OBJECTIVE The purpose of this prospective study was to evaluate the incidence and degree of facial nerve damage and time taken for its recovery following surgery for temporomandibular joint (TMJ) ankylosis. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 30 subjects with the TMJ ankylosis with or without history of previous surgery were included in this prospective study. House-Brackmann grading system was ...

Introducation: The long-term outcome and clinical results of gaparthroplasty used for the treatment of condylar ankylosis of the mandible in children with application of postoperative activator appliances and costochondral rib graft are evaluated and compared. The purpose of this study was to compare the effect of gap arthroplasty and costochondral graft methods on reankylosis, a mount of mouth...

Congenital temporomandibular joint (TMJ) ankylosis is an uncommon condition that presents itself at or soon after birth in the absence of acquired factors that could have contributed to the ankylosis such as infection and trauma. The experience of managing one such case is reported in light of a review of the literature on this condition. Key management principles include adequate removal of th...

Shell suture obliteration (ankylosis) was exceptionally frequent in the earliest turtles, contrast to post-Triassic taxa. Since modern turtles grow mostly along sutures, early ankylosis Triassic taxa is intriguing. The turtle Proterochersis porebensis Szczygielski & Sulej, 2016 known from numerous specimens, allowing observation of shell microstructure changes during ontogeny. occurred seem...

This study was designed to determine if avulsed permanent incisors which have been kept dry for a period and then immersed in an isotonic solution prior to implantation have an increased healing rate. The permanent maxillary incisors of six beagle dogs were grouped by lot in six treatment classes so that each type of incisor was included in each class. After extraction, the teeth of a treatment...