Alveolar bone grafting is a standard method for treating alveolar cleft. To ensure the best outcome, improving the arch form as well as soft tissue quality in the area around the cleft is recommended. In this study, 11 patients who presented with alveolar cleft and collapsed maxillary arch were treated in the following sequence: transpalatal distraction osteogenesis followed by soft tissue surg...

The aims of the present study were to clinically and histologically evaluate human fresh frozen bone (FFB) grafts used to treat severe maxillary horizontal defects prior to dental implant placement. Ten patients were treated with FFB onlay grafts. Measurements using computed tomography scans were recorded preoperatively and at 5 months. Six core biopsies were retrieved and processed for light m...

Objective: This study is to investigate possibility of usingcynomolgus monkeys as models to provide theoretical reference for maxillary sinus related scientific research of non-human primates. Methods: Cone bean CT (CBCT) scanning was performed in 20 sides of maxillary sinus from 10 cynomolgus monkeys. Measurements were conducted with the occlusal plane of bilateral maxillary first premolar to ...

Since the bone dehiscence of the anterior wall of the maxillary sinus is closely related to aging, osteoblasts and osteoclasts were studied morphometrieally and statistically . Ninety three bone fragments of the anterior wall of the maxillary sinus were taken at sur gery and served as specimens for this study. These operated patient were from 11 years old to 71 years old, 51 males and 42 female...

OBJECTIVE To compare the anchorage effects of the implants and the headgear for patients with anterior teeth retraction in terms of incisor retraction, anchorage loss, inclination of maxillary incisors, positional change of maxillary basal bone, and treatment duration. MATERIALS AND METHODS An electronic search for relative randomized controlled trials (RCTs) prospective and retrospective con...

The brown tumor or osteitis fibrosacystica is a benign bone lesion that caused by hyperparathyroidism. This complication has been decreased by diagnosis and successful treatment of hyperparathyroidism. The brown tumor of hyperparathyroidism results from a metabolic disorder that affects long bones, ribs, and pelvis. The maxillary involvement is rare. Parathyroidectomyis a good choice for patien...

BACKGROUND Facial deformation as a sequela of leprosy is caused not only by a saddle nose but also by regression of the maxilla, as well documented in paleopathological observations of excavated skeletal remains of patients with leprosy. However, maxillary changes in living patients have been evaluated only by the subjective visual grading. Here, we attempted to evaluate maxillary bone deformat...

PURPOSE The purpose of the study was to evaluate the magnitude of ridge augmentation with titanium mesh, overall graft success, anatomic location of ridge defects and their relationship to mesh exposure. MATERIALS AND METHODS This retrospective study evaluated 44 patients who received mandibular or maxillary reconstruction with autogenous particulate bone graft and titanium mesh for the purpo...