Computerized Axiographic Findings in a Cohort of Migraine Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Background: The objective of this work was to investigate the association between the function of the stomatognathic system and migraine presence through an instrumental functional analysis in a group of diagnosed migraine patients and a control group.

Methods: This study included 50 individuals in each group. A jaw-tracking analysis was performed using Cadiax 4.

Instrumental Occlusal Analysis in Migraine Patients: A Quantitative Cross Sectional Study.

Objectives: This study aimed to investigate possible differences of functional occlusal variables between a group of migraine patients (MG) and a control group (CG).

Materials And Methods: Each group included 50 individuals. Instrumental functional analysis and digital occlusal analysis were performed.

Comparing efficacy of the mandibular advancement device after drug-induced sleep endoscopy and continuous positive airway pressure in patients with obstructive sleep apnea.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to compare objective and self-reported outcomes of two treatments for managing mild, moderate, and severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in adults: a mandibular advancement device (MAD) and continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP).

Methods: Patients diagnosed with OSA by means of polysomnography (PSG) included one group treated with a custom-made, two-piece, adjustable MAD and a second group treated with CPAP for 8 weeks. Before the initiation of the treatment, all patients assigned to MAD underwent drug-induced sleep endoscopy (DISE), and all CPAP group patients underwent manual titration of CPAP after PSG.

Drug-induced sleep endoscopy improves intervention efficacy among patients treated for obstructive sleep apnea with a mandibular advancement device.

Purpose: To compare the short-term treatment effect of a mandibular advancement device (MAD) with and without previous drug-induced sleep endoscopy (DISE) on polysomnography (PSG) and other sleep apnea-related treatment outcomes (Short Form Health Survey [SF-36] and Epworth Sleepiness Scale [ESS]) among adults with mild, moderate, and severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). We hypothesized that using DISE would improve the efficacy of MADs on the sleep apnea parameters.

Methods: The study sample consisted of patients with OSA who were unable or unwilling to tolerate a CPAP device, divided into an experimental (with DISE) and a control (without DISE) group.

Setting characteristics of vinyl-polysiloxane interocclusal recording materials.

Objectives: To investigate the elemental and molecular composition, curing efficiency, setting shrinkage strain and hardness of vinyl-polysiloxane interocclusal recording materials.

Methods: The materials tested were Blu-Mousse Classic/BMC, Exabite II NDS/EXB, Futar Scan/FTS, O-Bite/OBT, Occlufast Rock/OFR, R-Si-Line Metalbite/RMB and Stone Bite/STB. Composition was examined by SEM/EDX and micro-ATR FTIR.