Bruxism treatment on Youtube: evaluating reliability and information accuracy.

Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the content and quality of videos about bruxism treatments on YouTube, a platform frequently used by patients today to obtain information.

Methods: A YouTube search was performed using the keywords "bruxism treatment" and "teeth grinding treatment". "The sort by relevance" filter was used for both search terms and the first 150 videos were saved.

Differences in clinical and radiographic features between bilateral and unilateral adult degenerative temporomandibular joint disease: A retrospective cross-sectional study.

Objective: To study the correlations of clinical findings and the severity of osseous alterations between bilateral and unilateral degenerative joint disease (DJD) of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ).

Materials And Methods: Forty-eight joints from 35 adult patients with DJD were retrospectively examined. The joints were divided into two groups: bilateral DJD (BDJD) (26 joints) and unilateral DJD (UDJD) (22 joints).

Combined approach to treatment of advanced stages of medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw patients.

Introduction: Increased incidence of localized osteonecrosis in the jaw bones caused by bisphosphanate use and reduced quality of life of the patients led researchers to diagnose the disease in the early period and to investigate the effective treatment modality.

Objective: Treatment of medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw patients is based on individual protocols from clinical experience, as there are no definitive treatment guidelines. In view of the lack of consensus on the effectiveness of medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw treatments in the literature, the aim of this study was to evaluate the surgical technique described in the treatment of advanced stages of medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw patients.

Prevention of medication related osteonecrosis of the jaw after dentoalveolar surgery: An institution's experience.

Background: Dentoalveolar surgery is a predisposing factor for medication related osteonecrosis of the jaw (MRONJ). The aim of our study was to evaluate the described surgical procedures to prevent the development of MRONJ after dentoalveolar surgery in patients receiving bisphosphonates.

Material And Methods: In this retrospective study, sixty-three dentoalveolar surgeries were performed on 44 patients taking bisphosphonate in accordance with the treatment procedures we described.

Evaluation of a metal artifact reduction algorithm and an optimization filter in the estimation of peri-implant dehiscence defects by using cone beam computed tomography: an in-vitro study.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess the effect of a metal artifact reduction (MAR) algorithm and the adaptive image noise optimizer (AINO) optimization filter in the detection of peri-implant dehiscences with cone beam computed tomography (CBCT).

Study Design: Nine implants (3 zirconium, 3 titanium, and 3 zirconium-titanium) were placed in 3 sheep heads. Dehiscences were created on the buccal and lingual/palatal surfaces.

Cone-Beam Computed Tomographic Evaluation of Styloid Process in Patients With Temporomandibular Disorders and Asymptomatic Individuals.

Objectives: Elongated styloid processes (ESP) may show clinical symptoms that are readily confused with symptoms associated with temporomandibular disorders (TMDs). The purpose of study was to compare the prevalance and characteristics of ESP in patients with TMD and asymptomatic individuals are examined by cone beam computed tomography.

Methods: Angulations and length of the styloid process (SP) were evaluated in CBCT images of 100 patients with TMD symptoms and 100 control patients, retrospectively.

Ultrasonic Piezoelectric Bone Surgery Combined With Leukocyte and Platelet-Rich Fibrin and Pedicled Buccal Fat Pad Flap in Denosumab-Related Osteonecrosis of the Jaw.

Denosumab is an antiresorptive agent that is found as a humanized antibody, which inhibits the most critical pro-osteoclastogenic factor secreted by the cancer cells and shown to be required for osteoclast formation, function, and development. A severe side effect of denosumab is the osteonecrosis of the jaw (DRONJ). There are only a few studies on DRONJ treatment in the literature.

Risk factors of medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw: a retrospective study in a Turkish subpopulation.

Objectives: Medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw (MRONJ) is a well-known side effect of certain drugs that are used to influence bone metabolism to treat osteometabolic disease or cancers. The purpose of our study was to investigate how high-concentration and low-concentration bisphosphonate (BP) intake affects the disease severity.

Materials And Methods: Data collected from the medical records of 52 patients treated with BPs, antiresorptive, antiangiogenic drugs and diagnosed with MRONJ were included in this study.

