Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology and oral radiology
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Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol · Jul 2012
Dental anomalies in Richieri-Costa-Pereira syndrome.
The objective of this study was to investigate the prevalence of dental anomalies in individuals with Richieri-Costa-Pereira syndrome. ⋯ Individuals with Richieri-Costa Pereira syndrome exhibit high prevalence of tooth agenesis, especially mandibular incisors and premolars, as well as high frequency of enamel opacities. These findings are compatible with the mandibular cleft observed in all individuals and also reflect the hypoplastic characteristic of the syndrome.
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Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol · Jul 2012
Oral and maxillofacial injuries in civilians during training at military garrisons: prevalence and causes.
The prevalence of physical injuries sustained in civilian recruits at military training garrisons is significant. Civilian recruits sustain injuries mostly during the intensive and rigorous military combat-training period. We sought to determine the prevalence and causes of oral and maxillofacial injury as the first step in reducing and preventing them in our population of recruits (men aged ≥18 years) called to serve the 2-year mandatory military service. ⋯ The large number of general and maxillofacial injuries in civilian recruits during the 2-month combat-training period at military garrisons is disconcerting. This issue warrants further research to implement methods for identifying, decreasing, and preventing injuries in civilians at military-training garrisons.
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Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol · Jul 2012
Randomized Controlled TrialSublingual ketorolac and sublingual piroxicam are equally effective for postoperative pain, trismus, and swelling management in lower third molar removal.
Lower third molar removal provides a clinical model for studying analgesic drugs. The present study's aim was to compare the clinical efficacy of sublingual ketorolac and sublingual piroxicam in managing pain, trismus and swelling after lower third molar extraction in adult volunteers. ⋯ Pain, trismus, and swelling after lower third molar extraction, independent of surgical difficulty, were successfully controlled by sublingual ketorolac (10 mg 4 times daily) or sublingual piroxicam (20 mg once daily), and no significant differences were observed between the NSAIDs evaluated.