Prevalence of Temporomandibular Disorders (TMD) in Dental Patients at a Specialized Regional Medical Center in Italy.

Background And Aim: This study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of temporomandibular disorders (TMDs) in a sample of general dental patients seeking dental treatments in a northeastern Italian university clinic.

Materials And Methods: Records of all patients presented for the first time to the dental division of Maggiore Hospital, Italy, between January 1, 2016, and December 31, 2017, were collected. Patients comprised those presenting to the dental clinics for non-TMD complaints, who, upon general examination, were found to have TMD signs and were referred for TMD evaluation.

Early Diagnosis and Linkage to Care: an Experience over 14 years of Point of Care Rapid HIV Testing.

Point-of-care rapid testing is one of the strategies to increase HIV screening. We present data on over 14 years of the "EASY Test Program", an ongoing cross-sectional collaborative project that provides free and anonymous rapid HIV testing in the metropolitan city of Milan, Italy. Overall, 22,186 HIV tests were performed, with a 0.

Low Arousal Threshold Estimation Predicts Failure of Mandibular Advancement Devices in Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome.

Introduction: The treatment of choice for obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP). However, CPAP is usually poorly tolerated and mandibular advancement devices (MADs) are an alternative innovative therapeutic approach. Uncertainty still remains as to the most suitable candidates for MAD.

Orofacial pain induced by Eagle syndrome in an elderly patient with temporomandibular disorders - a case report.

Background: Eagle syndrome (ES) is a rare disorder that can be responsible for orofacial pain.

Objective: To describe the treatment of an elderly patient affected by ES and temporomandibular disorders (TMD).

Materials And Methods: A patient complained of constant pain of the right temporomandibular joint (TMJ) and of the sensation of having a foreign body in the throat.

Early diagnosis and retention in care of HIV-infected patients through rapid salivary testing: a test-and-treat fast track pilot study.

Aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and the retention-in-care of individuals diagnosed during six years of salivary HIV testing (EASY-test project). Among those linked-to-care at the Infectious Diseases Department of San Raffaele Hospital (Milan, Italy), the proportion of patients engaged, retained in care and virologically suppressed after the antiretroviral treatment was 96%, 100% and 95.2%, respectively.

Early diagnosis and retention in care of HIV-infected patients through rapid salivary testing: a test-and-treat fast track pilot study.

Aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and the retention-in-care of individuals diagnosed during six years of salivary HIV testing (EASY-test project). Among those linked-to-care at the Infectious Diseases Department of San Raffaele Hospital (Milan, Italy), the proportion of patients engaged, retained in care and virologically suppressed after the antiretroviral treatment was 96%, 100% and 95.2%, respectively.

Point-of-care testing for HCV infection: recent advances and implications for alternative screening.

Over the last few years, hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection has emerged as one of the most significant causes of chronic liver disease worldwide, with an estimated prevalence ranging from 2.2 to 3.0%.

Cross-sectional study of community serostatus to highlight undiagnosed HIV infections with oral fluid HIV-1/2 rapid test in non-conventional settings.

The submerged portion of undiagnosed HIV infection in Italy is about 30% of subjects found seropositive. This fact represents one of the most important public health problems hindering the control of infection progression. This means we need to fight unawareness and social stigma and promote easy and friendly access to HIV test.

Eagle's syndrome: signs and symptoms.

Eagle's syndrome, an uncommon sequela of an elongated styloid process, can manifest itself as a sensation of a foreign body in the throat and a retrogoniac or anterolateral neck pain often referred to the TMJ and the ear. When treating patients affected by temporomandibular disorders (TMD), complaining of atypical orofacial pain, and with a concomitant radiographic finding of a bilaterally elongated styloid, the possible coexistence of Eagle's syndrome should always be considered. The aim of this review is to present an overview of the epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and therapy for Eagle's syndrome and to help the clinician in differential diagnosis with other conditions that can provide similar signs and symptoms.

Effects of deflection and archwire dimension on the mechanical performance of two self-ligating orthodontic systems.

Objectives: To analyze the effects of archwire deflection and dimension on the mechanical performance of two self-ligating systems, as passive and active ligation designs.

Materials And Methods: An experimental model was used that was designed to resemble the full dental arch and to allow vertical displacement of a canine element. Two self-ligating systems were investigated: 1) a passive system; and 2) an active system, both in combination with three thermoactive NiTi archwires, with round sections of 0.

Combined aging effects of strain and thermocycling on unload deflection modes of nickel-titanium closed-coil springs: an in-vitro comparative study.

Introduction: There are no reports on the aging effects of thermocycling of nickel-titanium (NiTi) based coil springs, and few studies have investigated their superelasticity phases in full. In this study, we compared the mechanical properties of NiTi-based closed-coil springs after the combined aging effects of prolonged strain and thermocycling, as a reflection of the clinical situation.

Methods: Ninety NiTi-based closed-coil springs were used, 30 each of the following types: (1) Nitinol (3M Unitek, Monrovia, Calif), (2) Ni-Ti (Ormco, Glendora, Calif), and (3) RMO (Rocky Mountain Orthodontics, Denver, Colo); all had similar dimensions (length, 12 mm).

[Sedation in ambulatory minor oral surgery: sublingual triazolam].

In a random trial on 40 patients undergoing extraction of the third lower molar 0.125 mg of triazolam were administered sublingually to 20 patients and placebo (lactulose solution 66.7%) to 20 patients.