Maintenance of the presurgical position of the proximal segment is extremely important after a sagittal split ramus osteotomy (SSRO) to reduce the incidence of short-term relapse or temporomandibul~ joint dysfunction, particularly when rigid fixation is used.‘” The use of numerous techniques and devices has been proposed to solve the problem of condylar repositioning.4-” In 1985, Luhr’ describe...

OBJECTIVES Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) can be treated using a simple repositioning maneuver. This study demonstrates the effects of early repositioning therapy in patients with BPPV, especially with regard to recurrence. METHODS We enrolled 138 consecutive patients who had been diagnosed with BPPV in the emergency rooms and ENT out-patient clinics of Chung-Ang University Hospi...

Recycling old drugs, rescuing shelved drugs and extending patents' lives make drug repositioning an attractive form of drug discovery. Drug repositioning accounts for approximately 30% of the newly US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved drugs and vaccines in recent years. The prevalence of drug-repositioning studies has resulted in a variety of innovative computational methods for the i...

objective: corrosion resistance is among the most important properties of metal alloys used in the oral cavity. consumption of acidic foods reduces the salivary ph and intensifies the corrosion of brackets and orthodontic wires. this study aimed to compare electro galvanic corrosion of different orthodontic brackets and wires and determine the amount of ions released into acidic artificial sali...

Drug repositioning, exemplified by sildenafil and thalidomide, is a promising way to explore alternative indications for existing drugs. Recent research has shown that bioinformatics-based approaches have the potential to offer systematic insights into the complex relationships among drugs, targets and diseases necessary for successful repositioning. In this article, we propose the key bioinfor...