BACKGROUND Musculoskeletal disorders have serious impact on the profession of dentistry. There is common occurrence of pain due to incorrect posture in dental professionals. Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies may cast a new light on preventing and intercepting musculoskeletal disorders (MSD). An epidemiological study was conducted in an effort to contribute to the prevention...

Two cases of osteoma arising in the maxillary sinus are reported. Both of the tumors were found incidentally during the evaluation of unrelated diseases. In a 55-year-old female patient, a bone tumor was found on CT, which was taken to rule out paranasal sinusitis. CT showed a pedunculated tumor arising from the inferomedial angle of the maxillary sinus. It was resected intramurally through the...

Background: During the past few decades, changes have been observed not only in the prevalence of dental caries, but also in the distribution and pattern of the disease in the population. Most conventional radiographic imaging of teeth underestimates the presence of caries. Cone-beam CT is a new technology which can provide volumetric data of the object, from which cross-sectional images can be...

BACKGROUND Patients scheduled for bariatric surgery (BS) are encouraged to chew slowly in order to optimise the digestion process. The influence of dental status on patients' ability to comply with advice on chewing behaviour is poorly documented. This study aims to compare modifications of chewing function before and after BS in three groups of obese patients differing in dental status. METH...

Herein we present five cases of submasseteric abscess that most commonly occurred in patients with a history dental disease. CT has been the main imaging method for diagnosing lesions in the masticator space and adjacent to the mandible; however, we found that, in some of our cases, CT defined the lesion poorly or not at all. In some cases, MR imaging defined the lesion better. Radiologic manif...

[a]Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut Storrs, CT 0626 (USA) [b]Institute of Physical Chemistry, “I. Murgulescu” Romanian Academy Splaiul Independentei 202, Bucarest 060021 (Romania) [c]Departamento de Quimic, Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos Sao Paulo (Brazil) [d]Pharyngeal Cancer Branch National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research National Institutes of Health Bethe...

Micro Computed Tomography (Micro CT) is an advanced imaging modality based on multi slice x ray images which allows three dimensional reconstructions of the viewed structures. This review highlights the significance of micro CT, its working principle and also throws light on its advantages and limitations over conventional 2D radiography as well as Cone beam Computed Tomography. This review als...