The assesment of relationship between the angulation of impacted mandibular third molar teeth and the thickness of lingual bone: A prospective clinical study.

Background: Our purpose was to investigate the relationship between the angulation of mandibular third molars and the thickness of the lingual bone, which can affect the risk of lingual nerve damage during lower third molars surgical extraction.

Material And Methods: This study consisted of 104 patients (42 males and 62 females), aged between 18-42 years (24.67 ± 6.

Histological evaluation of effectiveness of platelet-rich fibrin on healing of sinus membrane perforations: A preclinical animal study.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of platelet-rich fibrin (PRF) in repairing of Schneiderian membrane perforations in rabbit maxillary sinus. A total of 42 female New Zealand rabbits were randomly divided into two groups. Symmetrical bony defects were created 1 cm in diameter and the sinus membranes were exposed.

Biomechanical evaluation of different fixation systems after Le Fort I osteotomy in polyurethane models of unilateral clefts.

We compared the stability of three different titanium plate-and-screw fixation systems after Le Fort I osteotomy in polyurethane models of unilateral clefts. Thirty-six models were divided into 3 groups. In the first group, we adapted standard Plates 1mm thick with 2.

Management of central giant cell granuloma of the jaws with intralesional steroid injection and review of the literature.

Purpose: We report the results of the intralesional steroid injections for the management of central giant cell granuloma (CGCG) of the jaws.

Methods: Seven CGCGs were treated with intralesional injection of corticosteroids. To accomplish this, 3.

Combined use of alveolar distraction osteogenesis and segmental osteotomy in anterior vertical ridge augmentation.

Introduction: Vertical defects of the anterioral veolar ridge are challenging cases in implant dentistry. Various techniques, such as onlay bone grafting, segmental osteotomy (SO) oral veolar distraction osteogenesis (ADO), have been suggested to manage those situations. ADO has an advantage of being capable of enhancing both hard and soft tissue simultaneously.

The use of stereophotogrammetry in oral surgery: measurement of area changes after secondary epithelization and grafting vestibuloplasties.

Objective: Stereophotogrammetry (SPT) is a method in which three-dimensional coordinates are calculated from multiple two-dimensional projections. The purpose of this study was to compare the surface area changes between the secondary healing and grafting vestibuloplasty techniques in the mandible by using a stereophotogrammetric technique (SPT).

Patients And Methods: Thirteen patients were included in this study: six patients were managed by using full-thickness skin or palatal mucosa grafts (two full-thickness palatal mucosal grafts and four full-thickness skin grafts); the remaining seven patients, who did not accept a second surgery for graft harvesting, underwent secondary epithelization vestibuloplasties.

Effect of 2 flap designs on postoperative pain and swelling after impacted third molar surgery.

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate 2 flap designs (envelope and modified triangular flap) for postoperative pain and swelling after mandibular impacted third molar surgery.

Study Design: Thirty patients who had symmetric bilateral fully impacted mandibular third molars were selected. Left teeth were approached with an envelope flap, and right teeth were removed using a modified triangular flap.

Comparison of depth of anesthesia in different parts of maxilla when only buccal anesthesia was done for maxillary teeth extraction.

Objective. Recently, some authors reported that maxillary teeth could be extracted without using palatal anesthesia, but they did not clearly specify the extracted teeth. This is important, because apparently the local anesthetic solution infiltrates the maxilla and achieves a sufficient anesthesia in the palatal side.

Comparison of three pain scales after impacted third molar surgery.

Objective: Recently, a pain assessment scale called "full cup test" (FCT) has been suggested for pain evaluation. It is claimed to be easier to use for the patient, and it allows using parametric tests for statistical analyses. The aim of this study was to evaluate the validity of the FCT in third molar surgery.

Evaluation of osteoblastic activity around dental implants using bone scintigraphy.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the osteoblastic activity around delay-loaded intraosseous dental implants using nuclear medicine imaging techniques.

Material And Methods: Seven totally edentulous patients (two females and five males, between 48 and 57 years of age) were included in the study. Two implants were inserted into mandibular canine regions and removable prostheses were produced after 3 months.

A preferable technique for protecting the inferior alveolar nerve: coronectomy.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of coronectomy for teeth whose root apices are very close to the inferior alveolar canal.

Patients And Methods: The 43 patients of this study needed removal of their lower third molar, whose root apices were very close to the inferior alveolar canal. These patients underwent 47 coronectomies.

Proinflammatory cytokines in temporomandibular joint synovial fluid before and after arthrocentesis.

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the levels of interleukin (IL)-1beta, IL-6, IL-8, IL-11, and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha in temporomandibular joint (TMJ) synovial fluid of the patients with internal derangement before and 2 weeks after arthrocentesis.

Study Design: Forty TMJs of 35 patients (29 females and 6 males, mean age 22.9 years) were included to the study.

Histological evaluation of the effects of bioglass, hydroxyapatite, or demineralized freeze-dried bone, grafted alone or as composites, on the healing of tibial defects in rabbits.

Objectives: To compare the effectiveness of bioactive glass (BG), natural hydroxyapatite (HA), and demineralized freeze-dried bone (DFDB) in bone defects.

Methods: All animal experiments were conducted in Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey, under the Selcuk University Guidelines for Animal Experimentation, in 2005. Eighteen New Zealand rabbits were used for the experiment.

Septic pulmonary embolism secondary to dental focus.

A 24-year-old female was admitted to an infectious diseases unit with complaints of dyspnea and fever. She had suffered from multiple episodes of fever for 1 year. The diagnostic workup revealed multiple pulmonary nodules on the chest CT scan, suggesting septic pulmonary embolism, and a periapical abscess around the maxillary right central incisor.

Comparison of stability of absorbable and titanium plate and screw fixation for sagittal split ramus osteotomy.

Six unembalmed adult sheep mandibles were stripped of all soft tissues and sectioned at the midline. Each side had a sagittal split ramus osteotomy (SSRO) and was advanced 5 mm. Six of the hemimandibles were fixed with four-hole extended titanium miniplates and titanium screws, and the other six were fixed with four-hole extended absorbable plates and absorbable screws.