Comparison of findings of radiographic and fractal dimension analyses on panoramic radiographs of patients with early-stage and advanced-stage medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to compare the panoramic radiographs of patients with early-stage and advanced-stage medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw (MRONJ) for differences in radiographic findings and fractal dimension (FD).

Study Design: Data were collected from the medical records of 66 patients confirmed as having MRONJ. Panoramic radiographs of 66 patients (group I; without bone exposure; and group II; with bone exposure) were evaluated for the following signs; osteolysis, cortical erosion, focal and diffuse sclerosis, sequestrum, lamina dura thickening, enhancement of the inferior alveolar canal (IAC), persistent alveolar socket, pathologic fractures, and enhancement of the external oblique ridge.

Transient Amaurosis and Diplopia After Inferior Alveolar Nerve Block.

A 40-year-old female patient was admitted to the authors' oral and maxillofacial clinic for removal of her lower left second molar under local anesthesia. The patient's medical history revealed that she had cardiac arhythmia and hypertension. Inferior alveolar nerve block was achieved using 2 mL of sefacaine (%3 mepivacaine HCL, without epinephrine).

The protective effect of intratympanic dexamethasone on cisplatin-induced ototoxicity in guinea pigs.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of intratympanic dexamethasone injection as a protection agent against cisplatin-induced ototoxicity.

Study Design And Setting: The four groups of guinea pigs were injected as follows: 1) cisplatin, 2) intratympanic dexamethasone, 3) cisplatin following intratympanic dexamethasone, and 4) cisplatin after intratympanic saline. Before and 3 days following injections, the ototoxic effect was measured with distortion product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAEs).

The effect of preoperative dexamethasone on early oral intake, vomiting and pain after tonsillectomy.

Objective: Postoperative morbidity in patients undergoing tonsillectomy with or without adenoidectomy includes inadequate oral intake, pain, nausea, vomiting and bleeding. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of preoperative 0.5 mg/kg i.

Changes in programming over time in postmeningitis cochlear implant users.

Objective: Although successful cochlear implantation of patients with deafness following meningitis is expected, long-term stability of electrical current requirements has not been systematically evaluated. This study evaluated changes in programming for patients deafened by bacterial meningitis and stability of auditory performance over time.

Study Design And Setting: In this retrospective descriptive study, cochlear implant (CI) stimulation mode and performance of 14 patients deafened by meningitis were compared with those of an age-matched control group of patients deafened by other causes.

Dose-response relationship of topically applied mitomycin C for the prevention of laser myringotomy closure.

Objective: We sought to determine a dose-response curve for topical mitomycin C when used to prolong the patency of laser-assisted myringotomies.

Study Design And Setting: Bilateral myringotomies were performed using the argon laser in 40 guinea pigs with normal ears. Pledgets with (0.

Effect of acoustic tumor extension into the internal auditory canal on distortion-product otoacoustic emissions.

We studied the effects on distortion-product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAEs) of internal auditory canal (IAC) extension of acoustic neuromas (ANs) with the hypothesis that cochlear patterns of DPOAEs would be more commonly observed when the IAC was completely filled with tumor because of direct tumor involvement of either the inner ear or its blood supply. In a retrospective analysis of 86 patients with surgically proven ANs, DPOAEs were classified as having cochlear or noncochlear patterns on the basis of comparisons with the behavioral pure tone thresholds. The results of behavioral audiometry and DPOAEs were compared with the extension of the tumor into the IAC, which was categorized as full or partial.

Distortion-product otoacoustic emissions in nonacoustic tumors of the cerebellopontine angle.

Objectives: The goal of the present study was to compare the frequencies of cochlear and non-cochlear patterns of distortion-product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAEs) in patients with nonacoustic (non-AN) tumors of the cerebellopontine angle (CPA)/internal auditory canal with those in patients with acoustic neuroma (AN).

Study Design And Setting: We conducted a prospective study of patients with non-AN internal auditory canal/CPA tumors treated between 1992 and 1999 in a tertiary care setting. We collected data on behavioral pure tone average, speech discrimination score, acoustic immittance tests, DPOAEs, and tumor size.