The understanding of facial growth and occlusal development plays an important role in orthodontic diagnosis and treatment planning of problems encountered in dental and skeletal malocclusions. This article reviews the growth of the craniofacial complex, how we can modify growth in the maxilla and mandible, and suggests possible ways to enhance orthopedic changes in our every day orthodontic pr...

Five disproportionate, short-limbed, short-trunked (dwarf) Great Pyrenees pups were examined. The mode of inheritance was compatible with a simple autosomal recessive trait, and skeletal radiography revealed flaring of the metaphyses of all long bones and the costochondral junctions of the ribs. Vertebral bodies were poorly ossified and short, and had a beak-like extension on the caudal metaphy...

Nutritional rickets is a major public health problem in many countries of the world. The disease is characterized by deformities of the long bones, enlargement of the wrists and costochondral junctions, hypotonia and, in infants, craniotabes and delayed fontanelle closure. Predominantly caused by severe vitamin D deficiency, rickets can also be associated with hypocalcemic seizures and cardiac ...

Relapsing Polychondritis is a rare disease of unknown aetiology, characterized by recurrent inflammation of the cartilages in different organs. Inflammation of the pinnae and nasal cartilages are the most common features, but the eustachian tubes, trachea, larynx, bronchi, cochlea and vestibule, and costochondral joints are frequently involved. An arthropathy and an ocular inflammation are ofte...

BACKGROUND Rib osteomyelitis is a rare entity, occurring in approximately 1 % or less of all cases of haematogenous osteomyelitis. Given its rarity and clinical heterogeneity, the diagnosis of rib osteomyelitis can be challenging and requires a high index of suspicion. We present a case of acute osteomyelitis of the rib due to community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA...

Introduction: Several treatment options are available for the optimal treatment for orbital fractures, depending on aesthetic and functional results after orbital wall reconstruction. The objective of this study is to compare the effect and safety of large orbital fl oor fractures with titanium mesh combined with poly-L-lactic acid/polyglycolic acid copolymer implants (Lactosorb®) vs. autologou...

In the course of tumor metastases into bones, the process of resorption is intensified both as a result of direct influence of tumor cells on normal bone cells, and as a result of bone cell stimulation by cytokines and growth factors, which leads to pathological remodeling of osseous tissue and, in majority of cases, to the development of systemic hypercalcemia. Clinical observations and in vit...

Cage layer fatigue was first noticed after laying hens began to be housed in cages in the mid-20th century. Hens producing eggs at a high rate were most susceptible to the disease. Early research revealed that cage layer fatigue was associated with osteoporosis and bone brittleness. Severe osteoporosis leads to spontaneous bone fractures commonly in the costochondral junctions of the ribs, the ...

Heller (1914) reimplanted epiphysial plates and had more success when a minimal amount of bone was attached to the cartilage. Haas (1915) was unable to record any growth after reimplantation. Silfverski#{246}ld (1934) also carried out reimplantation. Transplantation with reversal of the epiphysial plate was carried out by Heller (1917) and by Ring (l955a). Autotransplantation was performed by H...