• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.11 no.4
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• pp.303-309
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• 2013

TRAINER for Kids ($T4K^{TM}$, Myofunctional. Research Co, Australia) is a prefabricated myofunctional orthodontic appliance recommended to ClassII division1 malocclusion patients who have bad oral habits such as mouth breathing, tongue thrusting, inappropriate tongue position, thumb sucking and so on. Trainer has a soft texture and a small volume so that those advantages lead to an increase in the agreement rate of young patients of its use. This presentation is to analyze clinical efficacy of Trainer. The analysis is based on a result of regular follow-up on Class II division1 malocclusion patients who has been completely treated by Trainer in the Sanbon Dental Hospital of Wonkwang university. This case report is to present the satisfactory results gained by using Trainer on Class II patients. First, Trainer was applied in Class II malocclusion patients of mixed dentition with expected space insufficient to gain facial improvement. Second, excessive overjet, overbite were improved. Third, main effects are regarded to have been achieved by development of lingual slant of upper jaw, labial slant of lower jaw, and lower part of jaw bone.

• Journal of the korean academy of Pediatric Dentistry
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• v.30 no.1
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• pp.33-40
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• 2003

Fusobacterium nucleatum, one of the bacteria causing halitosis, produces the volatile sulfur compounds (VSC) such as $H_2S$ in the media containing sulfur components, and forms FeS by binding with iron component. The various factors of oral cavity affect the concentration of sulfur compounds produced by Fusobacterium nucleatum. In this study, the effect of nutrients and pH on the production of sulfur compounds by Fusobacterium nucleatum was studied with the following results. 1. The optical density of broth was increased to $0.817{\pm}0.032$ and $1.297{\pm}0.024$ by adding 1.0% sodium thiosulfate and 0.05% L-cysteine hydrochloride in the media, respectively. 2. Though the optical density of broth was $0.799{\pm}0.032$ by adding volatile sulfur compounds (VSC) only in the media, it was increased to $1.775{\pm}0.003$ and $1.648{\pm}0.022$ by adding xylitol combined with glucose and fructose, respectively. 3. The concentration of VSC was above 20,000 ppb in the media above pH 5.5. The optical density of broth was still high in the media with L-cysteine hydrochloride of higher concentration, being low in the media of lower pH. 4. The concentration of VSC was high when there was distilled water or saline solution on the media, and their amount was small. These results suggest that the production of sulfur compounds by Fusobacterium nucleatum was inhibited by xylitol and acid.

• Journal of the korean academy of Pediatric Dentistry
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• v.35 no.1
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• pp.136-143
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• 2008

Infections involved with the oral and maxillofacial area are associated with various anatomical structures. If the proper treatment is not done in an immediate period, the infections will be quite fatal. The causes of the infections are numerous, but the most common cause of odontogenic infections in children is a dental caries. It is known to lead to some kinds of diseases such as periapical abscess, cellulitis, osteomyelitis, Ludwig's angina, toxic shock syndrome and so on. The common pathogenic sequence of fascial abscess is a necrotic pulpal inflammation in the form of dentoalvelor abscess which spreads over and gradually penetrates into the fascial membranes through the cortical bones and finally contracts the potential fascial spaces. If the infections of oral maxillofacial area were penetrated into the surrounding soft tissues, then they would diffuse into the directions of the least tissue resistance along with the connective tissues and the fascial spaces. These infections can be properly cured by tooth extraction, endodontic therapy, surgical treatment including Incision & drainage and antibiotics. The purpose of the cases is to report the satisfactory treatment results in the patients derived from the canine fascial space abscesss or buccal fascial space ones of the odontogenic origin.

• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• v.5 no.2
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• pp.105-110
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• 1987

Fourty nine patients with squamous cell carcinoma of oral tongue were reviewed retrospectively for the evaluation of clinical manifestation and for the comparison between therapeutic modalites. The gross shape of the tumor was infiltrative in 22, ulcerative in 12, ad ulcer-oinfiltrative type in 10 patients. Direct extension of the tumor was most commonly to the floor of the mouth. The incidence of nodal metastasis generally increased with tumor stage. $55\%$ of the patients showed neck nodal metastasis at the time of diagnosis. Ipsilateral subdigastric node were most commonly involved, followed by submandibular nodes. The 5-year survival rate of patients treated with surgery and radiotherapy was $58.7\%$ in contrast to $21.6\%$ in radiation alone group. Overall 5-year survival rate was $31\%$ In radiation alone group, half of the patients in stage I, II were locally controlled. But the local control In stage III, IV was much inferior to early lesions. Especially, of 4 patients combined with implantation technique, 3 were completely controlled. 5-year survival rate of these implanted patients was $50\%,\;49.4\%$ of patients treated over 7,000cGy survived 5 years. This was significant in contrast to $6.4\%$ of the group treated below 7,000cGy. The most common sites of failures were primary sites. In early lesions primary radiotherapy with implantation would be an appropriate treatment in cancer of oral tongue, operation reserved for radiation failure. Operation and adjuvant radiotherapy is recommended in cases of advanced disease.

