Plunging arteriovenous malformation in the floor of the mouth: a case report.

An arteriovenous malformation (AVM) is composed of abnormal communications between arteries and veins without the normal intervening capillary bed. An 11-year-old male presented with a painless, doughy submandibular mass. Surgical excision was performed through an intraoral approach; the mass and the surgical field, did not exhibit any significant intraoperative bleeding typical of vascular lesions.

Prevalence of temporomandibular disorders in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease: a case-controlled study.

Purpose: The present study estimated the prevalence of temporomandibular disorders (TMDs) in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).

Patients And Methods: A study group consisting of 60 adult patients (34 women and 26 men) diagnosed with GERD was matched by age and gender to a control group of 60 patients without any signs or symptoms of GERD. The diagnosis of TMD was established using the Research Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorders.

Tooth size discrepancies in female patients with palatally impacted canines.

Background: Small upper lateral incisors in patients with palatally impacted canines may contribute to inter-arch tooth size discrepancies.

Aim: To compare the Bolton ratios in female patients with and without unilateral palatally impacted canines.

Methods: The pretreatment dental casts of 30 female patients with unilateral palatally impacted canines (Impaction group) and 30 female patients without palatally impacted canines (Control group) were used.

Postoperative pain after surgical exposure of palatally impacted canines: closed-eruption versus open-eruption, a prospective randomized study.

Objectives: The aim of this prospective randomized clinical study was to compare the duration of surgery and the patient's perception of pain after closed and open surgical exposure of unilateral palatally impacted maxillary canines.

Study Design: Palatally impacted canines were exposed in 32 subjects. Half of these subjects had closed-eruption exposure, and the other half had open-eruption exposure.

Space conditions and dental and occlusal features in patients with palatally impacted maxillary canines: an aetiological study.

The aetiology of palatal canine impaction is unclear. The aim of this research was to investigate the occlusal features that could contribute to the aetiology of palatal maxillary canine impaction. The material consisted of the pre-treatment dental casts of 34 patients (27 female and seven male) with unilateral palatal canine impaction (impaction group).