Relationship Between Oral Hypofunction and Nutritional Status in Patients Treated With Maxillofacial Prostheses.

Introduction Patients who have jaw or tongue defects owing to head and neck cancer or congenital disease suffer from oral dysfunction such as speech, swallowing, and mastication. Although maxillofacial prostheses are applied to improve oral functions, their oral functions remain compromised compared to those of patients without jaw or tongue defects. On the other hand, it has been reported that oral hypofunction could lead to malnutrition in the general elderly.

Effect of soft denture liners on complete denture treatments: A systematic review.

Purpose: This systematic review examined the effectiveness of soft denture relining (SDR) materials.

Study Selection: A comprehensive search of MEDLINE, Cochrane Library, and ICHUSHI was conducted up to July 26, 2020. Target outcomes were patient satisfaction, oral health-related quality of life (OHRQOL), masticatory ability (MA), denture functional duration, residual ridge resorption (RRR), and microbial contamination.

Time-study research on maxillofacial prosthetic treatment.

Unreasonable medical fees can cause problems such as increased medical costs, greater medical disparities, decreased medical standards, and physician shortages. To prevent such problems, it is important to set appropriate medical fees, ensure their proper use, and improve the efficiency of medical care. The treatment of patients with maxillofacial defects is generally more expensive compared with general prosthodontic treatment because it involves more materials and requires more frequently follow-ups for longer period.

Lower bone mineral density and higher bone resorption marker levels in premenopausal women with type 1 diabetes in Japan.

Aims/introduction: Type 1 diabetes is associated with poorer bone quality. Quantitative ultrasound provides an estimate of bone mineral density (BMD) and can also be used to evaluate bone quality, which is associated with an increased fracture risk in people with type 1 diabetes. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between menopausal status and a bone turnover marker with heel BMD using quantitative ultrasound in women with type 1 diabetes and age- and body mass index-matched controls.

Fabricating nasal prostheses using four-dimensional facial expression models.

Purpose Patients with facial prostheses face challenges such as maintenance of the prosthesis in place, especially around the margins, because of movement of surrounding facial skin. Conventional facial prostheses are fabricated on stationary models based on two points: neutral expression and smiling expression. We developed four-dimensional (4D) facial expression models which shape facial expressions that change over several points in time using a morphing technique.

Development of three-dimensional facial expression models using morphing methods for fabricating facial prostheses.

Purpose: It is essential to fabricate a best-fit three-dimensional (3D) facial prosthesis model capable of facial expressions. In order for the facial prosthesis to remain in position, especially around marginal areas subject to movement, a new method of making 3D facial expression models using time-series data allowing changes in facial expression by morphing technique was developed.

Methods: Seven normal subjects and seven patients with nasal defects or nasal deformities participated in this study.

Diagnostic accuracy of the anti-glutamic acid decarboxylase antibody in type 1 diabetes mellitus: Comparison between radioimmunoassay and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.

Aims/introduction: The distributer of the anti-glutamic acid decarboxylase antibody assay kit using radioimmunoassay (RIA) recently announced its discontinuation, and proposed an alternative kit using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The aim of the present study was to investigate the diagnostic values of the anti-glutamic acid decarboxylase antibody by RIA and ELISA among type 1 diabetes mellitus patients and control participants.

Materials And Methods: A total of 79 type 1 diabetes mellitus patients and 79 age-matched controls were enrolled and assessed using RIA and ELISA.

The relationship between the frequency of self-monitoring of blood glucose and glycemic control in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus on continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion or on multiple daily injections.

Aims/introduction: We investigated the relationship between the frequency of self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) and glycemic control in type 1 diabetes mellitus patients on continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (CSII) or on multiple daily injections (MDI) using data management software.

Materials And Methods: We recruited 148 adult type 1 diabetes mellitus patients (CSII n = 42, MDI n = 106) and downloaded their SMBG records to the MEQNET™ SMBG Viewer software (Arkray Inc., Kyoto, Japan).

