patients, between various teeth in a single mouth, and between surfaces on a single tooth.

Tooth wear and bruxism: A scoping review.

Objective: This study presents a scoping review to determine the association between tooth wear and bruxism.

Data: A protocol was developed a priori (Open Science Framework (DOI 10.17605/OSF.

Natural History of Mandibular Function in Spinal Muscular Atrophy Types 2 and 3.

Background: Hereditary proximal spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is characterized by abnormal alpha motor neuron function in brainstem and spinal cord. Bulbar dysfunction, including limited mouth opening, is present in the majority of patients with SMA but it is unknown if and how these problems change during disease course.

Objective: In this prospective, observational, longitudinal natural history study we aimed to study bulbar dysfunction in patients with SMA types 2 and 3.

Inter- and intra-variability in tooth wear progression at surface-, tooth- and patient-level over a period of three years: A cohort study: Inter- and intra-variation in tooth wear progression.

Objective: To explore the variability of tooth wear progression at the surface-, tooth- and patient-level over a period of three years three years using in vivo 3D-measurements of full dentitions amongst patients with moderate to severe tooth wear and without demand for restorative rehabilitation.

Methods: Fifty-five eligible patients with moderate to severe tooth wear had intra-oral scans taken using either the 3 M True Definition Intraoral Scanner or the 3 M Lava Chairside Oral Scanner. The maximum height loss (µm) per cusp/incisal/palatal surface at unrestored surfaces was measured using the 3D Wear Analysis (3DWA)-protocol with Geomagic Qualify, resulting in sixty-four measurements per dentition.

Diagnostics and Management of Pediatric Headache: An Exploratory Study among Dutch Physical Therapists.

Physiotherapists are often part of a multidisciplinary treatment plan for children with headaches. The literature on physical therapeutic diagnostics and management of headaches is often focused on adults. To gain insight, identify knowledge gaps, and increase the evidence needed for clinical physical therapeutic practice with children with headaches, an exploratory method is warranted.

[Measuring tooth wear with regular intra-oral 3D scanners: for still in the future, or is it already possible?].

Quantitative tooth wear measurement is a method of increasing importance when measuring tooth wear progression. The Radboud university medical center has developed a protocol that measures height and volumetric differences on regular 3D-scans. Intra-oral scans were made on patients with tooth wear and superimposed.

Precision of In Vivo Quantitative Tooth Wear Measurement using Intra-Oral Scans.

Quantitative wear measurement is of increasing interest for measuring tooth wear progression. However, most research on quantitative wear measurement has focused on simulated wear or scanned gypsum casts. A 3D Wear Analysis (3DWA) protocol has been developed that analyzes tooth wear in vivo through intra-oral scanners available to dental clinicians.

Combined orthodontic and surgical treatment for a patient with Hallermann-Streiff-Francois syndrome, severe obstructive sleep apnea, and history of antiresorptive medication.

Micrognathia and retrognathia, as observed in patients with the Hallermann-Streiff-Francois syndrome, might result in obstructive sleep apnea syndrome. When it becomes severe (apnea-hypopnea index [AHI], ≥30), noninvasive treatment options might be insufficient. An orthognathic treatment with mandibular advancement will increase the upper airway volume, which results in a decrease of apneas.

Physical Treatments Reduce Pain in Children with Tension-Type Headache: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Aims: To assess the effectiveness of a variety of physical treatments in the management of tension-type headache (TTH) in children.

Methods: This review is reported in accordance with the PRISMA guidelines and was registered in the PROSPERO database (CRD42014015290). Randomized and nonrandomized controlled trials that examined the effects of all treatments with a physical component in the management of TTH in children and compared these treatments to a placebo intervention, no intervention, or a controlled comparison intervention were included.

Coherence of jaw and neck muscle activity during sleep bruxism.

Background: Studies have shown co-contraction of jaw and neck muscles in healthy subjects during (sub) maximum voluntary jaw clenching, indicating functional inter-relation between these muscles during awake bruxism. So far, coherence of jaw and neck muscles has not been evaluated during either awake or sleep bruxism.

Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate the coherence between jaw and neck muscle activity during sleep bruxism.

Speech changes in patients with a full rehabilitation for severe tooth wear, a first evaluation study.

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate changes in speech characteristics and self-perceived quality of speech in tooth wear patients, after occlusal rehabilitation.

Materials And Methods: Patients with tooth wear were included in this study after informed consent. The amount of tooth wear was scored with Tooth Wear Evaluation System (TWES).

Impact of restorative treatment of tooth wear upon masticatory performance.

Objective: The restorative treatment of generalized tooth wear involves an increase in vertical dimension of occlusion and a comprehensive alteration of occlusal morphology. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of a direct adhesive restorative treatment on masticatory performance parameters.

Materials And Methods: A sample of 23 fully dentate adult generalized tooth wear patients (17 male, 6 female, age 41.

Association between self-reported bruxism and anger and frustration.

Background: Even though bruxism has been shown to be associated with several psychological factors, few studies have been performed on its relationships with anger and frustration.

Objective: This study aimed to determine the association between self-reported awake and sleep bruxism and anger and frustration.

Methods: In this longitudinal observational study, 55 healthy adult participants with "possible" bruxism reported their experienced level of bruxism and several psychosocial factors and lifestyle factors for 28 consecutive days using a personal logbook.

Masticatory muscle stretching for the management of sleep bruxism: A randomised controlled trial.

Background: Sleep bruxism is a phenomenon associated with masticatory muscle hyperactivity. While stretching of limb and trunk muscles has been extensively studied for musculoskeletal disorders, little is known about the effectiveness of stretching of masticatory muscles in the management of bruxism.

Objective: The aim of this study is to determine the effectiveness of stretching of the masticatory muscles for sleep bruxism.

Impact of tooth wear on masticatory performance.

Objective: Masticatory performance is influenced by a number of variables such as age, gender, bite force, and occlusal units. Tooth wear may also play a role due to changes in occlusal area and in vertical dimension of occlusion. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of tooth wear on masticatory performance, using a communition test.

Chronic temporomandibular joint pain: two cases of osteoid osteoma and a review of the literature.

Osteoid osteoma is a benign bone tumour with self-limiting growth potential occurring in any part of the body. Two rare cases of a pathologically proven osteoid osteoma invading the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) are reported herein. This article also reviews the cases of osteoid osteoma of the craniofacial complex reported in the English-language literature to date.

A Retrospective Study on Possible Predictive Factors for Long-term Temporomandibular Joint Degeneration and Impaired Mobility in Juvenile Arthritis Patients.

Aims: To determine possible predictive factors for long-term temporomandibular joint (TMJ) degeneration and dysfunction in juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) patients.

Methods: A total of 94 patients (77% female) who had received a JIA diagnosis in an outpatient rheumatology clinic from 1993 to 1994 at a mean ± standard deviation age of 8.3 ± 4.

Bruxism: Is There an Indication for Muscle-Stretching Exercises?

Bruxism is a common phenomenon involving repetitive activation of the masticatory muscles. Muscle-stretching exercises are a recommended part of several international guidelines for musculoskeletal disorders and may be effective in management of the jaw muscle activity that gives rise to bruxism. However, most studies of muscle-stretching exercises have mainly focused on their influence on performance (eg, range of motion, coordination, and muscle strength) of the limb or trunk muscles of healthy individuals or individuals with sports-related injuries.

Mandibular dysfunction as a reflection of bulbar involvement in SMA type 2 and 3.

Objective: In a cross-sectional study, we aimed to determine (1) the effect of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) type 2 and 3 on mandibular function reflected as masticatory performance, mandibular range of motion, and bite force and (2) the predictors of mandibular dysfunction.

Methods: Sixty patients with SMA type 2 and 3 (mean age 32.3 years, SD 17.