Mandibular implant-retained overdentures have become the standard of care for patients with mandibular complete edentulism. As part of the treatment, the mandibular implant-retained overdenture may require a metal mesh framework to be incorporated to strengthen the denture and avoid fracture of the prosthesis. Integrating the metal mesh framework as part of the acrylic record base and wax occlu...

BACKGROUND Treatment guidelines recommend drug treatment to prevent fractures for some postmenopausal women who have low bone mass (osteopenia) but do not have osteoporosis or a history of clinical fractures. OBJECTIVE To estimate the societal costs and health benefits of alendronate drug treatment to prevent fractures in postmenopausal women with osteopenia. DESIGN Markov model with 8 heal...

Un garçon de 14 ans se présente aux urgences pour une impotence fonctionnelle douloureuse de l'avant bras droit à la suite d'une chute de sa bicyclette. L'examen clinique initial a montré un avant bras tuméfié avec une vive douleur au tiers moyen sans déficit vasculaire ou nerveux. Les diagnostics à évoquer sont une fracture du radius ou de l'ulna ou des deux os de l'avant bras. La radiographie...

Proximal interphalangeal joint fracture dislocations are challenging injuries that can be managed in a wide variety of ways. The fracture dislocations of the PIP joints are classified by their mechanical stability and the percentage of joint involved in the fracture. Fracture dislocations that remain stable with less than 30 degree of flexion of the PIP Joint and those that have less than 20% o...