Functional occlusal patterns during lateral excursions in young adults.

Statement Of Problem: A valid system for assessing and classifying functional occlusion has not been established. The prevalence of anterior protected articulation is not known.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to quantify the prevalence of various functional occlusal contact patterns, including anterior protected articulation, among dental students.

A complex haptic exercise to predict preclinical operative dentistry performance: a retrospective study.

A reliable test of manual dexterity could potentially have utility in dental education. Recently, haptic technologies have emerged that may offer a means of testing manual dexterity in the preclinical setting. The purpose of this study was to determine whether performance on a complex haptic simulator exercise was associated with preclinical operative dentistry practical examination scores or the Perceptual Ability Test (PAT) scores of the Dental Admission Test.

Oral lichenoid lesions and allergy to dental materials.

Background: Dental materials, oral hygiene products and food additives may cause contact allergic reactions in the mouth with varied clinical presentation. Oral lichenoid lesions (lichen planus-like lesions) can be induced by hypersensitivity to dental restorative metals, acrylates, flavorings and other substances.

Aim: The aim of this study was to demonstrate contact allergy to dental materials in patients with oral lichenoid lesions using patch tests.

Case report: restoration of edentulous mandible with 4 BOI implants in an immediate load procedure.

Dental implants for insertion from the lateral aspects of the jaw bone have been described repeatedly, since 1972. Long term results have been reported. Due to their design, BOI-Implants (basal osseointegration) can be installed even in those cases, where the vertical bone supply is reduced.

The spectral analysis of syllables in patients using dentures.

Changes in the oral cavity resulting from the loss of teeth and the ensuing reconstruction of a set of teeth by dentures (partial or complete) may cause changes in the speech and voice of the patient. The aim of the present investigation was to study the changes in speech and voice in patients suffering from teeth loss and the degree of speech improvement using dentures. Voice and speech parameters of a set of tested syllables were analysed in 10 patients at the 2nd Clinic of Stomatology.