BACKGROUND AND AIM: Drug addiction causes severe oral damage and the socio-economic problems. Prevention and treatment of oral and dental diseases among substance abusers may facilitate their rehabilitation procedure and recovery from drug dependence. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the relationship between drug abuse and oral heal...

AIM Realize the surgery of sinus lifting floor to allow the installation of osseointegrated implants for oral rehabilitation, with the combination of different biomaterials, autogenous bone and lyophilized bovine bone. BACKGROUND Oral rehabilitation using the installation of osseointegrated implants is an alternative surgical approach that results in the satisfactory form, function and esthet...

Division of Removable Prosthodontics, Department of Oral Rehabilitation, Fukuoka Dental College, Fukuoka, Japan, Division of Dental Biomaterials Science, Department of Oral Health Science, Course for Oral Science, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan, and Department of Biomaterials Science, Baylor College of Dentistry, Texas A&M University System Hea...

KEY CLINICAL MESSAGE We used functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) to measure cerebral blood flow during oral care in a patient with persistent disturbance of consciousness. We experienced that cerebral blood flow to frontal area increased during oral care, suggesting that oral care may have a potential role in rehabilitation for the brain.

Ectodermal Dysplasia is a hereditary disorder commonly associated with trichodysplasia (abnormal hair), onchodysplasia nails), dyshidrosis or missing sweat glands) and abnormal dentition. Due to ectodermal dysplasia, for missing, abnormally shaped, mal-positioned teeth, wide range of prosthetic options are available oral rehabilitation. This case report represents prosthodontic rehabilitation c...