Unusual presentation of mucormycosis mimicking a localised sino-orbital pathology.

Mucormycosis is an aggressive and deadly fungal infection, which is invariably associated with an immunocompromised patient. Mucormycosis in the head and neck region presents as skeletal necrosis, with or without soft tissue involvement. Early identification and treatment with combination of surgical debridement and parenteral antifungal therapy is critical for a favourable outcome.

Assessment of effect of 1% phytic acid and 17% ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid on calcium ion loss of radicular dentin: An study.

Aim: The purpose of this study was to evaluate and compare the effectiveness of phytic acid and ethylendiamine tetraacetic acid (EDTA) in the removal of calcium ion from radicular dentin during endodontic procedure.

Materials And Methods: Twenty-five single-rooted mandibular premolar teeth were decoronated, and the roots were split longitudinally into two halves. Among obtained specimens, 45 specimens were randomly selected and divided into three groups ( = 15): Group 1 - distilled water, Group 2 - 17% EDTA, and Group 3 - 1% phytic acid.

Child Dental Patient's Anxiety and Preference for Dentist's Attire: A Cross-sectional Study.

Aim And Objective: Initial perceptions of physicians can affect the level of comfort. Creating a strong rapport on the child's first visit helps to create a comfortable atmosphere. Child-friendly clothing of the dentists might possibly contribute to the dentist's empathy.

Sealing ability of three different root repair materials for furcation perforation repair: An study.

Aim: The present study aimed to evaluate and compare the sealing ability of mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA)-Angelus, Biodentine™, and EndoSequence cement in furcation perforations using protein leakage assessment.

Materials And Methods: The present study was conducted using seventy extracted human maxillary and mandibular molars with intact furcation. The samples were randomly allocated into three groups ( = 20) based on repair material used: Group 1 - MTA-Angelus, Group 2 - Biodentine™, and Group 3 - EndoSequence.

Comparative evaluation of substantivity of two biguanides - 0.2% polyhexanide and 2% chlorhexidine on human dentin.

Background: Substantivity is one of the desirable characteristics of root canal irrigants. Among conventional endodontic irrigants, only chlorhexidine (CHX) is known to exert significant substantivity on root canal dentin. This study explored the substantivity activity of a polymeric biguanide-poly hexamethylene biguanide (PHMB).

Zenker's diverticulum: a rare clinical condition with unusual oral manifestation.

Oral mucosa exhibit clinical manifestations of a variety of systemic conditions and can serve as an indicator of overall health of an individual. Various systemic conditions like autoimmune, endocrine and haematological disorders can present with oral mucosal lesions, which can serve as an important diagnostic feature. These oral lesions can vary from oral ulceration, bleeding gums, xerostomia, chronic glossitis, to erosion and sensitivity of teeth.

Incidence and Distribution of Jaw Pathologies among 0-15 Years Age Group at a Tertiary Rural Health-Care Center of Maharashtra: A Retrospective Study of 10 Years.

Objective: This study was undertaken to investigate the prevalence of intraosseous jaw lesions among pediatrics (0-15 years of age) in a rural health-care center of Maharashtra and to determine the most common types of lesions and their distribution according to gender and anatomical site involved.

Study Design: Histopathological data were collected from a database of lesions classified as intraosseous jaw lesions dated between January 1, 2005, and December 31, 2015, from the archives of the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Rural Dental College, Maharashtra, India. All the cases of jaw cysts and tumors among children under 16 years of age group were segregated and scrutinized further under the headings of type of pathologies, anatomical locations where they are most commonly seen, and the age/gender most pertinent to these pathologies.

Management of Sub-Condylar and Angle of Mandible Fracture by a Trans-Buccal Trocar Along With an Intra-Oral Approach.

To evaluate the management of sub-condylar and angle of mandible fracture by a trans-buccal trocar along with an intra-oral approach. Study parameters included were assessment of adequacy of anatomical repositioning, fixation and stability of fracture site by radiographs, pre and post - operative occlusion by photographs. Evaluation of anatomical repositioning was done with fracture gap measurement on orthopantomogram after 6 months by applying paired student's T test.

Reconstruction of acquired lip defects: Ten-year experience at a tertiary care center.

