Mouth opening was measured in 43 children anaesthetized with isoflurane and paralysed with vecuronium or suxamethonium. Measurements of mouth opening were made for up to 10 min after loss of the adductor pollicis twitch and cessation of muscle fasciculations. In 22 patients receiving suxamethonium, a significant (P less than 0.001) reduction in mean mouth opening occurred in the 60 s after loss...

Background: early facial aging in mouth breathing adults. Aim: to verify the presence of indicative factors of early facial aging and to characterize the measurements of the projection of the nasogeniane fold to the tragus and of the face width in mouth and nose breathing adults. Method: aspects of early facial aging were observed in 60 individuals (presence of dark circles and wrinkles under t...

Introduction: According to the prevalence of sore mouth, its outcome and possible role of anemia in its etiology and some contradictions in this theory, our study was performed to evaluate the role of iron deficiency anemia as a etiological factor for sore mouth. Materials and Methods: This historical cohort study was performed on 40 cases, including 20 anemic patients as the experimental group...

BACKGROUND Dynamic gas compression during forced expiration has an influence on conventional flow-volume spirometry results. The extent of gas compression in different pulmonary disorders remains obscure. Utilizing a flow plethysmograph we determined the difference between thoracic and mouth flows during forced expiration as an indication of thoracic gas compression in subjects with different p...

Carbohydrate (CHO) mouth rinse has been shown to improve time trial performance. Although the exact mechanism remains un-established, research postulates that there are oral cavity receptors which increase neural drive. Increasing the duration of the mouth rinse could potentially increase stimulation of these receptors. The aim of the current investigation was to determine whether the duration ...

The aim of this study was to compare and evaluate the effect of four commercially available mouth rinses on the microhardness and solubility of a newly introduced resin-composite namely Estelite® α with Filtek TM P60. The microhybrid and the supra-nano composites used in this study are Filtek TM P60 and Estelite® α respectively. A total of 108 (N) specimens (54 for each resin composite) were fa...

BACKGROUND Early facial aging in mouth breathing adults. AIM To verify the presence of indicative factors of early facial aging and to characterize the measurements of the projection of the nasogeniane fold to the tragus and of the face width in mouth and nose breathing adults. METHOD Aspects of early facial aging were observed in 60 individuals (presence of dark circles and wrinkles under ...

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...

OBJECTIVE To examine changes in reports of common cold symptoms and mouth ulcers following smoking cessation. It was hypothesised that reports of these symptoms would increase on stopping smoking. DESIGN Smokers were assessed one week before stopping smoking (baseline), then after one, two, and six weeks of smoking abstinence. PARTICIPANTS 174 smokers attending a seven week smoking cessatio...