objective: to study the accuracy of spiral tomography in the determination of implant angulation. materials and methods: eighteen gutta-percha filled points on dry mandibles were selected for implant placement. a translucent acrylic template was fabricated for each mandible. after preparing tomographic images (2 mm slice thickness, cranex tome), the ideal axis of the implant was traced. the ang...

abstract background & objectives: honey has been used as a nutraceutical in many traditional and ancient remedies. considering well documented benefits of honey to accelerate wound healing, for the first time we aimed to assess intra oral surgical wound healing process with honey. methods: we designed a pilot randomized placebo controlled cross-over clinical trial. patients who required bilater...

1DDS, MSc, Master in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, PhD student in Implantology, Araraquara Dental School, UNESP Univ. Estadual Paulista, Araraquara, SP, Brazil. 2DDs, MSc in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, PhD student in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Araraquara Dental School, UNESP Univ. Estadual Paulista, Araraquara, SP, Brazil. 3DDS, MSc, PhD, Assistant Professor, Division of Oral and Max...

Viral Patel1, Anil Managutti2, Shailesh Menat3, Sunita Managutti4, Jigar Patel1 1Post-graduate, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Narsinhbhai Patel Dental College and Hospital, Visnagar, Gujarat, India, 2Professor and Head, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Narsinhbhai Patel Dental College and Hospital, Visnagar, Gujarat, India, 3Reader, Department of Oral and Maxillofac...

Anil Managutti1, Michael Prakasam2, Sunita Managutti3, Harsh Patel4 1Professor and Head, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Narsinhbhai Patel Dental College and Hospital, Visnagar, Gujarat, India, 2Reader, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Modern Dental College and Research Centre, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India, 3Senior Lecturer, Department of Oral Pathology, Narsinhbhai Pate...

From Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo, Japan Address reprint requests to Hirokuni Arai, MD, PhD: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, 1–5–45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113–8519, Japan. ©2009 The Editorial Committee o...

1DDS, MSc, PhD, Department of Diagnosis and Surgery, Araraquara Dental School, UNESP – Univ. Estadual Paulista, Araraquara, SP, Brazil. 2DDS, Private Practice, Araraquara, SP, Brazil. 3DDS, MSc student, Department of Diagnosis and Surgery, Araraquara Dental School, UNESP Univ. Estadual Paulista, Araraquara, SP, Brazil. 4DDS, MSc, PhD, Adjunct Professor, Department of Morphology, Araraquara Dent...

Sagar Satish Jangam1, Pallavi Adinath Ranadive2, Snehal Nilesh Ingole3, Mohan Devidas Deshpande3 1Post-graduate Student, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Nair Hospital Dental College, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, 2Assistant Professor, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Nair Hospital Dental College, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, 3Professor, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Sur...

1DDS, Master student, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Division, Piracicaba Dental School, University of Campinas, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil 2DDS, MS, PhD, Collaborative Researcher, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Division, Piracicaba Dental School, University of Campinas, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil 3DDS, MS, PhD, Associate professor, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Division, Piracicaba Dental School, Uni...