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• v.15 no.6
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• pp.24-31
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• 1997

2매의 금속을 맞대어 그 한 쪽에 접촉면과 평행하게 고주파진동을 가하면 단 시간에 접합된다. 이공정을 초음파 용접이라고 하며 그 물리적인 본질은 아직 불분명 하지만, 첫째로는 강한 마찰에 의해 금속 자유면의 산화물층이 제거되기 때문이라는 점과 둘째로는 마찰에 의해 금속 표면이 강하게 가열되어 이에 따른 연화에 의해 접합 이 된다고 하는 점이다. 그러나 이와 같이 가열된다고 하더라도 가열은 표면부에만 국한되고 다른 부분은 가열되지 않는다. 따라서 초음파용접은 냉간접합이라고도 한다. 또 가압력과 진동에 의한 힘이 동시에 작용하기 때문에 용접할 면을 미리 청정하게 할 필요는 없고 용접전의 단계에서 자연적으로 청정화가 이루어진다고 하는 사실이 간접 적으로 증명되고 있다. 초음파 용접(Ultrasonic welding)의 특징을 요약하면 고상용접 의 일종으로서 용접중에 국부적으로 고주파 진동에너지와 압력을 가하여 용접하는 방법이다. 이 때 모재를 용융시키지 않고 건전한 야금학적 결합부가 얻어진다는 데에 큰 특징이 있다. 또한 초음파용접은 다른 용접법에 비해 경제성이 매우 높고, 초음파 용접에 필요한 출력이 전기아크 용접에 필요한 출력의 5 - 10%로 충분한 경우가 많다. 초음파 용접은 통상의 방법으로는 용접하기 어려운 동종 금속이나 이종 금속의 용접에 널리 사용된다. 이 용접법은 반도체, 미세회로, 전기 접점의 형성에 대한 생산기술 로서 사용되고 있는데 소형 모터, 알루미늄 박의 가공, 알루미늄 합금의 조립 등에 이용되고 있다. 한편 최근에는 자동차, 우주항공산업 분야의 구조제 용접용으로도 채용되고 있다.출함이 바람직하다.분비되는 배설-분비 항원의 자극과 깊은 관계가 있음을 알 수 있었다.넌트 명세서를 대한 XML DTD(Document Type Definition)를 정의하고, HTML 기반 검색 방법과 XML 기반 검색 방법에 대한 컴포넌트 검색 성능을 비교한다.따라 NO 생산 및 세포독성이 증가하였고. NO 생산을 저하시키는 약제들은 활성화된 복강 대식세포 및 RAW264.7 세포에 의한 질편모충에 대한 세포독성을 현저히 감소시키는 것으로 보아 NO는 질편모충에 대한 대식세포의 숙주 방어기전에서 중요한 역할을 감당할 것으로 생각된다.nction index) 와 최대개구시 동통의 정도는 시술전과 시술 4주후간에 유의한 차이가 관찰되었다.피부온도는 검사자간에는 특정부위에 따라 다소 차이가 있을 수 있으나 일반적으로 높은 재현성을 보여줌으로서 향후 교근 및 측두근의 임상연구 평가에 피부온도조사는 도움이 되리라 사료된다. lactobacilli의 양은 peroxidase system을 함유하거나(p < 0.01) 함유하지 않은(p < 0.05) 치약을 사용한 군 모두에서 양치전에 비해 유의성있게 감소하였다. 6. 양치후 30분에 채취한 구강건조증 환자의 자극성 전타액내 S. mutans 양은 peroxida system을 함유한 세치제를 사용한 군에서 대조군에 비해 유의성있게 낮았다(p < 0.05). 7. 양치후 30분에 채취한 구강건조증 환자의 자극성 전타액내 lactobacilli양은 peroxidase system을 함유한 세치제를 사용한 군에서 대조군에 비해 상대적으로 낮게 나타났으나(p = 0.067)

• Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain
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• v.34 no.3
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• pp.325-331
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• 2009

The objective of this study was to describe the prevalence of the headache attributed to Temporomandibular disorder(TMD) symptoms and to investigate the relationships of headache and TMD. 66 patients seeking care for signs and symptoms of Temporomandibular disorders(TMD) and Orofacial pain in the department of oral medicine, Dental Hospital, Chosun University, from January, 2008 to June, 2008, were recruited. The obtained results were as follows : 1. A muscle and TMJ origin combined was the most common in study populations(54.55%), grouped as TMD classification. 2. Tension type headache was the most common in study population(89.39%), grouped as headache classification. 3. 36 patients out of 66(54.55%) had headaches which related to TMD. 4. Out of 36 patients who had suffered the headache which were attributed to TMD, 19 patients(52.78%) described that their headache related to TMD was different from their own primary headaches. In conclusion, headache attributed to TMD is relatively common in the patients who had headaches and TMD symptoms together. And the new headache patterns may related to headache and TMD chronification. Larger-scale studies and more specified and controlled comparison study is needed to confirm the relationship between the headache and TMD.

• Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain
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• v.34 no.1
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• pp.103-114
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• 2009

This study was designed to evaluate the Temporomandibular Disorders(TMD) with Tension-Type Headache(TTH) by age. Patients with TMD and/or TTH visited the Department of Oral Medicine, Kyung Hee University Dental Hospital were recruited to this study. Experimental group(n=170) is composed of TMD with TTH and control group(n=222) is composed of TMD without TTH. Evaluation list was pain quality, pain intensity, pain laterality, pain increase by routine physical activity and then it was analyzed statistically. The results were as follows ; 1. In the control group, pain quality was not significantly different by age. But, in the experimental group, pain quality was significantly different by age(p=0.042). 2. In the control group, pain intensity was significantly different by age(p=0.000). And, in the experimental group, pain intensity was significantly different by age(p=0.004). 3. In the control group, pain laterality was not significantly different by age. And, in the experimental group, pain laterality was not significantly different by age. 4. In the control group, pain increase by routine physical activity was not significantly different by age. And, in the experimental group, pain increase by routine physical activity was not significantly different by age. Therefore, it is considered that not temporomandibular disorder patients without tension-type headache but temporomandibular disorder patients with tension-type headache was influenced by age in the pain quality.

• Journal of the korean academy of Pediatric Dentistry
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• v.31 no.2
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• pp.159-168
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• 2004

The effect of xylitol and sorbitol chewing gums on dental caries levels among 5-year old kindergarteners was investigated. Three kindergartens the operations of which were partly subsidized by municipal government of Daegu city, Korea, were chosen as the study sites. The child base of the kindergartens were considered demographically and ethnically similar, representing middle-income families. The subjects were examined at their own kindergarten by the two dentists. Participation in the program was voluntary. Over 12 months, 123 participants chewed xylitol chewing gums(X group; 42 subjects), sorbitol chewing gum(S group; 42 subjects), or did not receive chewing gum as a control group(C group; 39 subjects). Consumption of xylitol and sorbitol was 4.5 to 5.0 g/day/subject, consumed in five daily chewing episodes of 5 min. Oral examination, Dentocult-SM test and interproximal dental plaque collection were completed at baseline and 12 months later. The dmfs of group C increased 59.2%, but group S increased 33.4% and group X increased only 31.3% during 12 months study period. The caries prevention ratio was 47.1% at group X and 43.6% at group S. There also appeared the reduction of caries activity at group X(1.39), group S(1.50) than control group(1.79). Compared with groups S and C, there was a statistically significant reduction of S. mutans in interproximal plaque in group X. The results suggest that xylitol chewing gum can prevent dental caries of deciduous dentition, and may be a little more effective than a sorbitol-containing product in controlling some caries-associated parameters in kindergarten-age subjects.

• Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain
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• v.32 no.2
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• pp.227-239
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• 2007

To evaluate the treatment outcome after conservative treatment in patients with osteoarthritis of the TMJ(OA), the subjects were chosen among the patients who presented to the Department of Oral Medicine of Pusan National University Hospital, diagnosed as osteoarthritis of the TMJ, and treated with conservative methods from 1994 to 2006. 101 patients with diagnosis of osteoarthritis of the TMJ were selected as the experimental group and 74 patients with diagnosis of masticatory muscle disorders(MMD) were selected as the control group. Subjective symptoms and clinical findings were investigated to evaluate and compare the subject's status at the first and the last visit. The results were as follows : 1. In the OA group, satisfactory treatment outcome was obtained with conservative methods. But, at the last visit, the symptoms of the OA group were not improved enough compared with those of the MMD group. 2. In the OA group, radiographic findings of panorama view and transcranial projection were positive by about 60 percent. But, computed tomography and single photon emission computed tomography were positive by more than 90 percent. 3. At the last visit of the OA group, the joint noise was reduced significantly. 4. In the majority of the OA group, satisfactory treatment outcome was obtained with conservative methods such as medication, physical therapy, and occlusal stabilization appliance. In the majority of the MMD group, satisfactory outcome was obtained with medication and physical therapy. 5. It took the OA group from 6 months to 2 years to be cured well while the MMD group within 6 months.6. The OA group needed more than 10 times' treatment for satisfactory outcome while the MMD group needed less than 10 times' treatment.

• Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain
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• v.30 no.1
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• pp.25-34
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• 2005

A trigger point injection (TPI) has been reported to have an immediate analgesic effect, and to be one of the most widely employed treatment methods of myofascial pain. There are normal saline, local anesthetics, and steroids as the solutions frequently used in TPI. They can be used separately or in combination. Local anaesthetics have myotoxicity in proportion to its concentration. The purpose of this study was to evaluate microstructural changes in point of the myotoxic effects of the combined solution of lidocaine and dexamethasone (a local anesthetic and a steroid) after being injected into the muscle of BALB/c mice. And this study tested solutions with various concentration separately and in combination, to find out proper concentration of solution without muscular tissue damage. This study shows that lidocaine and dexamethasone combination is not histologically myotoxic in case of the concentration of lidocaine less than 1.5%. Also it is suggested from this study that this combined solution will have an analgesic and anti-inflammatory effect. Hereafter continuous study should be performed to reveal that these results can be applied to human when lidocaine and dexamethasone combination is used as an injection modality of TrP treatment.