PURPOSE The edentulous severely atrophic maxilla, as consequence of alveolar bone resorption and pneumatisation of the maxillary sinus, represents a serious limitation to the implant rehabilitation. Implants insertion via palatal approach (PA), in combination with relatively minimally invasive techniques aimed at increasing bone volume without the use of autologous bone harvesting is a valid al...

The quality of cleft lip and palate (CLP) speech is affected due to hyper-nasality and mis-articulation. Surgery and speech therapy are required to correct the structural and functional defects of CLP, which will result in an enhanced speech signal. The quality of the enhanced speech is perceptually evaluated by speech-language pathologists and results are highly biased. In this work, a signal ...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to explore the factors associated with inadequate chewing in an adult and elderly population of a city in the southern region of Brazil. METHODS This was a cross-sectional study based on a population home-based inquiry (DCH-POP) in southern Brazil. Individuals were interviewed by trained interviewers to create a standardized procedure. In a pilot stud...

Introduction: Recently the most accurate diagnostic method in the diagnosis of prosthesis infection is the combination of Tc-99m labeled leukocyte/bone marrow imaging. However the diagnostic efficiency of the test is influenced because of its low spatial resolution. Recently SPECT/CT imaging is implicated in this test with efficient additional diagnostic improvement. In the dep...

The influence of maxillectomy on speech sound articulation and intelligibility were studied by ten cases. These cases were anatomically classified into Type I (unilateral), II (unilateral), and III (bilateral) in maxillectomy type. Pressure consonants, such as plosives r p, b, t, d, k, g], fricatives [s, <;] and affricates [ts, dz, ts, d5], were defective in maxillectomized patients. Vowels [i,...

Today, often ankle’s active prosthesis is used for transtibial amputated people’s walking, because these prostheses have some advantages such as increasing power and decreasing metabolism. In most of active prosthesis in order to create a movement or increase the force at the push-off, electrical actuators are used like a motor. In cases where a higher-power motor is necessary, the capacity, we...

screw-retained implant restorations have an advantage of predictable retention as well as retrievability, and obviate the risk of excessive sub-gingival cement commonly associated with cement retained implant restorations. screw-retained restorations generally have screw access holes, which can compromise esthetics and weaken the porcelain around the holes. the purpose of this study is to descr...