BACKGROUND Avulsion or exarticulation accounts for up to 16% of all traumatic injuries. It is most common in age group of 7 to 14 years. Following the loss of anterior teeth, the replacement is necessary to maintain esthetics, phonetics and avoid arch length discrepancy. Following replantation, postoperative care and management is done in several ways. CASE REPORT This article reports replant...

We report a case of generalized chronic periodontitis requiring periodontal regenerative therapy. The patient was 53-year-old woman who presented with the chief complaint gingival swelling. An initial examination revealed 31.5% sites probing depth ≥4 mm and 46.3% bleeding on probing. Radiographic showed vertical bone resorption in tooth #33. Horizontal adsorption also observed other areas. Base...

BACKGROUND To compare the effectiveness of a custom-made leather wrist splint (LS) with a commercially available fabric splint (FS) in adults with chronic wrist pain. METHODS Participants (N = 25, mean age = 54) were randomly assigned to treatment order in a 2-phase crossover trial. Splints were worn for 2 weeks, separated by a one-week washout period. Outcomes were assessed at baseline and a...

PURPOSE The occlusal splint has been used for many years as an effective treatment of sleep bruxism. Several methods have been used to evaluate efficiency of the occlusal splints. However, the effect of the occlusal splints on occlusal force has not been clarified sufficiently. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of occlusal splints on maximum occlusal force in patients with sl...

a Thomas splint. As the Thomas splint acts as an exoskeleton the traction from the leg must, therefore, be fastened to the splint. The right degree of tension imust be used to prevent overlapping of the ends and shortening of the limb, yet not produce distraction with the risk of either slow or non-union. The conventional method of tying the tapes T0P from the skin tractioni to the end of the s...

OBJECTIVE To present our experience with ear splint therapy for babies with ear deformities, and thereby demonstrate that this therapy is an effective and safe intervention without significant complications. METHODS This was a retrospective study of 54 babies (35 boys and 19 girls; 80 ears; age ≤3 months) with ear deformities who had received ear splint therapy at the Center for Torticollis, ...

Objective: To assess and compare the type of complications during Herbst treatment with Cantilever Bite Jumper (CBJ) and removable mandibular splint. Methods: Twenty one consecutive Herbst patients treated with the CBJ were compared with twenty one consecutively treated Herbst patients with stainless steel crowns on the maxillary first molars and a removable mandibular acrylic splint. The initi...