Role of dental sleep medicine in management of patients with obstructive sleep apnea disorders using a team approach.

Objective: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a significant social and health issue. An integrated multidisciplinary approach to OSA management may be the most effective owing to its multifactorial etiology. In this study, we evaluated the frequency and efficacy of various treatment modalities for OSA administered via an integrated care delivery model, and assessed the role of dental sleep medicine as part of a multidisciplinary team.

High-throughput Ru(III) analysis using the hydrothermal flow reactor-mediated FIA by the extreme acceleration of Ru(III) complexation with 1,10-phenanthroline.

A new type of flow injection analysis (FIA) combined with a high-temperature reactor maintained at 100-400 °C, namely hydrothermal flow injection analysis (HT-FIA), has been successfully applied to high throughput determination of Ru(III) on the basis of a conventional chromogenic reaction with 1,10-phenothroline (phen). Although this classical chromogenic reaction using phen is sensitive and selective for Ru(III), the complex formation of Ru(phen)(3) requires 2 h. The acceleration using HT-FIA is extraordinary high so that the determination reaction of Ru(III) was successfully shortened to 5 s at 150 °C, where the analytical procedure was accelerated more than 1000-fold.

Navigation surgery for Le Fort 1 osteotomy in a fibrous dysplasia patient.

Orthognathic surgery is sometimes performed for fibrous dysplasia to correct malocclusion or facial asymmetry. However, Le Fort 1 osteotomy for this disease is difficult because of severe anatomical abnormality. Computer-assisted surgery is a rapidly developing technique in oral and maxillofacial surgery that is helping to ensure the safety of the surgery.

The ion-pair formation between dodecylsulfate and ammine-complexes of copper(II), nickel(II), zinc(II), palladium(II) and platinum(II), and the extraction behavior of the ammine-complexes by using sodium dodecylsulfate.

A micellar solution of sodium dodecylsulfate (SDS) exhibits the property of being separated into two phases due to a temperature change or the addition of salts. The ammine-complexes of copper(II), nickel(II) and palladium(II) reacted with the dodecylsulfate anion to form the corresponding ion-pair, and were extracted into the SDS gel phase. The SDS plays the roles of a pairing-ion for the ammine-complexes and of an extraction medium.

Ion-pair formation of a copper(II)-ammine complex with an anionic surfactant and the recovery of copper(II) from ammonia medium by the surfactant-gel extraction method.

The extraction and separation of copper(II), zinc(II), cobalt(II), and cadmium(II) were investigated. Both copper(II) and zinc(II) formed ammine-complexes, while cadmium(II) and cobalt(II) formed hydroxide precipitates in an ammonia medium. By the addition of sodium dodecylsulfate (SDS), a copper(II) complex formed an ion-pair (copper-ammine-DS), which was extracted into the SDS phase.