OBJECTIVES The study was to compare the shaping ability of Reciproc (VDW) and WaveOne (Dentsply Maillefer) instruments compared with ProTaper, Profile and hand instrument during the preparation of simulated root canals. MATERIALS AND METHODS Five groups (n = 5) were established. Reciproc, WaveOne, ProTaper, Profile and K file (K-flexo file) were used to prepare the resin simulated canals. A s...

The overall number of day-case otologic surgery cases is increasing; however, there is limited experience about performing canal wall down tympanoplasty in patients with chronic suppurative otitis media with cholesteatoma in this setting. The objective of this study was to assess the success of this technique as daycase surgery in terms of results and complications over an 8-year follow up peri...

The main function of the middle ear is well-known. It serves as a mechanical transformer, designed for transmission of acoustic energy from the external air to the cochlea fluids. In the absence of such energy transformer of the vibrational motion of air particles will be reflected at the on the border with the labyrinth fluid. The appearance of the corresponding mechanical amplification leads ...

There are two types of cholesteatoma in children, congenital and acquired. The pathogenesis of each type is thought to be different. The pathogenesis of congenital cholesteatoma is thought to be the embryonic inclusion of squamous epithelium, whereas acquired cholesteatoma is thought to develop from various factors including recurrent otitis media and tubal insufficiency. We reviewed a series o...

In chronic otitis media surgery, especially in cases with cholesteatoma, different complications can occur in the course of the operation or postoperatively. In our clinic, in one of the cases who had staged canal-wall down operation for otitis media with cholesteatoma, an iatrogenic 0.5x0.5 cm dural plate defect had occurred in tegmen tympani during the operation. In this article, we present a...

Glomus tympanicum, a hypervascular tumor in the middle ear, is usually suspected based on pulsatile tinnitus and retrotympanic reddish mass on otoscopic examination. These hallmarks may be masked by other middle ear diseases. Herein, we report an unusual case of the extensive glomus tympanicum masqueraded as chronic granulomatous otitis media, which was extirpated without preoperative embolizat...