SUMMARY Mandibular actinomycosis is an uncommon disease. We retrospectively reviewed 6 patients with pathologically proven mandibular actinomycosis who underwent both CT and MR imaging to evaluate the characteristic imaging findings. CT results showed an irregularly marginated lesion with increased bone marrow attenuation, osteolysis, and involvement of the skin in all patients. Periosteal reac...

A 19-year-old man with a BMI of 23.8 kg/m2 (5 ft 7 in; 152 lbs) presented the concern 3 years progressively enlarging head leading to an increase in hat size. The patient fulfilled criteria for macrocephaly as his circumference was 62 cm, which above 97th percentile age [1]. CT revealed homogeneous bilateral hypertrophy temporalis, masseter, and medial pterygoid muscles no evidence neoplastic p...

Masticatory muscles mediate the action of functional orthopedic appliances on mandible growth. When young rats were treated for four weeks with a postural hyperpropulsor of the mandible, an appliance designed to increase condylar cartilage growth rate, the proportion of fast non-fatigable fibres in the lateral pterygoid muscle increased significantly. Concomitantly, the amount of slow-myosin li...

Wombats are unique among marsupials in having one pair of upper incisors, and hypsodont molars for processing tough, abrasive vegetation. Of the three extant species, the most abundant, the common wombat (Vombatus ursinus), has had the least attention in terms of masticatory muscle morphology, and has never been thoroughly described. Using MRI and digital dissection to compliment traditional gr...

A 19 years male patient came to the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery outpatient department with chief complaint of progressively reducing mouth opening for the past four months. History, clinical and radiological examination strongly suggested it to be a rare case of myositis ossificans traumatica which was subsequently confirmed histopathologically. The patient was managed by extirpation of the ...

In the treatment of temporomandibular joint disorder (TMD), the application of shock waves to trigger points is a new therapy method with a precise effect. Especially focused shock waves enable reliable trigger point diagnosis by the induction of referred pain. These are the findings of Dr Danilo Jankovic, Head of the DGS Regional Pain Centre in Hürth/Cologne, Germany. line about one finger wid...