Dental Management and Prosthetic Rehabilitation of Patients Suffering from Hypohidrotic Ectodermal Dysplasia: A Report of Two Case Histories.

The prosthetic restoration and dental long-term care of two oligodont male cousins suffering from X-linked hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia is described in two case histories. The first patient was three times supplied with removable dentures at an age from 5 to 12 years, and the second patient was restored twice by tooth- and implant-supported dentures within an observation period of 10 years. In both patients, implants were placed in the growing jaw (both arches) in order to enhance denture retention by single attachments and/or a palatinal bar.

Outcomes of dental fracture injury as related to laser Doppler flow measurements of pulpal blood-flow level.

Laser Doppler flowmetry (LDF) is a non-invasive method to assess pulpal blood flow (PBF). Dental fracture injuries have been associated with significant PBF reduction The purpose of this study was: (i) to evaluate whether the severity of outcomes of dental fracture injuries may be related to LDF measurements of PBF, and (ii) to investigate whether outcomes of dental fracture injuries may predict PBF levels. The relationship between outcomes and PBF measurements was analyzed in 72 permanent maxillary incisors of 52 consecutive dental trauma patients.

TROP2: a novel prognostic marker in squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity.

Squamous cell carcinoma is by far the most common type of cancer of the oral cavity, representing more than 90% of all oral cancers. Despite refinement of surgical techniques and adjuvant therapies, the prognosis for patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma remains poor. Identification of prognostic factors related to tumor biology might improve this assessment.

Magnetic resonance imaging findings of internal derangement, osteoarthrosis, effusion, and bone marrow edema before and after performance of arthrocentesis and hydraulic distension of the temporomandibular joint.

Objectives: To investigate whether temporomandibular joint (TMJ) internal derangement type III and capsulitis/synovitis are related to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) diagnoses of internal derangement, osteoarthrosis (OA), effusion, and/or bone marrow edema (BME), and whether arthrocentesis is associated with changes in diagnoses of internal derangement, OA, effusion, and/or BME.

Study Design: The study comprised 28 patients with a clinical unilateral TMJ disorder of internal derangement type III and capsulitis/synovitis. Bilateral MRI was immediately performed preoperatively and at a 2-month follow-up.

Evaluation of pulpal blood flow after tooth splinting of luxated permanent maxillary incisors.

Laser Doppler flowmetry (LDF) is a non-invasive method to assess pulpal blood flow (PBF). Dental injury has been associated with losses of pulpal sensibility. The purpose of this study was to assess whether LDF could be used to detect short- and long-term changes of PBF values of luxated permanent maxillary central incisors after repositioning and splinting.

Magnetic resonance imaging predictors of temporomandibular joint pain.

Background: The authors conducted a study to evaluate whether temporomandibular joint, or TMJ, disorder subgroups are related to magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI, diagnoses of TMJ internal derangement, or ID; osteoarthrosis, or OA; effusion; and bone marrow edema.

Methods: The TMJ disorder group was composed of 118 subjects with TMJ pain who were assigned a clinical unilateral single diagnosis of a specific TMJ disorder. The control group consisted of 46 subjects who did not have TMJ pain.