1 Doutora (Professora Doutora da Faculdade de Odontologia de Bauru-USP). 2 Mestre (Gerente de produtos Aparelhos Auditivos Phonak do Brasil). 3 Mestranda em Fonoaudiologia pela Faculdade de Odontologia de Bauru USP (Fonoaudióloga da Clínica de Fonoaudiologia da Faculdade de Odontologia de Bauru USP). Faculdade de Odontologia de Bauru Universidade de São Paulo. Endereço para correspondência: Mar...

BACKGROUND Implantable devices have been proposed as an alternative to hearing aids and auditory canal reconstruction in patients with microtia (congenital aural atresia), which includes a malformation of the external and middle ear. This report is of two rare cases of microtia associated with congenital stapes ankylosis treated with an implantable device and describes the treatment outcomes. C...

Background: Conversion disorder is a rare condition and consequently is often misdiagnosed. Patients suffer from neurological symptoms in the absence of an organic cause. Symptoms arise in response to a stressful or traumatic situation affecting the patient’s mental health which converts to a physical problem. Although it is a psychiatric condition, conversion disorder typically affects motor o...

In the current litigious society, separating malingerers from true hearing loss patients is ever more important, especially when compensation for industrial hearing loss is claimed. We present a novel test for feigned hearing loss which is very quick and precise, and utilises equipment readily available in the Otolaryngology office. The test is based on the well established physiological phenom...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the cerebral gray matter volume alterations in unilateral sudden sensorineural hearing loss patients within the acute period by the voxel-based morphometry method, and to determine if hearing impairment is associated with regional gray matter alterations in unilateral sudden sensorineural hearing loss patients. STUDY DESIGN Prospective case study. SETTING Tertiary c...

introduction: the survival of an implant system is affected by the choice of antirotational design, which can include an external or internal hex. implant success also is affected by the maintenance of the crestal bone around implants. the aim of present study was to evaluate the crestal bone loss and clinical parameters related to bone loss in patients loaded with an external or internal hex 3...

Background: Osteoporosis is one of the uncomfortable postmenopausal symptoms. The risk of imbalanced nutrition especially traces elements and vitamins are high during post menopause and may lead to osteoporosis due to reduction of content of mineral bone. The aim of this study was to investigate the potential consequence of Selenium (Se) treatment in ovariectomized rat model with osteoporosis i...

o bjectives: headgears are among the effective orthodontic appliances to achieve treatment goals. unilateral molar distal movement is sometimes needed during an orthodontic treat- ment, which can be achieved by an asymmetric headgear. different unilateral headgears have been introduced. the main goal of this study was to analyze the force system of uni- lateral expanded outer bow asymmetric hea...

BACKGROUND Persons with unilateral, lower-extremity amputation sometimes develop osteoarthritis in the intact limb. The purpose of this study was to investigate gait mechanics and bone mineral density in unilateral, trans-tibial amputees to test the hypotheses that the intact limb knee and hip will have larger frontal plane net joint moments and bone mineral density than the prosthetic side and...

crestal bone loss is a biological complication in implant dentistry. the aim of this study was to compare the effect of progressive and conventional loading on crestal bone height and bone density around single osseointegrated implants in the posterior maxilla by a longitudinal radiographic assessment technique.twenty micro thread implants were placed in 10 patients (two implants per patient). ...