The prevalence of signs and symptoms related to TM (temporomandibular) disorders was examined in 40 children with primary dentition and in 40 children with mixed dentition. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between dentition and TM disorders in the examined population. Maximum mouth opening was also evaluated. Clinical examination was done by one investigator. A questio...

abstract introduction. temporo-mandibular disorders (tmds) are a group of chronic and common disease that a lot of skeletal, dental and psychologic factors can have an effect on it. proposed treatment to control this disorder consists of wide variety of drugs and non-drugs methods beside dental treatment. some investigations have reffered to relation between tmds and some psychologic factors su...

BACKGROUND The temporomandibular joint is a unique bi-condylar joint involved in mastication and speech. Temporomandibular joint disorders (TMD) have a range of symptoms, including aural symptoms, and are present in approximately 75% of normal populations. The present study examined the relationship between signs and symptoms of TMD and mouth opening, gender, joint and aural symptoms, and heari...

BACKGROUND We conducted this study to determine whether pulse oximetry and volumetric capnography (VCap) can determine the opening and closing pressures of lungs of anesthetized morbidly obese patients. METHODS Twenty morbidly obese patients undergoing laparoscopic bariatric surgery with capnoperitoneum were studied. A lung recruitment maneuver was performed in pressure control ventilation as...

Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) can severely disturb facial growth and affect occlusal development. In this case-control study, facial, functional, and occlusal characteristics of 100 JIA patients (35 males and 65 females; age range: 1.7-19.4 years) comprising all subtypes classified according to the revised classification criteria of the International League of Associations for Rheumatolog...

A number of subjective and objective methods have been proposed, and are in use, to determine the roundness of sedimentary rock particles. Roundness, which is one of three properties describing the shape of a particle, is a measure of the extent to which the corners and edges of a particle have been worn away. The objective roundness measures are mainly based on the Fourier transform. In this p...

During elevated locomotor activity such as flight, Drosophila satisfies its increased respiratory demands by increasing the total spiracle opening area of the tracheal gas exchange system. It has been assumed that in a diffusion-based system, each spiracle contributes to oxygen flux into and carbon dioxide flux out of the tracheal system according to the size of its opening. We evaluated this h...

UNLABELLED Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and steroids are able to effectively reduce postoperative sequels after impacted third molar removal. The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether a single dose of prednisolone, taken orally immediately after the operation, would increase the effects of etorikoxib (Arcoxia(R)) NSAID in preventing trismus and swelling after surgical r...