• Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.56-59
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• 2004

The neurofibroma in oral cavity is typically associated with neurofibromatosis. The solitary neurofibroma is commonly observed in skin. It is relatively rare in oral cavity and usually observed in the tongue, buccal mucosa, and vestibule. The rare types of solitary neurofibromas have been reported as a case report and they were in the inferior alveolar nerve, infratemporal fossa, maxilla, and palatal ginviva. In our hospital, the presented case was the first case as reported as solitary neurofibroma in the oral cavity. The prognosis after excision and the review of literatures were presented.

• 대한두개안면성형외과학회지
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.103-110
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• 2022

Background: The primary objectives of mandibular surgery are to achieve optimal occlusion, low sensory disturbance, and adequate fixation with early movement. In-depth knowledge of the mandibular structure is required to achieve these goals. This study used computed tomography (CT) to evaluate the mandibular cortical thickness and cancellous space according to age and sex. Methods: We enrolled 230 consecutive patients, aged 20 to 50 years, who underwent CT scanning. The cortex and cancellous space centered around the inferior alveolar nerve (IAN) canal were measured at two specific locations: the lingula and second molar region. Statistical analysis of differences according to increasing age and sex was performed. Results: The t-test revealed that the cancellous space and cortical thickness differed significantly with respect to the threshold of 35 years of age. Both cortical thickness and cancellous space in the molar region were negatively correlated with age. Meanwhile, both cortical thickness and cancellous space in the lingula region showed a positive correlation with age. With respect to sex, significant differences in the cancellous space at the molar region and the cortical thickness at the lingula were observed. However, no further statistically significant differences were observed in other variables with respect to sex. The sum of each measurement on the mandibular body reflected the safe distance from the surface of the outer cortex to the IAN canal. The safe distances also showed statistically significant differences between those above and below 35 years of age. Conclusion: Knowledge of the anatomical structure of the mandible and of changes in bone structure is crucial to ensure optimal surgical outcomes and avoid damage to the IAN. CT examination is useful to identify changes in the bone structure, and these should be taken into account in the planning of surgery for older patients.

• Journal of Dental Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.1-10
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• 2022

Background: Inferior alveolar nerve block (IANB) is known to have a lower success rate for anesthesia in patients with irreversible pulpitis. This calls for supplementary techniques to effectively anesthetize such patients. This systematic review aimed to evaluate the published literature for determining the success rate of anesthesia induction using post-IANB intraligamentary (IL) injection in the mandibular teeth of patients with symptomatic irreversible pulpitis. The review question was, "What is the success rate of IL injection in the mandibular teeth of patients with irreversible pulpitis as a supplementary technique for endodontic treatment?" Methods: A thorough search of electronic databases and manual searches were performed. The protocol of the review was framed following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) checklist and was registered in the International Prospective Register of Ongoing Systematic Reviews (PROSPERO) with a proper criterion for inclusion and exclusion of studies. The included studies were analyzed using the Cochrane Collaboration "Risk of Bias" tool. A meta-analysis that included a comparison of primary nerve block and supplemental IL injection was performed. The success rate was evaluated using the combined risk ratio (RR) with a random risk model. A funnel plot was created to measure publication bias. Results: After all analyses, four studies were included. In the forest plot representation, RRs were 3.56 (95% CI: 2.86, 4.44), which were in favor of the supplemental IL injections. Statistical heterogeneity was found to be 0%. These values suggest that supplemental IL injections provide better success rates for anesthesia. Conclusion: According to the pooled qualitative and quantitative analyses, supplemental IL injections increased anesthetic efficacy.

• Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.167-173
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• 2013

Purpose: The aim of this study is to analyze the series of panoramic radiograph of implant patients using the system to measure peri-implant crestal bone loss according to the elapsed time from fixture installation time to more than three years. Methods: Choose 10 patients having 45 implant fixtures installed, which have series of panoramic radiograph in the period to be analyzed by the system. Then, calculated the crestal bone depth and statistics and selected the implant in concerned by clicking the implant of image shown on the monitor by the implemented pattern recognition system. Then, the system recognized the x, y coordination of the implant and peri-implant alveolar crest, and calculated the distance between the approximated line of implant fixture and alveolar crest. By applying pattern recognition to periodic panoramic radiographs, we attained the results and made a comparison with the results of preceded articles concerning peri-implant marginal bone loss. Analyzing peri-implant crestal bone loss in a regression analysis periodic filmed panoramic radiograph, logarithmic approximation had highest $R^2$ value, and the equation is as shown below. $y=0.245Logx{\pm}0.42$, $R^2=0.53$, unit: month (x), mm (y) Results: Panoramic radiograph is a more wide-scoped view compared with the periapical radiograph in the same resolution. Therefore, there was not enough information in the radiograph in local area. Anterior portion of many radiographs was out of the focal trough and blurred precluding the accurate recognition by the system, and many implants were overlapped with the adjacent structures, in which the alveolar crest was impossible to find. Conclusion: Considering the earlier objective and error, we expect better results from an analysis of periapical radiograph than panoramic radiograph. Implementing additional function, we expect high extensibility of pattern recognition system as a diagnostic tool to evaluate implant-bone integration, calculate length from fixture to inferior alveolar nerve, and from fixture to base of the maxillary sinus.

• Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.129-136
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• 1991

Fibrin Sealants 는 과거 간, 비장, 신장등의 일반외과 수술에서 단순한 외과적 봉합으로는 해결하지 못하는 넓은 면적의 조직의 유착을 위하여 1940 년경 부터 개발되기 시작한 것으로 악안면 영역에서는 1970 년대 중반부터 미세신경접합술과 피부이식을 위하여 사용되기 시작한 후, 현재, 골이식후의 골세편의 고정, 혈관봉합술, 연조직에서 조직들의 유착과 지혈, 그리고 혈관종의 치유등을 목적으로도 광범위하게 연구되고 사용되고 있다. 이것은 인체에서 채취한 혈액응고인자 XIII 을 포함하는 Fibrinogen 성분과, 소에서 추출한 Thrombin 의 두가지 주요 성분으로 구성되며, Fibrinogen 용해제인 Aprotinin 액과 Thrombin 용해제인 염화칼슘액과 함께 네부분으로 구성된다. 각제품에 따라 그리고 사용된 농도에 따라 차이는 있으나, 대개 수분후에 조직이 응고되어 달라붙기 시작하고, 수시간후에 최대접착효과에 도달하며, 응고된 접착효과는 12 일에서 15 일간 유지되고 그후 정상적인 섬유소분해작용과 식세포활동에 의하여 분해된다. 저자는최근 6 개월간 서울대학교병원 구강악안면외과에서 28 명의 각종 질환 및 기형 환자에서 미세신경봉합술, 피부이식, 악교정성형술과 구개파열 또는 하악골 재건을 요하는 환자의 골이식후의 골세편의 고정, 경부곽청술이나 종양제거술후 각종 피부판 또는 근피판을 이용한 연조직의 적합, 혈관종의 처치, 후이개접근 법에 의한 악관절수술후의 외이도의 접합등 다양한 목적을 위하여 적용된 Fibrin Sealants 를 사용하여 양호한 결과를 얻었기에 보고하는 바이다.

• 구강회복응용과학지
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.1-13
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• 2012

짧은 임플란트는 상악동이나 하치조신경 등의 해부학적 구조물이 있거나 심한 치조골 흡수로 인해 제한적인 치조제 높이를 가지는 부위에서 사용되고 있다. 본 연구는 길이 10 mm 이하의 임플란트에서 임플란트의 길이, 직경, 식립 부위, 골이식술 유무, 보철물의 연결고정 유무가 임플란트의 생존율과 변연골 흡수에 미치는 영향을 알아보고자 하였다. 원광대학교 치과병원 임플란트센터에서 길이 10 mm 이하의 임플란트를 식립한 137명의 환자, 227개 임플란트를 대상으로 진료 기록부를 통해 임플란트의 길이, 직경, 식립 위치, 골이식 유무, 보철물의 연결고정 유무를 조사하였다. 변연골 흡수량은 Emago advanced v5.6(Oral diagnostic systems, Amsterdam, The Netherlands) 프로그램을 이용하여 측정하였다. 총 227개의 임플란트 중 8개가 실패하여, 전체 짧은 임플란트의 생존율은 96.5 %로 나타났다. 골이식 부위와 상악에 식립된 경우 더 높은 실패율을 보이는 경향이 있었으며, 임플란트의 길이와 직경은 변연골 흡수량에 영향을 미치지 않았다. 실패 요인을 조사하였을 때, 상악의 불량한 골질과 골이식 유무가 임플란트의 더 높은 실패율에 영향을 미쳤다. 10 mm 이하 임플란트에서 길이, 직경, 식립 부위, 골이식술과 보철물의 연결 고정은 임플란트 생존율과 변연골 흡수량에 영향을 끼치지 않았다.

• Journal of Korean Dental Science
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.14-19
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• 2011

Purpose: The aim of our study was to evaluate natural recovery of neurologic injury after minor dental surgery based on subjective neurologic evaluation. Materials and Methods: From December 2005 through July 2009, 30 patients from Seoul National University Bundang Hospital were identified as having been treated with minor dental surgery. The patients were composed of 12 men and 18 women, with a mean age of 50.6 years. The median duration of this study was 62 weeks. Results: The patients were treated by implants (17 cases), tooth extractions (6 cases), bone grafts (4 cases), inferior alveolar nerve transpositions (2 cases) and periodontal surgery (1 case) prior to the occurrence of altered sensation. Areas of altered sensation after minor surgery included the lip (36.7%), chin (30.0%) and tooth (21.7%), and at final follow-up, there was no change of ranking. Altered sensations expressed by patients included numbness (33.3%), discomfort (22.9%), relieving sense (14.6%), tingling (14.6%) and itching (14.6%). There was no change of ranking of altered sensation at the last follow-up. Patients experienced the altered sensation always (47.8%), during tactile stimulation (26.1%), when chewing food (13.0%), and talking (13.0%). Mean visual analogue scale (VAS) was $3.43{\pm}2.84$ for pain and $6.64{\pm}2.72$ for paresthesia. VAS of pain was decreased significantly between the first visit and the end of follow-up, and paresthesia also showed a significant difference. Conclusion: Altered sensations may occur at any time after minor dental surgery, but we observed that natural recovery of altered sensation occurred as time went on.

