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High-quality aesthetic restorations that look great, function ideally, and last can only be predictably produced through implementation of excellent communication techniques and systems between the doctor and ceramist. With the availability of technology and the Internet, it is now easy to involve th...
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PMID: 21473999
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The biomechanical load during strong bruxism activity reportedly causes many dental/oral problems. However, it is unknown whether the magnitude of muscle activity during sleep is controllable. In this study, the relationship between the magnitude of muscle activity during sleep and types of tooth con...
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PMID: 21661587
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CAD/CAM methods are also being used ever more frequently to produce fully anatomical restorations. These automated, computer-assisted methods play an outstanding role in generating occlusal surfaces. This study examines whether such computer generated occlusal surfaces are comparable with those which...
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PMID: 21657123
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Alveolar ridge defects resulting from tooth loss, trauma, periodontal disease, or congenital lesions often require correction prior to dental implant therapy. Numerous classifications proposed to describe alveolar ridge defects have been limited to describe intra-arch relationships. To provide suffi...
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PMID: 20814606
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The technique presented facilitates a 1-step final impression and registration of multiple internal connection implants that have an unfavorable proximity. This is achieved by the use of customized impression elements that provide an accurate registration of the implant positions and the maxillomand...
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PMID: 20881806
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We utilised mPR in the practice of McNamara line analysis in CFD patients. In both cases in the present study, it was confirmed that modified McNamara line analysis can express the deformities more precisely than conventinal analysis, as far as the maxillo-mandibular relationship is concerned. Howev...
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PMID: 19948410
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We concluded that the mandibular position during continuous [n] phonation and at the physiologic rest position was not significantly influenced by the experimental plates....
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PMID: 20652792
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The data suggest that in patients with unilateral cleft lip and palate, two-stage palate repair has a smaller adverse effect than one-stage palate repair on the growth of the maxilla. This stage effect is on the anteroposterior development of the maxilla and is attributable to the development being...
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PMID: 20440168
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Upper lip bite test (ULBT) is a simple test for predicting difficult intubation. However, it has not been evaluated in acromegalic patients. The primary aim of this study was to compare ULBT with modified Mallampati classification (MMPC) to predict difficult laryngoscopy in acromegalic patients. Ove...
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PMID: 20118795
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Immediate dentures remain an important tool for providing patients with an instant replacement option for extracted teeth. The second paper in this series of two aims to cover the clinical and laboratory stages of immediate denture construction. It looks at the clinical techniques that can be used t...
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PMID: 20491217
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Tissue conditioners are used with great success in dentistry as functional impression materials for rebasing removable prostheses. In the rebase procedure, a functional impression is made in an existing denture to create a master cast. The orientation of the occlusal surface to the underlying tissue...
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PMID: 20446488
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We report a case of oblique osteotomy and coronoidectomy for correction of extreme prognathism in Apert syndrome.A 16-year-old girl presented with a prognathic mandible. A prototype model was formed using computed tomography. After a mock bilateral oblique osteotomy of the mandible, the distal segme...
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PMID: 20216439
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The treatment planning, clinical stages and construction of immediate dentures pose challenges to both dentist, dental technician and patient. In this two-part series, the various principles for successfully providing patients with immediate dentures will be discussed. This first paper examines the...
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PMID: 20415007
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To evaluate the influence of loading forces on the vertical discrepancies caused by interocclusal recording materials.
A custom-made apparatus was used to simulate the maxilla and mandible. Eight interocclusal records were made in each of the following groups: G1-Aluwax (aluminum wax; Aluwax), G2-Be...
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PMID: 20165738
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The mean quotients MEAN QU (Min3)/(ACT) of 0.87 for (CHAIR) and 0.94 for (LAB) and the time expenditure for simulating intraoral occlusal adjustment of 3.44 minutes for (CHAIR) and 3.79 minutes for (LAB) did not differ significantly....
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PMID: 20437729
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Recently, implant surgery has been introduced into postdoctoral prosthodontic programs; however, efficient training models to teach this have not been described to date. For training models to be effective and acceptable to all parties, a mutually beneficial situation must be created, and guidelines...
