Self-inflicted lesions that cause mutilation are observed in schizophrenic patients. This case report describes the diagnosis and treatment of simple schizophrenia in a 31-year-old male patient who bit his own tongue and lower lip. The dental treatment proposed included the construction of a splint to prevent new lesions and to allow healing of existing ones. The treatment afforded to avoid too...

Occlusal diagnosis plays an important role in the planning and subsequent delivery of predictable functional and aesthetic restorations and prostheses. Once an occlusal problem is identified there are a number of techniques and materials that can be utilised to record occlusal relationships, subsequently analyse them and incorporate information obtained into the delivery of tooth restoration or...

Making a conservative bridge using a natural tooth pontic with mobile teeth is complicated, time-consuming and sometimes impossible with the current techniques and materials. The aim of this paper is` to describe a new method using Special Rigid Tray Technique (SRTT) to deal with such difficult clinical cases.

Wound dehiscence is the most frequent complication after ridge augmentation and causes postoperative infection, inadequate bone healing, or graft failure. In oral cavity, conservative treatment for difficult to maintain until secondary healing occurs because of its normal flora, dynamic masticatory muscle movement, humid environment. This paper reports an effective method using wound dressing m...

: Intrusion is the most severe luxation injury, resulting in soft and hard tissue damage. Treatment depends on root development stage tooth intrusion degree. Lateral describes displacement any direction other than axial. The prognosis of luxated teeth emergency treatment elapsed time. This paper reports an 11-year-old boy who sustained central lateral incisors into nasal cavity, his left canine...

INTRODUCTION Chronic regurgitation of gastric acids in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease may cause dental erosion, which can lead in combination with attrition or bruxism to extensive loss of coronal tooth tissue. CASE PRESENTATION This clinical report describes treatment of severe tooth wear of a gastroesophageal reflux disease patient who is 54-year-old Turkish male patient. Aft...

The role of antibiotics in preventing healing complications after traumatic injuries: a literature review. comparison of the flexibility of different splint systems used in dental traumatology.

AIM To report a rare case of arrested root formation of permanent incisors in a young boy with mixed dentition and its management. BACKGROUND Traumatic injury to a primary tooth may damage the underlying permanent tooth germ and affect its development. The extent of the malformation depends upon the developmental stage of the permanent tooth and the intensity of trauma. Discoloration and hypo...

OBJECTIVES This study compared soft versus hard resting hand splints on pain and hand function in 39 persons with rheumatoid arthritis. Splint preference was also evaluated to determine its effects on splint wear compliance. METHOD A repeated measures research design was used to compare the two experimental conditions, wearing a soft splint versus a hard splint on the dominant hand for 28 day...