Median rhomboid glossitis: a clinical and microbiological study.

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between median rhomboid glossitis (MRG) and Candida and bacteria species, prevalence and possible association with age, gender, smoking, denture wearing, and diabetes mellitus.

Methods: Tongue examinations were performed on 4244 consecutive patients. Of all the examined patients, 30 diagnosed with MRG were selected as the study group and another 30 patients were selected as the control group, and these 2 groups were compared in terms of age and gender.

Rhabdomyosarcoma of the oral cavity: a case report.

Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS), a tumor of skeletal muscle origin, is the most common soft tissue sarcoma encountered in childhood and adolescence. The common sites of occurrence are the head and neck region, genitourinary tract, retroperitonium, and, to a lesser extent, the extremities. In the head and neck region, the most commonly affected sites are the orbit, paranasal sinuses, soft tissues of the cheek, and the neck.

Evaluation of volumetry and density of mandibular symphysis bone grafts by three-dimensional computed tomography.

Purpose: Bone grafting before implant placing can improve the treatment in traumatized or regular implant patients. The aim of this study was to evaluate the density and maximum amount of harvestable bone graft in the mandibular symphysis.

Materials And Methods: Data from 15 CT-scans were obtained from 15 adult patients (10 male/five female) for the purposes of this study.

The frequency and characteristics of idiopathic osteosclerosis and condensing osteitis lesions in a Turkish patient population.

Objectives: The objective of this study was to investigate the frequency of idiopathic osteosclerosis (IO) and condensing osteitis (CO) in a Turkish patient population, considering factors such as age and sex of the population, in addition to shape and localization, as well as the dental relationship between IO and CO lesions.

Patients And Methods: A retrospective study was performed using panoramic radiographs of 6,154 patients ranging in age from 5 to 69 years old, who had been subjected to dental treatment. Descriptive characteristics of radiopacities, including shape, localization and dental relationship were recorded.

Prevalence of the pneumatized articular eminence in the temporal bone.

Objectives: The pneumatized articular eminence (PAT) of the temporal bone has been identified as an asymptomatic radiolucent appearance defect in the temporal bone. Although it occurs very rarely, when present, it may represent the potential for complications following surgical manipulation of the temporomandibular joint.

Materials And Methods: The record of 8107 patients who presented to our Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery services, between January 1998 and February 2008 was reviewed.

Transmigrant maxillary canines.

Objective: The objective of this study was to investigate the incidence and pattern of transmigrant maxillary canines.

Patients And Methods: The records of 6000 patients who were presented to our oral and maxillofacial surgery services between January 1998 and January 2007 were reviewed. Observations were made as to the right/left localization and number of transmigrant canines; sex and age of patients; retained deciduous canines; and any other associated pathology.

Impacted mandibular canines.

Aims: The aim of the present study was to investigate the incidence of impacted mandibular canines, the associated pathology of these teeth, and to classify them.

Methods And Materials: This is a retrospective cohort study of 5022 panoramic radiographs taken of patients who presented to the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Service of the Faculty of Dentistry at Ataturk University in Erzurum, Turkey between January, 1998 and March, 2006. The panoramic radiographs and clinical data were reviewed.