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PMID: 20657871
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The paper describes the experience in using three predictive criteria, such as Mallampati test, Patila test, and ULBT test, to evaluate tracheal intubation and compares their predictive validity. The experience in applying Macintosh and Truview laryngoscopes to patients with predicted difficult trac...
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PMID: 20734845
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In both MRI examinations alterations on the condyle (MRI1: 88 %, MRT2: 91 %) and contrast enhancement (MRT1: 76 %, MRT2 65 %) were found most frequently. TMJ pain (65 %) and lower mouth opening capacity (65 %) were the number one finding in the first clinical examination. A statistically significant...
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PMID: 19582656
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With the software version 3.80, the Sirona company also delivers the Buccal Scan feature, among other features. This opens up a completely new way of high-precision registration of the occlusion. The new method can be used easily and universally.
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PMID: 20879464
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Quadrant restoration has been an integral part of the software since the Cerec 3-D program was introduced. In the new 3.80 version, the program also offers the option of scanning the opposite jaw and correlating it with the prepared jaw by a buccal scan. This innovation is especially appropriate whe...
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PMID: 20879465
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Abstract This article describes the clinical and laboratory procedures involved in the fabrication of laboratory-processed, provisional, screw-retained, implant-supported maxillary and mandibular fixed complete dentures incorporating a cast metal reinforcement for immediate loading of implants. Prec...
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PMID: 20553176
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The hypothesis is rejected. An association exists between dynamic occlusion and different aspects of static occlusion....
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PMID: 19852642
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Five-year oral appliance treatment does not affect TMD prevalence but is associated with permanent occlusal changes in most sleep apnea patients during the first 2 years. Patients seek several unscheduled visits, mainly because of technical complications....
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PMID: 19852636
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This article describes a snore reduction appliance that can be constructed to advance and hold the mandible in a comfortable prognathic position. The tongue is advanced concomitantly, producing more space in the pharynx while changing the relative positions of the soft palate, posterior tongue, and...
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PMID: 20591763
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The masticatory system's ability to function depends on the distribution of occlusal contacts to promote mandibular stabilization. The patient in this case report was experiencing temporomandibular dysfunction, which was treated by creating an adequate bite plane using indirect composite resin resto...
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PMID: 20591768
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A multitude of decisions must be made when performing restorative dentistry, particularly full-arch restorative dentistry. The likelihood of making the correct decision can be improved if the dentist attends appropriate high-quality continuing education, reads refereed literature, works with an expe...
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PMID: 20129887
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These results suggest that current recommended average settings for semi-adjustable articulators for dentate individuals need to be reassessed....
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PMID: 20158010
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The success of dental restorations should not only be measured by immediate outcomes, such as patient comfort and appearance, but also by long-term survival and stability of the definitive restorations. Long-term success is dependant on the level of precision at which treatment is carried out. The t...
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PMID: 20151564
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A 26-year-old male patient presented with generalised gingival recession related to the margins of crowns fitted between the ages of 12 and 15 years. The patient, previously treated for Amelogenesis Imperfecta, suffered a mandibular fracture at the age of 22 years. He had an anterior open bite and i...
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PMID: 20158059
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The dental arch relationship following one-stage repair (Warsaw protocol) was comparable with the outcome of the Oslo Cleft Team's protocol....
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PMID: 19860528
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The results revealed that negative predictive value (NPV) of ULBT class, history of snoring and neck circumference were 86%, 83%, 81%, respectively. A combination of these three predictors had an NPV of 95%. CONCLUSION: ULBT class alone was of value in predicting difficulty in mask ventilation, but...
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PMID: 19950730
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The hypothesis is rejected. Both retention procedures allowed relative vertical movement of the posterior teeth, but the number of contacts on the posterior segment was increased more in the bonded retainer group than in the Hawley and control groups at the end of retention....
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PMID: 19705947
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In every case of restorative care, dentists deal with reference positions of the mandible. For this purpose, the intercuspal position and the retruded contact position are the most often used reference positions. Concerning how precisely these clinically relevant positions could be determined, insuf...
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PMID: 19673237
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The maxilla displaced slightly forward and downward with a counterclockwise rotation; the mandible rotated downward and backward, resulting in an increase in anterior facial height; the sagittal maxillomandibular relationship was improved; the maxillary molars and incisors were protruded and extrude...
