Introduction: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between the position of mandibular third molar (M3) and vertical skeletal malocclusions. Methods: Materials for the study consisted of panoramic radiographs and lateral cephalograms of 73 fifteen to nineteen-year-old class I patients (girls=66%, boys= 34%). Patients were classified into three groups based on four vertical ...

OBJECTIVES To investigate the prevalence and pattern of impacted teeth and associated pathologies in the Hong Kong Chinese population. SETTING The Reception and Primary Care Clinic, Prince Philip Dental Hospital, Hong Kong. DESIGN Retrospective study. SUBJECTS AND METHODS The records of 7486 patients were examined to determine whether the chief complaints were related to impacted teeth an...

BACKGROUND Tooth root problems and periodontal diseases are common in South American camelids (SAC). The objective was to evaluate and optimize the imaging technique for dental radiography in SAC and to describe the radiographic and computed tomographic (CT) anatomy of normal teeth at different ages. In this study, the heads of 20 healthy SAC slaughtered for meat production or euthanized for re...

Malignant mental neuropathy (MMN) is a neurological manifestation of cancer, characterized by the presence of hypoesthesia or anesthesia restricted to the territory of the mental branch of the mandibular nerve. A systematic review of the literature has been made on MMN, analyzing the etiology, pathogeny, clinical characteristics, complementary tests and the prognosis. Sixteen studies, providing...

Mandibular advancement devices (MADs) represent the main non-continuous positive airway pressure (non-CPAP) therapy for patients with obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA). The aim of the European Respiratory Society Task Force was to review the evidence in favour of MAD therapy. Effects of tongue-retaining devices are not included in this report. Custom-made MADs reduce apnoea/hypopnoea index (AHI) a...

E-mail [email protected] Obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS) is a disorder of breathing during sleep characterised by prolonged partial airway obstruction and/ or intermittent complete obstruction (obstructive apnoea) that interrupts normal ventilation during sleep and disrupts normal sleep pattern, affecting about 2–3% of children [1, 2]. Although adenotonsillar hypertrophy remai...

OBJECTIVES The aims of this study were to evaluate the influence of gender and dental status on the mental index, mandibular cortical index and panoramic mandibular index from dental panoramic radiographs in elderly who had osteoporosis or did not have osteoporosis. METHODS Panoramic radiographs of 487 elderly dental patients (age range 60-88 years) were evaluated. It were recorded osteoporot...

Bone xanthoma is a rare benign primary bone lesion histologically characterized by sheets of foamy cells which are macrophages with cytoplasm filled droplets fat. It usually associated endocrine or metabolic diseases, in the absence called xanthoma. Because lack pathognomonic radiologic and clinical features, they require differential diagnosis broad spectrum lesions varying degree malignant po...

statement of problem: the gonial angle plays an important role in ensuring a harmonious facial profile. changes in this angle especially after surgery may be an aesthetic concern for both the patient and the surgeon. purpose: the aim of the present study was to evaluate gonial angle changes after mandiblular setback with the bssro technique and to measure postsurgical relapse two years after su...

The aim of this study was to analyse the correlation between external and internal mandibular morphology in adult or adolescent normal anthropological mandibles. Lateral radiographs of 31 symmetrical mandibles were analysed. The external morphology was defined by the gonial and beta-angles. In order to analyse internal morphology, a metallic pin was placed in the mental canal on the left side b...