INTRODUCTION Arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) are very rare. Only 5% of them occurs in the jaws but they can manifest with dramatic bleeding and be life-threatening. PRESENTATION OF CASE We report the case of a 11-year-old healthy girl who presented a massive hemorrhage after extraction of the right mandibular first primary molar. This patient received a blood transfusion and was hospitaliz...

INTRODUCTION Medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaws (MRONJ) is a severe side effect of antiresorptive or antiangiogenic therapy that manifests as an exposed bone, accompanied by clinical signs of infection, persisting for more than 8 weeks, without history of radiation therapy or metastases to the jaws. The aim of the study was to present first MRONJ cases in Lithuania and review trends i...

introduction: epulis fissuratum is often formed as a result of a poor fitting denture. the conventional treatment for this fibrous hyperplastic tissue is to excise it using a scalpel and to close the wound by a continuous or an interrupted suture. the increased utilization of lasers in dentistry also includes the utilization of carbon dioxide (co2) lasers in place of surgical scalpels in soft t...

BACKGROUND In patients undergoing head and neck surgery for various pathologic conditions, implants are one of the best restorative options and are increasing widely used. Therefore, we evaluated the success of dental implants in the irradiated jaws of patients following treatment of oral cancer oral cancer treated patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS Data of oral cancer treated patients was colle...

Murine dendritic cells (DCs) of the established JAWS II cell line were transduced with a retroviral vector carrying murine interleukin 12 (IL-12) genes (JAWS II/IL-12 cells). The JAWS II/IL-12 cells produced approximately 9-18 ng IL-12 protein/ml/5 x 10(5) cells/48 h and displayed an increased CD80 and CD86 expression as well as major histocompatibility complex antigen up-regulation. The JAWS I...

See " Funding " following " References. " Patients with multiple myeloma and metastatic cancer to the bones show reduced incidence of skeletal-related events when they are treated with intravenous bisphosphonates such as pamidronate or zoledronic acid (1 , 2). For many years, the continuous, often monthly, use of bisphosphonates in such patients was not questioned. However, in 2003, an adverse ...

The purpose of this study was to analyze changes in the internal structure of zygomatic bone using a micro-finite element analysis model (muFEA) and compare angular orientation of trabeculae against compressive force in edentulous and dentulous jaws. Twenty zygomatic bones from dentulous jaws and 20 zygomatic bones from edentulous jaws harvested from Japanese male cadavers were used. From 2-dim...