Practicing oral medicine and radiology in private setup: A comprehensive review

Homeopathy in Dentistry and Oral Medicine: A review

Objectives: Homeopathy is the most important field of alternative medicine. At present, over 3000 organic medications have been registered in the homeopathy pharmacopeia; out of which, 70% have herbal, 20% have mineral and the remaining have animal origins. Evidence shows that homeopathy may be beneficial in dentistry and oral medicine. However, this is a less known field for dentists. Therefor...

Oral Surgery Oral Medicine Oral Pathology Oral Radiology and Endodontics

Objective. This work evaluated sciatic nerve regeneration after cryotherapy. Study design. Rats underwent surgical access of the sciatic nerve and subsequent cryotherapy, crush lesion or no manipulation. Walking-track, electroneuromyographic and histomorphometric analyses were performed at 15, 30 and 70 postoperative days. Results. At 15 days, the crush and cryotherapy groups showed significant...

Nuclear medicine in oral and maxillofacial diagnosis: a review for the practicing dental professional.

Nuclear medicine studies often play a significant role in the diagnosis and treatment of oral and maxillofacial diseases. While not commonly used in everyday dental practice, the dental provider should have a conversational knowledge of these imaging modalities and understand the indications and limitations of these studies. The purpose of this review is to discuss the nuclear medicine studies ...

American Journal of Oral Medicine and Radiology

American Journal of Oral Medicine and Radiology

INTRODUCTION Panoramic imaging is a technique for producing a tomographic image of the facial structures, maxillary, mandibular dental arches and their supporting structures [1]. The primary advantage of panoramic imaging is the broad coverage of the facial bones and teeth and the most common demerit is that of the resolution. Image interpretation in an OPG demands a systematic approach and a t...