In patients with oral-nasal communication the absence of alveolar and/or palatal hard and soft tissue, or contraction resulting from previous surgical repair, needed prosthetic rehabilitation. This clinical report describes a treatment of an oral-nasal communication through a mixed prosthetic rehabilitation, fixed and removable, with attachments performed by EDM technique.

[This retracts the article on p. S288 in vol. 7, PMID: 26015735.].

As society ages the number of dysphagia patients and elderly people who cannot independently manage oral care will also increase. Maintaining or improving proper swallowing and oral functions is an important issue from the perspective of retaining quality of life (QOL) and motivation in living. Dysphagia patients are susceptible to aspiration pneumonia, and are also more likely to be malnourish...

It is well known that the massage therapy is useful for the rehabilitation of various diseases (i.e. oral health problems, etc.). Although various apparatus have been developed for the massage of the torso and limbs, there is still little knowledge about their real effectiveness. However; thanks to recent advances in robot technology (such as actuators, sensors, control system, etc.), more effe...

Food allergy is understood as all the adverse reactions to food products triggered by the immunological mechanism. The immunological reactions include the mediated IgE mechanisms and non-Ig-E mechanisms. It is estimated that the frequency of food allergies in general population is of 3.5-4% and usually come out in patients showing also other atopic disorders. The gastro-intestinal barrier is ma...

BACKGROUND The onset of perioral wrinkles often prompts patients to request treatment. This aesthetic deterioration linked to aging may be associated with tooth and alveolar bone loss in fully edentulous patients. PURPOSE To evaluate perioral wrinkles before and after maxillary and mandibular rehabilitation with implant-retained dentures in fully edentulous patients. METHODS In this prospec...

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 ...

Volume 4 • Issue 6 • 1000214 J Pain Relief ISSN: 2167-0846 JPAR an open access journal Clinical Presentation of Oral Manifestations and Intraoral Somatosensory Changes in Fahr’s Disease Takuya Naganawa1*, Hitoshi Sato2,3, Abhishek Kumar4,5, Takashi Iida6, Eiko Naganawa7, Toshihiro Okamoto1 and Tomohiro Ando1 1Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Tokyo Women's Medical University, School...

Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is a chronic condition caused by stomach acid regurgitating into the esophagus or oral cavity, often causing heartburn. Tooth erosion and wear are common oral manifestations of GERD. This clinical report describes the full-mouth rehabilitation of a patient with over 30 years of GERD, causing wear of maxillary and mandibular anterior teeth, along with compl...