• Restorative Dentistry and Endodontics
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• 제44권4호
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• pp.40.1-40.10
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• 2019

Objectives: This study aimed to assess the effect of DentalVibe on the level of pain experienced during anesthetic injections using 2 different techniques. Materials and Methods: This randomized crossover clinical trial evaluated 60 patients who required 2-session endodontic treatment. Labial infiltration (LI) anesthesia was administered in the anterior maxilla of 30 patients, while inferior alveolar nerve block (IANB) was performed in the remaining 30 patients. 1.8 mL of 2% lidocaine was injected at a rate of 1 mL/min using a 27-gauge needle. DentalVibe was randomly assigned to either the first or second injection session. A visual analog scale was used to determine participants' pain level during needle insertion and the anesthetic injection. The paired t-test was applied to assess the efficacy of DentalVibe for pain reduction. Results: In LI anesthesia, the pain level was 12.0 ± 15.5 and 38.1 ± 21.0 during needle insertion and 19.1 ± 16.1 and 48.9 ± 24.6 during the anesthetic injection using DentalVibe and the conventional method, respectively. In IANB, the pain level was 14.1 ± 15.9 and 35.1 ± 20.8 during needle insertion and 17.3 ± 14.2 and 39.5 ± 20.8 during the anesthetic injection using DentalVibe and the conventional method, respectively. DentalVibe significantly decreased the level of pain experienced during needle insertion and the anesthetic injection in anterior LI and mandibular IANB anesthesia. Conclusions: The results suggest that DentalVibe can be used to reduce the level of pain experienced by adult patients during needle insertion and anesthetic injection.

• Journal of Dental Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.323-341
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• 2019

Background: Local anesthetics alone or in combination with adjuncts, such as oral medications, have routinely been used for pain control during endodontic treatment. The best clinical choice amongst the vast numbers of agents and techniques available for pain control for irreversible pulpitis is unclear. This network meta-analysis combined the available evidence on agents and techniques for pulpal anesthesia in the maxilla and mandible, in order to identify the best amongst these approaches statistically, as a basis for future clinical trials. Methods: Randomized trials in MEDLINE, DARE, and COCHRANE databases were screened based on inclusion criteria and data were extracted. Heterogeneity was assessed and odds ratios were used to estimate effects. Inconsistencies between direct and indirect pooled estimates were evaluated by H-statistics. The Grading of Recommendation, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation working group approach was used to assess evidence quality. Results: Sixty-two studies (nine studies in the maxilla and 53 studies in the mandible) were included in the meta-analysis. Increased mandibular pulpal anesthesia success was observed on premedication with aceclofenac + paracetamol or supplemental 4% articaine buccal infiltration or ibuprofen+paracetamol premedication, all the above mentioned with 2% lignocaine inferior alveolar nerve block (IANB). No significant difference was noted for any of the agents investigated in terms of the success rate of maxillary pulpal anesthesia. Conclusion: Direct and indirect comparisons indicated that some combinations of IANB with premedication and/or supplemental infiltration had a greater chance of producing successful mandibular pulpal anesthesia. No ideal technique for maxillary anesthesia emerged. Randomized clinical trials with increased sample size may be needed to provide more conclusive data. Our findings suggest that further high-quality studies are required in order to provide definitive direction to clinicians regarding the best agents and techniques to use for mandibular and maxillary anesthesia for irreversible pulpitis.

• Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.1-9
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• 1995

1986년 1월부터 1993년 12월까지 8년간 외과적 교정술을 시행한 117 증례에대하여 임상적인 관찰을 시행하였다. 1) 남녀 성비는 1:1.4로 여자가 많았으며 평균연령은 23.0세였다. 2) 악교정수술을 받기위하여 내원한 환자의 진단에 따른 분류를 보면 하악 전들증의 경우가 87증례(75.0%)로 주종을 이루고 있었다. 3) 수술방법중 하악단독수술은 88증례, 상악골 단독수술은 6증례, 상하악 동시이동술은 23증례였으며 이중 하악지 시상골절단술이 사용된 경우가 84증례(71.8%)로 가장 많았다. 4) 골편의 고정을 위하여 강선고정보다 Miniplate나 Screw 를 이용한 고정이 점차 선호되고 있으며 전체수술에서 견고고정의 비율은 66.0%였다. 5) 본 교실에서는 외가적 교정수술 환자를 대상으로 1992년 2월부터 저혈식 자가수혈을 이용하고 있으며 One Jaw surgery 에서는 2 pints, Two Jaw surgery 에서는 3 pints를 준비하고 잇다. 6) 악교정수술의 합병증으로는 하순지각마비등의 신경손상이 전체수술의 63증례(53.8%)로 가장 많았으며 골편의 잘못된 위치, 과두위치보존의 실패, 견고고정의 불안정등이 원인이 되어 5증례에서 재수술을 시행하였다.