Innovative Approach for Interim Facial Prosthesis Using Digital Technology.

Despite the important role of facial prosthetic treatment in the rehabilitation of head and neck cancer patients, delay in its implementation can be unavoidable, preventing patients from receiving a prompt facial prosthesis and resuming a normal social life. Here, we introduce an innovative method for the fabrication of an interim facial prosthesis. Using a 3D modeling system, we simplified the fabrication method and used a titanium reconstruction plate for facial prosthesis retention.

Finite element study on the effect of abutment length and material on implant bone interface against dynamic loading.

Purpose: Finite element study on the effect of abutment length and material on implant bone interface against dynamic loading.

Materials And Methods: Two dimensional finite element models of cylinderical implant, abutments and bone made by titanium or polyoxymethylene were simulated with the aid of Marc/Mentat software. Each model represented bone, implant and titanium or polyoxymethylene abutment.

Fabrication of an orbital prosthesis using a noncontact three-dimensional digitizer and rapid-prototyping system.

Conventionally, fabricating a facial prosthesis requires complicated steps and sophisticated skills. Particularly, the facial impression can be uncomfortable for the patient and can cause compression because of the weight of the material. The new approach presented in this report could simplify the fabrication of facial prostheses using a noncontact three-dimensional digitizer and binder multinozzle inkjet printer, without computed tomography or making a conventional impression.

Contrast-enhanced multiphase dynamic ultrasonography for the characterization of liver tumors.

Purpose: The purpose of the study was to introduce our protocol for contrast-enhanced multiphase dynamic ultrasonography (US) and examine the effectiveness of this method for characterizing liver tumors.

Methods: The subjects were 142 patients with liver tumors. The final diagnoses were 58 hepatocellular carcinomas (HCCs), 4 cholangiocellular carcinomas (CCCs), 14 metastases, 29 hemangiomas, 6 cases of focal nodular hyperplasia (FNH), and 31 other benign lesions.

[A strategy for assessing environmental influence on airway allergy using a regression binary tree-based method].

Objective: To clarify the living environment factors that increase the risk of allergic sensitization to house dust mites, we applied a regression binary tree-based method (CART, Classification & Regression Trees) to an epidemiological study on airway allergy. The utility of the tree map in personal sanitary guidance for preventing allergic sensitization was examined with respect to feasibility and validity.

Subjects And Methods: A questionnaire was given to 386 healthy adult women, asking them about their individual living environments.

[Potential risk factors aggravating airway allergy--aspects of involvement of airtight housing and passive smoking].

Objectives: The involvement of tightly insulated housing conditions and passive smoking in atopic sensitization, a major risk factor for airway allergy, was examined with nonsmoking adult women and school-age children.

Subjects And Methods: The subjects were 382 nonsmoking healthy adult women (housewives) who underwent medical examinations for prevention of adult diseases conducted in a district of Osaka from 1995 to 1997, and 214 elementary school-children 9-12 years old living in an urban district of Osaka who underwent medical examinations at a health center in April, 2000 to prevent allergic diseases. We also examined the correlation between tightly insulated housing conditions and the amount of passive smoking based on family smoking habits with 170 children under 12 years old who had been under the care of a hospital pediatrics department between December, 1993 and May, 1994.

The pattern of tongue pressure against the palate during articulating glossal sounds in normal subjects and glossectomy patients.

The purpose of the present study was to measure tongue pressure with the aim of characterizing the pattern of linguopalatal contact during articulating glossal sounds in normal subjects and glossectomy patients. Tongue pressures against the palate were evaluated in 13 normal subjects and 5 glossectomy patients by using three parameters: the duration from the onset of linguopalatal contact to the time of maximum pressure, the maximum pressure, and anterior posterior ratio of the maximum pressure. Three glossal sounds, [ti], [t [symbol: see text] i], and [[symbol: see text] i], which have tendency of mishearing in glossectomy patients, were selected for test sounds.