The relationship between tooth color, skin and eye color.

Purpose: Tooth color is one of the most important factors in dental and facial esthetics. The aim of this study was to determine the tooth color of the upper frontal teeth in subjects and to provide comparisons with different skin and eye colors.

Material And Methods: Tooth color was determined in 255 patients in the intercanine sector of the maxilla using an intraoral spectrophotometer Vita Easyshade (Vita Zahnfabrik.

Evaluation of the Masticatory Efficiency at the Patients with New Complete Dentures.

Background: There are a lot of factors influencing the efficiency of mastication; therefore there are also a lot of methods for testing this efficiency.

Objective: The study aimed to test the efficiency of mastication and evaluate it in the function of time, based on previous experience with the complete dentures.

Methods: A total of 88 patients (42 female, 46 male, mean age 52.

ElectromyoFigureic Evaluation of Functional Adaptation of Patients with New Complete Dentures.

Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate the level of adaptation of patients to newly fitted complete dentures in their dominant and nondominant sides, by means of ElectromyoFigureic signals.

Materials And Methods: Eighty-eight patients with complete dentures were evaluated in the study. Masticatory muscle () bioelectric activity of the patients with complete dentures was recorded at maximum intercuspal relation.

Evaluation of Maximum Bite Force in Patients with Complete Dentures.

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate maximum bite forces (mBF) in dominant (DS) and non-dominant sides (NDS) at certain time periods after the insertion of new complete dentures based on prior experience and gender.

Materials And Methods: A total of 88 patients, complete denture wearers (CDWs), were examined. The maximum bite force at the intercuspal position between the first molars in 3 seconds was registered and recorded with piezoelectric gnathodynamometer.

Frequency of Symptoms of Temporomandibular Disorders among Prishtina Dental Students.

Background: Early diagnosis of temporomandibular disorders (TMD) is important for prevention of greater damages of the parts of the oro-facial system. There are early symptoms that can be used as predictors of TMD.

Aim: The study aimed to assess the frequency of the symptoms of TMD among dental students.

Differences of Tooth Colorimetric Parameters L*a*b* Depended on Age.

Aim: The study aimed to analyse differences in colourimetric parameters L*a*b*, depended on age.

Material And Methods: In this study were included 255 subjects with age interval from 20 to 49 years. The subjects were divided into three groups, as follows: in the younger group were 20 to 29 years of age, those in the middle group 30 to 39 years and older group 40 to 49 years.

Differences between Subjective Balanced Occlusion and Measurements Reported With T-Scan III.

Background: The aetiology of Temporomandibular disorder is multifactorial, and numerous studies have addressed that occlusion may be of great importance in the pathogenesis of Temporomandibular disorder.

Aim: The aim of this study is to determine if any direct relationship exists between balanced occlusion and Temporomandibular disorder and to evaluate the differences between subjective balanced occlusion and measurements reported with T-scan III electronic system.

Material And Methods: A total of 54 subjects were divided into three groups, selection based on anamnesis-responded to a Fonseca questionnaire and clinical measurements analysed with electronic system T-scan III.

Evaluation of Sensibility Threshold for Interocclusal Thickness of Patients Wearing Complete Dentures.

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate sensibility threshold for interocclusal thickness in experienced and nonexperienced denture wearers after the insertion of new complete dentures.

Materials And Methods: A total of 88 patients with complete dentures have participated in this study. The research was divided into two experimental groups, compared with the previous experience prosthetic dental treatment.

Lightness, chroma, and hue distributions in natural teeth measured by a spectrophotometer.

Objective: The aim of the study was to analyze the distribution of color parameters, lightness (L*), chroma (C), hue (H), a* and b*, in the intercanine sector in maxilla.

Material And Methods: Patients' tooth color measurements were performed using an intraoral spectrophotometer VITA Easyshade (VITA Zahnfabrik H. Rauter GmbH and Co.

Patient's Satisfaction with Removable Partial Dentures: A Retrospective Case Series.

Unlabelled: This retrospective clinical study aimed to assess patient's satisfaction with removable partial dentures (RPDs), as retention, chewing ability, aesthetics during the observation period.

Material And Methods: A total of 63 patients with RPDs, participated in this study. The following data was collected: Kennedy classification, denture design, denture support, satisfaction and success of RPD.

Blade of Grass as an Unusual Cause of Recurrent Facial Cutaneous Sinus Tract: A Clinical Case.

The presence of an embedded foreign body in the oral and maxillofacial region is not unusual, but the impaction of a foreign body with vegetative nature is rare. Prompt diagnosis and surgical removal of these foreign bodies will minimize their associated complications. This case report presents a patient with recurrent submandibular abscess and persistent facial cutaneous sinus tract caused by a retained blade of grass inside the facial soft tissue.

Differences between centric relation and maximum intercuspation as possible cause for development of temporomandibular disorder analyzed with T-scan III.

Objective: To compare subjects from the group with fixed dentures, the group who present temporomandibular disorders (TMDs) and a control group considering centric relation (CR) and maximum intercuspation (MIC)/habitual occlusion (Hab. Occl.) and to analyze the related variables also compared and analyzed with electronic system T-scan III.

The influence of removable partial dentures on the periodontal health of abutment and non-abutment teeth.

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of removable partial dentures (RPD) on the periodontal health of abutment and non-abutment teeth.

Materials And Methods: A total 107 patients with RPD participated in this study. It was examined 138 RPD, they were 87 with clasp-retained and 51 were RPD with attachments.

Variations of cystic duct (CD)--common hepatic duct (CHD) junction determined by ERCP.

Introduction: Cystic Duct (CD) join Common Hepatic Duct (CHD) to the right with right angle close to 75% of cases and in 25% of cases like spiral intersects the CHD from above or behind and join it to his left to form the Common Bile Duct (CBD). There are authors who describe that CD may join CHD at any level to form CBD. The importance of recognizing union of CD and CHD has significant importance for the surgeons that perform Cholecystectomy, in order to avoid injuries to the CHD or CBD.

Dental identification of a decomposed body.

The dental identification of humans occurs for a number of different reasons, mainly in those cases when the body is fragmentized or disfigured and visual recognition cannot be done. The advanced step of putrefaction disables determination of identity by recognition. We report the case of an unknown man, found near Gjakova district, in 2000.

Hepatitis B and C in dialysis units in Kosova.

Background: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections are important causes of morbidity and mortality of hemodialysis (HD) patients. This study aimed to investigate the epidemiological and clinical features of HCV and HBV infections in six different HD units in Kosova.Five hundred and eighty-three end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) patients on maintenance HD from six HD centers in Kosova (358 female, 225 male, mean age 54,8 years (16-66) were included in this study.