Aim: The purpose of this paper is to describe different acquired conditions necessitating lip reconstruction and present our ten-years' experience in managing the same at a tertiary care hospital.

Materials And Methods: Data of patients undergoing reconstruction of acquired lip defects from January 2009 to December 2019 were analyzed for demographic details, etiology, extent of defect, reconstruction option used, outcome and complications.

Results: 89 patients underwent lip reconstruction after excision of malignant tumors (81%), vascular malformations (12%) and traumatic injuries (7%).

Comparison of the Efficacy of CanalBrush, EndoActivator, and Passive Ultrasonic Irrigation on the Removal of Triple Antibiotic Paste from Root Canal Walls: An Study.

Aim: The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of CanalBrush (CB), EndoActivator (EA), and Passive Ultrasonic Irrigation (PUI) on the removal of triple antibiotic paste (TAP) from root canal walls.

Materials And Methods: Thirty-six extracted human single-rooted teeth were prepared using ProTaper Universal rotary files (DentsplyMaillefer, Ballaigues, Switzerland) up to size F5. The root canals were filled with TAP, and after 21 days, roots were randomly assigned to three groups ( = 10) according to irrigation regimens used: CB, EA, and PUI.

Clinical Success of Platelet-rich Fibrin and Mineral Trioxide Aggregate (MTA) or MTA-like Agents in Healing of Periapical Lesion in Nonsurgically Treated Pulpless Immature Permanent Teeth: A Systematic Review.

Background: The chances of extrusion of mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) are quite high if apical barrier is not present in immature pulpless permanent teeth. Platelet-rich fibrin (PRF) enriched with platelets and growth factors serves to accelerate the wound healing of periapical lesion in immature pulpless permanent teeth and also serves as internal matrix to condense MTA.

Aim: The aim of the present study was to comprehensively review the clinical success of MTA+PRF in healing of periapical lesions in immature pulpless permanent teeth.

An Randomized Clinical Evaluation of the Surface Morphology of Nickel-Titanium, Beta-titanium, and Copper-Nickel-Titanium.

Aim: Variation in the surface roughness of archwires not only leads to more accumulation of plaque but also modifies the coefficient of friction. This necessitated for the present study to evaluate the surface characteristics of 0.016 × 0.

Direct maxillary sinus floor augmentation and simultaneous implant placement for rehabilitation of the severely resorbed posterior maxilla: A prospective clinical study.

Aims And Objectives: The aim of this prospective clinical study was to evaluate the success of one-stage direct (lateral) sinus lift procedure in severely atrophic posterior maxilla.

Materials And Methods: One-stage direct (lateral) sinus lift procedure was carried out at 15 sites in 13 patients. All patients included in the study presented with partially edentulous posterior maxilla with one or more missing teeth and residual bone height less than 5 mm.

Oral Health-related Quality of Life in HIV: A Systematic Review.

Aim: To systematically evaluate the literature evidence related to oral health and quality of life (QoL) among HIV-positive adults.

Background: The oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) is an essential entity to be measured for understanding the domains affected due to oral health problems. HIV comes with an array of complexities in the oral cavity and is also reflection of the systemic illness of the oral cavity.

Solitary Bone Cyst of Posterior Maxilla: A Rare Presentation.

Solitary bone cyst (SBC) is an uncommon, nonneoplastic osseous lesion that mainly affects metaphysis of long bones and rarely presents in jaws. Due to the lack of true epithelial lining, it is considered as a pseudocyst. It is generally asymptomatic and often discovered incidentally during routine radiographic examination as well-defined unilocular or multilocular radiolucent lesion in the posterior mandible mainly in the first two decades of life.

Anesthetic Efficacy of Single Buccal Infiltration of 4% Articaine and 2% Lignocaine in Extraction of Maxillary 1 Molar.

Background: The extraction of tooth being the most common procedure in oral surgery should be pain free with limited dosage and limited needlepricks. Articaine being unique among amide local anesthetics contains a thiophene group, which increases its liposolubility, and an ester group which helps biotransformation in plasma. Because of the high diffusion properties, it can be used as a single buccal infiltration to extract a maxillary tooth.

