18 research outputs found
Body Dysmorphic Disorder in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) may be related to the appearance of a body part or may sometimes arise from concerns about a body function. Currently, this disorder was included in contemporary classification systems with DSM-5. The majority of BDD patients first consult dermatologists, surgeons, and more often plastic surgeons, rather than psychiatrists. Therefore, it is difficult to determine the prevalence of this disorder in the psychiatric society. The oral and maxillofacial region is highly associated with face deformities, and the patients with BDD are applying to those clinics even without self-awareness of their disorders. It has been reported that most of the orthognathic surgical patients are associated with the facial appearance of surgical motivations and will have similar psychological motivations to cosmetic surgery patients. Moreover, the orthodontics, prosthetic and restorative dentistry are the branches of dentistry that mostly the patients come with esthetic complaints. Studies on BDD have not yet received the value they deserve concerning the prevalence and severity. Researches in dentistry and oral and maxillofacial surgery are much less, and the individuals suffering from BDD are not well-known among dentists/oral and maxillofacial surgeons; therefore, the frequency of BDD patients is not noticed and treated properly
Diş hekimliği fakültelerinde kullanılan farklı diş ünitlerinin su ünitlerinin su sistemlerinin geri akım kontaminasyonu açısından değerlendirilmesi
Amaç: Farklı diş koltuk sistemlerine bağlı gerikaçış
engelleyici sistemlerin etkinliğinin uzun
dönem araştırılması ve farklı branşlara göre gerikaçış
sonucu ortaya çıkabilecek çapraz
enfeksiyon riskinin belirlenmesidir.
Gereç ve Yöntemler: Dişhekimliğinin birbirinden
farklı üç branşından çalışma grubu
oluşturulmuştur. Bu farklı üç gruptan elde edilen
materyaller bakteri varlığı açısından değerlendirilerek
gruplar arasındaki farklılık mikrobiyolojik
açıdan incelenmiştir.
Bulgular: Üç grupta da birçok bakteri
kolonisinin izole edildiği görülmekle birlikte
üreyen mikroorganizmaların çoğunun çevreden
ve ağız florasından sıklıkla izole edilen bakteri
kolonileri olduğu görülmüştür.
Sonuç: Diş ünit sistemlerinin kontaminasyonu
engelleyici sistemlerle donatılmasının son
derece önemli olduğu görülmüş, bununla
birlikte uzun zamandır kullanılan diş ünit
sistemlerinin sıklıkla kontrol edilmesi ve
gerektiğinde yenilenmesi sonucuna ulaşılmıştır
Difficulties and treatment outcomes of orthodontic therapy of a patient with Williams Syndrome
Williams Syndrome (WS) is a rare
congenital and progressive multisystem disorder which is described with
specific systemic disorders, skeletal and dental abnormalities and tongue
thrusting. A 13-year-old patient applied to our clinic with complaining dental
caries, malocclusion and tongue thrusting. The patient was treated with a full fixed standard
edgewise appliance named as Mini Master Series from American Orthodontics
(Central Islip, N.Y., USA), 0.018
inch bracket slots) for
2 years and 8 months.
Despite poor oral hygiene, frequent
appointments helped to complete the orthodontic treatment of the patient
without caries formation. Also extraction of first molars with uncertain
prognosis provided social benefits when it was compared to healthy premolar
extractions. This case report presents the successful results of the
orthodontic therapy and difficulties of an orthodontic treatment of a patient
who was diagnosed with WS
Removal of a supernumerary tooth displaced into the infratemporal fossa during extraction
Accidental displacement of an impacted tooth into the infratemporal fossa (ITF) is a rare but serious complication because of the vulnerability of the surrounding anatomical structures. Here we present the case of a 40-year-old man who reported pain on the right side of his face. Panoramic radiography and cone-beam computed tomography revealed an impacted third molar and a supernumerary tooth positioned immediately below it. Under local anesthesia, the third molar was easily extracted; however, the supernumerary tooth was inadvertently displaced into the ITF. The position of the tooth was confirmed by radiographic examination, and it was immediately removed intraorally by expanding the flap and carefully dissecting the soft tissues. Clinical aspects of this rare complication were evaluated, with special emphasis on the reliability of imaging modalities and surgical techniques
The efficiency of ozone therapy and low-level laser therapy in rat facial nerve injury
Purpose: Comparison of low-level laser therapy (LLLT) and ozone therapy (OT) methods for the treatment of facial nerve injury (FNI) in rats, evaluated by histomorphometric measurement analysis. Materials and methods: Thirty rats were randomly divided into control (C), LLLT, and OT groups. The left facial nerves (FNs) of all rats (n ¼ 30) were used in this study. These were held in a surgical clamp for 30 s to create neuropathic damage. The non-injured right FNs of the rats in the control group formed the fourth, sham (S) group in this study (n ¼ 10). Therefore the total number of evaluated samples was 40. The injured FNs of rats in the control group were left to heal spontaneously, whereas LLLT was applied for 21 consecutive days (output 100 mW/cm2 and wavelength 850 nm) and OT (2 ml; 80 mm/ml) once every 2 days for 21 days. Results: After histomorphological evaluation, the OT group revealed statistically significant outcomes following FNI compared with the OT and control groups in terms of branching of nerve fibers (p ¼ 0.003), nerve fiber diameters (p ¼ 0.0398), nerve fiber areas (p ¼ 0.042), and axon numbers (p ¼ 0.0327). Although the LLLT group revealed a better healing process than the control group, the outcome was not statistically significant in terms of branching of nerve fibers (p ¼ 0.6804), nerve fiber diameters (p ¼ 0.7424), nerve fiber areas (p ¼ 0.7048), and axon numbers (p ¼ 0.7588). Conclusions: OT resulted in statistically significant differences in outcome when compared with the LLLT and control groups, and provided a safe and effective treatment for FNI in rats. OT could therefore be considered as an alternative treatment of FNI. Clinical studies should now be performed to establish whether comparable results can be achieved in humans