1/9. Clinical update: a nonhealing fractured mandible.Bisphosphonates have shown significant clinical benefit in reducing skeletal fractures in patients with multiple myeloma or bone: penicillin VK 500 mg or amoxicillin 500 mg; both 4 times daily (QID) initially and twice daily (BID) for maintenance, If penicillin allergic: 1. clindamycin 150 to 300 mg QID. 2. Vibramycin 100 mg once daily (QD). 3. erythromycin ethylsuccinate 400 mg 3 times daily (TID). 4. Antifungals when required: 5. nystatin oral suspension 5 to 15 mL QID or 100,000 IU/mL. 6. Mycelex troches (clotrimazole 10 mg) x 5/day. 7. fluconazole 200 mg initially, then 100 mg QD. 8. Other potential systemic antifungals include itraconazole or ketoconazole. 9. Antivirals, if required: 10. acyclovir 400 mg BID. 11. Valacyclovir hydrochloride 500 mg to 2g BID.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = mandible (Clic here for more details about this article) |
2/9. orthognathic surgery for occlusal reconstruction of old malunited jaw fracture.Old malunited jaw fractures of nine patients who underwent orthognathic surgery for occlusal reconstruction were clinically evaluated. Early surgery on fractures of the jaw is the optimal treatment when due attention must be paid to occlusion. Since occlusal revision surgery subsequent to inaccurate diagnosis and inappropriate surgery is certainly very difficult and often unsuccessful, surgeons need to pay special attention to this situation.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 98.33217652376keywords = jaw (Clic here for more details about this article) |
3/9. Surgical root restoration after external inflammatory root resorption: A case report.External inflammatory root resorption after a jaw fracture is rare. This report describes a case of extensive external root resorption in the middle third of the root of a mandibular right canine after a mandibular fracture involving the tooth socket. Because of delayed treatment and damage to the root caused by a surgical screw, root canal treatment was performed followed by surgical intervention. The resorptive defect was debrided and part of the root was rebuilt with conventionally setting restorative glass ionomer cement. Postoperative follow-up revealed complete healing.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 16.388696087293keywords = jaw (Clic here for more details about this article) |
4/9. Nutrition intervention in general dentistry.This article presents a nutrition program in general dentistry following an oral health nutrition care process, and provides a guideline for identifying patients at risk of developing marginal malnutrition as a result of oral health procedures. The program highlights the importance of assessing nutritional status by segregating high-risk patients from low-risk patients. A case report demonstrates the therapeutic dietary management of a patient whose jaws were immobilized as a result of trauma.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 16.388696087293keywords = jaw (Clic here for more details about this article) |
5/9. Embolization of traumatic aneurysm of the maxillary artery.An expanding false aneurysm in the infratemporal fossa followed this patient's complicated jaw fracture. Successful Gelfoam embolization of the maxillary artery has controlled haemorrhage, treated the aneurysm, and avoided the hazards of local operative intervention. The technique of embolization has a place in the management of various difficult vascular problems.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 16.388696087293keywords = jaw (Clic here for more details about this article) |
6/9. Use of a miniplate to provide intermaxillary fixation in the edentulous patient.A case of severe facial trauma is presented. The fractures were stabilized using wire osteosynthesis and miniplates. Since no dentures were available intermaxillary fixation was achieved with a miniplate from the upper to the lower jaw, which resulted in a very satisfactory stabilization.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 16.388696087293keywords = jaw (Clic here for more details about this article) |
7/9. Pediatric jaw fractures: indications for open reduction.jaw fractures in children are generally managed without major surgical intervention. Closed reduction usually is sufficient to restore normal anatomy and function. The one inviolate principle is early treatment. During the past three years, four pediatric jaw fractures that required open reduction were treated. This mode of treatment was necessitated by the limitations imposed by pediatric dental anatomy and by the type of fractures encountered. In at least 24 months of follow-up, no dental problems have been seen.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 81.943480436467keywords = jaw (Clic here for more details about this article) |
8/9. Removal of foreign bodies (two teeth) by fiberoptic bronchoscopy.In special situations the flexible fiberoptic bronchoscope, with its increased visual range and extended capabilities for extraction, may be utilized to augment rigid bronchoscopy. Recently developed tools for extraction (claw, basket, forceps, and balloon catheter) may be inserted through the channel of the fiberoptic bronchoscope to capture small, peripheral foreign objects. We present the case of a 76-year-old man in whom two aspirated teeth were removed from the right lower lobe (RB9a and RB9b) using the fiberoptic bronchoscope, a wire basket, and a Fogarty balloon catheter. Rigid tube bronchoscopy was contraindicated because the patient had just sustained a fractured skull and jaw in an automobile accident.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 16.388696087293keywords = jaw (Clic here for more details about this article) |
9/9. Fibrodysplasia ossificans circumscripta of the masseter muscle.Fibrodysplasia ossificans circumscripta (FOC) is a lesion characterized by localized calcification of the investing fascia of skeletal muscle. It is often related to repeated trauma and was formerly known as traumatic myositis ossificans. Surgical procedures involving muscles are also believed to be a factor in the origin of the lesion. When FOC develops in the muscles of mastication it can lead to severe trismus. A case is reported of FOC in the left masseter muscle of a 44-year-old man who presented with marked limitation of opening. It was believed that previous fractures of the left maxilla and mandible and/or the subsequent surgical treatments were responsible for the onset of FOC. The radiographic and microscopic features of FOC are discussed in relation to recent theories on the etiology, pathogenesis, and treatment of the lesion.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 0.25keywords = mandible (Clic here for more details about this article) |