Various types of oral appliances (OAs) have been used for over half a century to treat temporomandibular disorders (TMDs), but there has been considerable debate about how OAs should be designed, how they should be used, and what they actually do therapeutically. However, there is enough information in the scientific literature at this time to reach some evidence-based conclusions about these i...

From the Department of Oral Histology-Developmental Biology, Dental Research Institute, Conservative Dentistry, **Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, and Tooth Bioengineering National Research Lab, School of Dentistry, Seoul National University, Seoul 110-749, Korea and the Department of Biochemistry and the Program in Neuroscience, School of Medicine and Biomedical Science, and the Department of Ora...

JMAJ, May/June 2011 — Vol. 54, No. 3 *1 Part of this manuscript appeared in the proceedings of the International Symposium on Oral Medicine ‘Grand Design for Future Dentistry’ that was held on December 4, 2010 at Acros Fukuoka International Conference Hall (Fukuoka, Japan). *2 President, Japanese Stomatological Society. Department of Oral-Maxillofacial Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, The ...

introduction the glandular odontogenic cyst (goc) is a rare, locally aggressive and potentially recurrent cyst of jaws which lead in diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. since 1992, 111 cases of goc have been reported, with 0.2% incidence among odontogenic cysts. conclusions glandular odontogenic cyst is an uncommon and relatively aggressive cyst with a high recurrence rate. clinical and radi...

Diode and Er : yag laser vs. conventional technique for second stage surgery D. Gabri c panduri c, M. Su si c, J. Brozovi c, I. Smojver, V. Vu ci cevi c boras, D. Katanec Department of Oral Surgery, School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia, Private Dental Practise, Split, Croatia, Private Dental Practise, Zagreb, Croatia, Department of Oral Medicine, School of Dental Med...

1Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine, University of Michigan School of Dentistry, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1078, USA 2LoB5 Research Unit, School of Dentistry & Research Center for Biomineralization Disorders, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 500-757, Republic of Korea 3Department of Stomatology, Implantology and Dental and Maxillofacial Radiology, School of Dental Medicine, University o...

Department of Specialized Dentistry, Nagasaki University Hospital of Medicine and Dentistry, Division of Fixed Prosthodontics and Oral Rehabilitation, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Community Medical Network Center, Nagasaki University Hospital of Medicine and Dentistry, Dental Laboratory Center, Nagasaki University Hospital of Medicine and Dentistry, Nagasaki, and ...