Eagle’s syndrome is the term given to the symptomatic elongation of the styloid process or mineralisation of the stylohyoid or stylomandibular ligament or posterior belly of the digastric muscle. Symptoms of Eagle’s syndrome are pharyngeal pain localised in the tonsillar fossa or hyoid bone, hypersalivation, foreign body sensation, rarely voice change. The pain is triggered by head rotation, li...

BACKGROUND To identify a correlation between the submandibular fossa (SF) visibility and mandibular canal (MC) cortication on panoramic image and the depth of SF measured on CBCT and also correlation between the depth of SF and vertical and horizontal location of MC on CBCT. MATERIAL AND METHODS 500 CBCT scans and panoramic radiographs were evaluated. SF depth types were classified as type I ...

Stafne bone defect is a bone depression containing salivary gland or fatty soft tissue on the lingual surface of the mandible. The most common location is within the submandibular gland fossa and often close to the inferior border of the mandible. This defect is asymptomatic and generally discovered only incidentally during radiographic examination of the area. Stafne bone defect appears as a w...

The pterygospinous ligament extends from the pterygospinous process of the lateral lamina of the pterygoid process of the sphenoid bone, coursing inferior level of the oval foramen, to the spine of sphenoid bone in the infratemporal fossa. The ossification of ligament forms the pterygospinous bony bridge and pterygospinous foramen (Figure 1). In existence of this case, branches of the mandibula...

stafne bone defect is a bone depression containing salivary gland or fatty soft tissue on the lingual surface of the mandible. the most common location is within the submandibular gland fossa and often close to the inferior border of the mandible. this defect is asymptomatic and generally discovered only incidentally during radiographic examination of the area. stafne bone defect appears as a w...

Several life-threatening complications caused by hemorrhage that can occur during the placement of dental implants in the mandibular interforaminal region have been described in the literature. The aim of this study was to assess the vascular supply to this region and delineate the relative contribution and importance of the sublingual artery versus the submental artery. Thirty-four human cadav...

objective: in all ceramic fixed partial dentures the connector area is a common fracture location. the survival time of three-unit fixed partial dentures may be improved by altering the connector design in regions of maximum tension. the purpose of this study was to determine the effect of buccolingual increase of the connector width on the stress distribution in posterior fixed partial denture...

OBJECTIVE Treating Class II subdivision malocclusion with asymmetry has been a challenge for orthodontists because of the complicated characteristics of asymmetry. This study aimed to explore the characteristics of dental and skeletal asymmetry in Class II subdivision malocclusion, and to assess the relationship between the condyle-glenoid fossa and first molar. METHODS Cone-beam computed tom...

OBJECTIVE In all ceramic fixed partial dentures the connector area is a common fracture location. The survival time of three-unit fixed partial dentures may be improved by altering the connector design in regions of maximum tension. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of buccolingual increase of the connector width on the stress distribution in posterior fixed partial dentures...

BACKGROUND Mandibular reconstruction is performed after segmental mandibulectomy, and precise repositioning of the condylar head in the temporomandibular fossa is essential for maintaining preoperative occlusion. METHODS In cases without involvement of soft tissue around the mandibular bone, the autopolymer resin in a soft state is pressed against the lower border of the mandible and buccal a...