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PMID: 19642763
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These results suggest that both the thickness and plasticity of the indicating media affect neuromuscular function during occlusion....
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PMID: 19639919
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Premature occlusal contacts may force the mandible into a not optimally functional intercuspal position, a so-called forced bite. When the mandible is forced laterally, it is called a lateral forced bite, more prevalent in children than in adults. In the PhD thesis (1983) 'Mandibular movement patter...
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PMID: 19382542
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We developed and used a novel occlusographic analysis. The Madjidi occlusographic analysis does not rely on the position or tilt of moveable teeth; therefore, orthodontic changes do not influence quantification of mandibular position. Contours and mandibular relationships of interest are seen clearl...
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PMID: 19326489
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The aim of this study was to present a new approach to acquire a three-dimensional virtual skull model appropriate for orthognathic surgery planning without the use of plaster dental models and without deformation of the facial soft-tissue mask. A "triple" cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) scan p...
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PMID: 19276829
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This study was conducted to reduce the bias in measured values caused by the thickness of materials used in occlusal examinations. To this end, a silicone impression material for bite force measurement and an experimental model of a simplified stomatognathic system were employed in this study. By me...
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PMID: 19496402
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Out of 107 patients, 31 patients (28.8%) showed occlusal disharmony. No statistically significant relationship was found between occlusal disharmony and age, gender, ridge relationships, or occlusal scheme (p<0.5). Twenty-five (81%) out of 31 complete dentures with occlusal disharmony were not clini...
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PMID: 19838609
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Harmonious occlusion is a critical requirement for successful oral rehabilitation. Conventional techniques of construction have been unsuccessful in producing a prosthesis that can be inserted without intraoral occlusal adjustment. This article discusses the use of functionally generated path techni...
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PMID: 20139578
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OBJECTIVES: The dual-arch impression technique is convenient in that it makes the required maxillary and mandibular impressions, as well as the inter-occlusal record in one procedure. The accuracy of inter-abutment distance in dies fabricated from dual-arch impression technique remains in question b...
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PMID: 20139562
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showed that, in spite of presence of high significant over jet size differences between the groups; there was no significant differences in all the studied parameters were found. Applying the least significant differences (LSD) test and coefficient correlations between the studied parameters clarify...
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PMID: 19553723
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Reproducibility of condylar position analysis was improved significantly by mounting the models with special working bites. This applied for operators of different professional background (dentists, dental assistants and dental students), while there were no significant differences between results o...
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PMID: 19715148
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I and absence of signs and symptoms of temporomandibular disorders and diagnostic casts showing stability in the maximum intercuspation (MI) position. Impressions of maxillary and mandibular arches were made with an irreversible hydrocolloid impression material. Master casts of each patient were obt...
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PMID: 19466237
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Many "old truths" regarding prosthodontic interventions can be called dogmas, opinions based more on belief than scientific evidence. There is, for example, lack of evidence to support the opinion that a face-bow is necessary in the fabrication of prostheses, and many theories related to occlusion a...
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PMID: 19318064
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The greatest numbers of indications for surgery were made for male convex profiles and for female concave profiles. Laypersons were more tolerant to profile changes, whereas maxillofacial surgeons indicated surgery and stated that they would seek facial surgery if profiles were their own in a greate...
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PMID: 19070751
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The 3D-LFI/DO can be used to simultaneously and selectively widen, lengthen and vertically reposition the maxilla, producing acceptable post-treatment skeletal and dental relationships, without healing problems observed clinically....
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PMID: 19070745
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No significant differences in each of 3 phases of the chewing cycle and total duration were found between groups on the basis of symmetry or osteotomy procedure. However, there were significant differences between the preoperative and postoperative coefficients of variation for the undeviated side i...
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PMID: 19070750
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Mandibular movement was increased at 6 months despite the slight disturbance in lateral excursion to the nonfractured side and the presence of deviation on mouth opening. Occlusal area and occlusal force improved at 6 months, although mean pressure remained slightly higher than that in the control g...
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PMID: 19070752
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