Dawn of a New Age Fissure Sealant? A Study Evaluating the Clinical Performance of Embrace WetBond and ART Sealants: Results from a Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial.

Objectives:  The main purpose of this article is to evaluate the clinical performance of atraumatic restorative treatment (ART) sealant versus Embrace WetBond sealant in terms of retention and fissure caries prevention among a section of school children in the southern Indian state of Karnataka (ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02716558).

Materials And Methods:  After obtaining consent from the parents and screening the children against the inclusion cum exclusion criteria, 90 school children whose mandibular first molars were caries free and with a well-defined pit and fissure system were recruited for this spilt mouth trial.

Study of the Role of Salivary Lactate Dehydrogenase in Habitual Tobacco Chewers, Oral Submucous Fibrosis and Oral Cancer as a Biomarker.

Aim: To evaluate the salivary lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) levels in clinico-pathologically confirmed oral submucous fibrosis (OSMF), oral cancer and clinically diagnosed tobacco pouch keratosis patients.

Materials And Methods: A prospective, comparative study was carried out in a tertiary healthcare centre located in Loni from October 2013 to January 2014. A total of 120 patients were separated into 4 groups depending upon the clinical diagnosis as follows.

An Evaluation of Antibacterial Efficacy of Various Concentration of Leaf Extract on Periodontal Pathogens.

Aim: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the antibacterial efficacy of various concentrations of leaf extract on periodontal pathogens.

Materials And Methods: Matured, healthy and disease-free leaves of were collected. The leaves were washed under tap water and finally dried in an oven at a temperature of 45°C for 48 hours.

Stress Distribution on Root Dentin Analogous to Natural Teeth with Various Retentive Channels Design on the Face of the Root with Minimal or No Coronal Tooth Structure: A Finite Element Analysis.

Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate post-core design on Stress distribution in maxillary central incisor with various designs retentive channels placed on the face of the root with no remaining coronal tooth structure.

Materials And Methods: 3 dimensional finite element model of a maxillary central incisor was developed and seven other study modes were developed. Tooth was scanned using CBCT unit, with reverse engineering software.

Innovative method "DV-PIMS" technique and dental implant design for grafting injectable platelet-rich fibrin around the dental implant - Goat jaw cadaver study.

Aims: Dental implants have revolutionized the treatment modality for replacing missing teeth. The ability of implants to osseointegrate with the bone leads to its success. The problem is sometimes there is inadequate bone available for implant.

Sublingual Piroxicam as Preemptive Analgesia in Single Implant Surgery.

Aim: The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of sublingual piroxicam as a preemptive analgesic agent in patients undergoing single implant surgery.

Materials And Methods: This was a prospective triple-blind placebo-controlled trial that involved 40 patients presented for the placement of a single endosteal implant in the posterior maxillary arch. Patients were randomly allocated to one of the following groups.

Evaluation of Wettability of Three Saliva Substitutes on Heat-polymerized Acrylic Resin-An Study.

Aim: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the wettability of three saliva substitutes on heat-polymerized acrylic resin.

Materials And Methods: Heat-cured acrylic resins 150 were made and divided into three groups containing 50 samples each, i.e.

Variations in the retromandibular approach to the condyle-transparotid versus anteroparotid transmasseteric - a prospective clinical comparative study.

Background: The management of mandibular condylar fracture remains controversial many surgeons still favour the open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) which provides good result and immediate functioning as compared to closed reduction. With proven consensus for ORIF, dilemma remains in choosing the surgical approach to condyle due to proximity of complex and important anatomic structure. Various extra-oral surgical approaches are available for ORIF including preauricular, submandibular, retromandibular, transmasseteric anteroparotid etc.

Assessment of Correlation of Growth Hormone Receptor Gene with Tooth Dimensions: A CBCT and Genotyping Study.

Aim: Assessment of root morphology, size, and amount of bone around tooth is essential before starting the orthodontic treatment. The present study aimed to assess the relationship between tooth dimensions with two gene variants of growth hormone (GH), namely rs6184 and rs6180.

Materials And Methods: This study was conducted on 218 subjects (males: 104, females: 114) requiring orthodontic treatment.