BACKGROUND The amount of sedation and muscle relaxation of the jaw may have an impact on complications caused by laryngeal mask airway (LMA). The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of low-dose Atracurium on conditions of insertion, complications, and hemodynamic responses to LMA insertion following induction of anesthesia with propofol, in patients undergoing cataract surgery. PATIEN...

Current treatments for bisphosphonate-associated osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ) in multiple myeloma patients have limited efficacy. The biological effects of ozone indicate it may be therapeutic for ONJ. We, here, report the efficacy of a 15-day course of antibiotics, surgery and ozone therapy in 12 MM patients with ONJ.

The authors report on their experience with bone defect treatment following surgery of jaw-bone cysts. This is based on the use of cadaveric ground spongiosis saturated with tetracycline and metronidazol solution. The study shows the above mentioned material is very suitable for bone defect therapy, and cost effective. The results were verified by clinical and X-ray examination.

Aim: Results of this study can show if bimax surgery for posterior repositioning of maxilla and correction of BPCLI has priority to the currently used segmental orthognathic surgery or not. Materials and methods: This study was done on 40 whiteskinned Iranian patients with bimaxillary dentoalveolar protrusion class I (BPCLI) who sought treatment for their deformity. In the first group, treatmen...

This study aimed to evaluate the influence of estrogen deficiency and mechanical loading on bone around osseointegrated dental implants in a rat jaw model. The maxillary right first molars 36 rats were extracted. One week later, divided into an unloaded group loaded group; short head long inserted respectively. Nine weeks after implantation, further subjected ovariectomy (OVX) or sham surgery. ...

We investigated the jaw opening degree and jaw opening pathway on 138 normal subjects and 104 abnormal subjects to make an objective basis of the jaw opening pathway as one of the examinations of stomatognathic dysfunction. As examining the terminal hinge opening pathways we distinguished the initial phase in which the movement of the condyle was considered mainly to be rotation from the second...

P ARKHILL’S bone clamp” introduced in 1897 seems to have been quickly abandoned. With the advent of the antibiotic era its use again became feasible. It is now about tifteen years since Roger Anderson’ reintroduced this principle of double pin fixation to orthopedic and general surgery. It is about the same time since Stader5 reported its use in veterinary surgery. It is ten years since Convers...

Reflex responses in jaw-opening muscles can be evoked when a brittle object cracks between the teeth and suddenly unloads the jaw. We hypothesized that this reflex response is flexible and, as such, is modulated according to the instructed goal of biting through an object. Study participants performed two different biting tasks when holding a peanut half stacked on a chocolate piece between the...