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J Stomatol Oral Maxillofac Surg 2022 Jun 27. Epub 2022 Jun 27.

Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Azeezia College of Dental Sciences and Research, Kerala, India.

Purpose: To evaluate the complications of arthroscopic lysis and lavage with joint sweep (ALL) procedure in the management of disc derangement of the temporomandibular joint.

Methods: Patients with internal derangement of the TMJ who were treated by ALL in a tertiary institution from July 2018 to December 2021 were studied retrospectively.

Results: The study included 39 patients (males, n=14; females, n=25) and 50 joints. Read More

J Stomatol Oral Maxillofac Surg 2022 Jun 27. Epub 2022 Jun 27.

Quantitative Diagnostic Imaging, Field of Oral and Maxillofacial Imaging and Histopathological Diagnostics, Course of Applied Science, The Nippon Dental University Graduate School of Life Dentistry at Niigata, Niigata, Japan; Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, The Nippon Dental University School of Life Dentistry at Niigata, Niigata, Japan. Electronic address:

Objective: This study aimed to investigate AI-based computer-aided diagnosis (AI-CAD) for panoramic radiographs, especially quantitative evaluation of mandibular cortical morphology in relation to age and gender.

Methods: 321 patients with jaw lesions who underwent panoramic radiography were prospectively included. The mandibular cortical morphology was analyzed with an AI-CAD that evaluated the degree of deformation of mandibular inferior cortex and mandibular cortical index (MCI) automatically. Read More

J Stomatol Oral Maxillofac Surg 2022 Jun 27. Epub 2022 Jun 27.

Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA.

Background: Implant placement is a common part of dental rehabilitation in older individuals. The role of diminished bone mineral density on the healing of dental implants remains to be elucidated.

Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the implant survival rate in postmenopausal women with osteopenia/osteoporosis. Read More

J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2022 Jun 3. Epub 2022 Jun 3.

Clinical Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, School of Dental Medicine, Philadelphia, PA; Private Practice, Brockton Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Inc.; Attending, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Good Samaritan Medical Center, Brockton, MA; Visiting Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University, School of Dentistry, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

Purpose: The decision to perform a partial or total parotidectomy in localized high-grade parotid cancer is often a matter of debate in the absence of a deep lobe disease. The purpose of this study was to compare survival between patients submitted to partial and total parotidectomy for early-stage parotid adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC).

Patients And Methods: This was a retrospective cohort study using data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database from 2004 through 2017. Read More

J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2022 Jun 6. Epub 2022 Jun 6.

Associate Chief, Division of Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA; Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA; Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA. Electronic address:

Purpose: Upper airway obstruction seen in Robin Sequence (RS) is commonly treated with mandibular distraction osteogenesis (MDO). The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of distraction distance on sleep study outcomes in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) secondary to RS.

Methods: A retrospective cohort study was conducted for patients with isolated RS who underwent MDO at Children's Hospital Los Angeles between January 2006-September 2021. Read More