Osteoma is a benign tumour consisting of mature bone tissue. It is an uncommon lesion that occurs mainly in the bones of the craniofacial complex. Only a few cases involving the condylar process have been reported. An osteoma of the left condyle causing limited mouth-opening in a 32-year-old Malaysian Chinese female is reported here to alert the practitioner to consider this lesion as a diagnos...

A young male presenting with a history of progressive midfacial symmetry and limitation of mouth opening was found to have a unilateral coronoid hyperplasia forming an osteochondromatous pseudojoint with the expanded zygomatic arch (Jacob’s disease). This paper reviews the differential diagnoses of problems, especially in developing countries, that can cause restricted mouth opening, highlighti...

Twenty-five newborn infants were tested for auditory-oral matching behavior when presented with the consonant sound /m/ and the vowel sound /a/ - a precursor behavior to vocal imitation. Auditory-oral matching behavior by the infant was operationally defined as showing the mouth movement appropriate for producing the model sound just heard (mouth opening for /a/ and mouth clutching for /m/), ev...

Functional separation of the lungs may be accomplished by several methods. Patients with a stiff neck and limited mouth opening restrict options to a one-lung ventilation. We report the use of the WuScope video system, a new tool for facilitating double-lumen endotracheal tube placement for one-lung ventilation, in a patient who suffered from ankylosing spondylitis with a stiff, flexed neck and...

Background Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) arthritis in juvenile patients may lead to craniofacial growth deviations as well as interfere with optimal joint function and mouth opening pattern. Clinical assessment of maximal mouth opening capacity, laterotrusion and protrusion is widely used in the diagnosis of TMJ arthritis as well as in the evaluation of a therapeutic intervention in spite of mi...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness and level of satisfaction of patients who underwent TMJ arthrocentesis under local anesthesia by considering the following parameters: joint pain, mouth opening, mastication, and satisfaction. Fourteen patients (13 women and one man; mean age, 37.6 years with TMJ arthralgia were selected. The patients underwent arthrocentesis under local a...

This article describes technique to make the sectional impression of the maxillectomy defect of a patient with the reduced mouth opening. The cast generated after pouring the impression is duplicated twice to fabricate the defect component and the palatal base-plate component separately. Both the components were then oriented and attached with the help of a pair of the magnets. This magnet reta...

BACKGROUND The objective of this study was to evaluate the reproducibility and validity of patients' mouth opening measurements in a research setting. METHODS Firstly, 68 patients made repeated self-measurements of mouth opening using a cardboard scale (Therabite Range of Motion Scale - TRMS). Secondly, 80 patients enrolled in a clinical trial on morbidity after lower third molar surgery, mad...

BACKGROUND Transoral robotic surgery (TORS) represents a novel treatment for oropharyngeal cancer and obstructive sleep apnea. Appropriate patient selection is crucial. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether anatomic biometric measures are useful to determine the feasibility of performing TORS. METHODS Three surgeons independently evaluated feasibility in 51 soft-fix cadavers. T...