Commercially produced provisional cylinders are commonly used during fabrication of fixed, provisional implant restorations. A procedure is presented for the fabrication of fixed, provisional implant restorations using laboratory-fabricated, autopolymerizing acrylic resin cylinders...

This study assessed the impact of implant-stabilized prostheses on the health status of complete denture wearers using patient-based, oral-specific health status measures. It also assessed the influence of preoperative expectations on outcome...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of an expandable implant design for immediate and delayed loading and for freestanding and multiunit situations.

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Although myofascial flaps are already used clinically in intra-oral reconstruction, the source and process of epithelialization remain unclear...

Traditional approaches to nasopharyngectomy for the treatment of recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma carry considerable complications. This paper presents an innovative transnasal approach with stereotactic navigation guidance through a mid-face deglove incision which has been done for 15 patients with minimal morbidity...

Distraction osteogenesis of the mandible is an option in the treatment of mandibular hypoplasia. Today, only intermittent distraction devices are available for clinical application. The aim of this study in minipigs was to evaluate continuous bone distra ction using a microhydraulic cylinder...

We report on two patients with haemangiomas of the temporalis muscle, one congenital and one of late onset, which were diagnosed on computed tomography. Both were resected successfully and both patients are well with no signs of recurrence 3½ years and 18 months later, respectively...

Patients with internal derangement of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) who have failed to respond to conservative treatment can be treated by discectomy and insertion of a Christensen fossa-eminence prosthesis, provided there is no clinical or radiological evidence of condylar disease (such as avascular necrosis)...

Peritonsillar abscess is a rare presentation of squamous cell carcinoma of the tonsil. We report two cases illustrating the need to be aware of the possibility and reinforcing the need to send all excised tissue for histopathological diagnosis...