Visualisation and Analysis of Speech Production with Electropalatography.

The process of speech production, i.e., the compression of air in the lungs, the vibration activity of the larynx, and the movement of the articulators, is of great interest in phonetics, phonology, and psychology.

Short-term complications after surgically assisted rapid palatal expansion: a retrospective cohort study.

Surgically assisted rapid palatal expansion (SARPE) has been considered a safe procedure with minimal patient morbidity. The aim of this study was to identify short-term complications encountered after tooth-borne expansion with a standardized approach to inform surgeons and orthodontists of the patient risk. In this retrospective cohort study, 55 patients (35 female, 20 male) undergoing SARPE between January 2013 and December 2014 were evaluated.

Intraoperative Computed Tomography in Bilateral Sagittal Split Osteotomy.

Objectives: The objective of the study was to show the importance of intraoperative computed tomography as an aid for ensuring inferior alveolar nerve safety during bilateral sagittal split osteotomy.

Materials And Methods: This study included ten patients who underwent bilateral sagittal split osteotomy procedure. All patients were treated for orthognathic reasons.

Accuracy of a Dedicated Bone-Supported Surgical Template for Dental Implant Placement with Direct Visual Control.

The aim of this study is to evaluate feasibility and accuracy of dental implant placement utilizing a dedicated bone-supported surgical template. Thirty-eight implants (sixteen in maxilla, twenty-two in mandible) were placed in seven fully edentulous jaws (three maxillae, four mandibles) guided by the designed bone-supported surgical template. A voxel-based registration technique was applied to match pre- and post-operative CBCT scans.

Efficacy and tolerability of diclofenac potassium sachets in acute postoperative dental pain: a placebo-controlled, randomised, comparative study vs. diclofenac potassium tablets.

This double-blind, randomised, parallel-group trial compared the analgesic efficacy of single 50 mg doses of diclofenac potassium sachets and tablets with placebo in 184 patients with moderate/severe pain after third molar extraction. The primary efficacy variable was the average pain reduction from baseline during the first 2-h postdose, using a visual analogue scale (VAS). During the first 2-h postdose, sachets and tablets significantly reduced pain (p < 0.