• Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
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• 제26권5호
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• pp.497-506
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• 2000

This study is comprised of data obtained from the files of 346 patients with temporomandibular disorders. All patients were diagnosed, treated and followed in the Department of Dentistry at the Inha university hospital, Incheon, Korea. The patients had treated with medications, physical therapy, occlusal splint and arthrocentesis. The study data were obtained from the medical records and telephone interviews that were conducted by research assistants. The results were as follows 1. The patient's main complaint was pain(77%), and mouth opening limitation was 17%. 2. An analysis of the medical records of the 346 patients disclosed that 82% were improved and 17% had no improvement when they were dismissed. 1% of the patients had become worse during therapy. 3. A success rate of 82% was achieved when medication assisted physical therapy was included. In the current status at the telephone interview, 270 patients(89%) reported that they were doing well with 56% describing themselves as asymtomatic and 32% experiencing only minor residual or recurrent symptoms. 11% regarded themselves as unimproved and worse. 4. In the current status of the unsuccessfully treated patients by medications and physical therapy, 64% of patients were doing well(3% as asymptomatic and 56% as only minor residual or recurrent symptom). But 36% of patients was reported as unimproved and worse. 5. TMJ has a remarkable adaptive potential and TMJ disorder has a natural history of spontaneous fluctuations and favorable prognosis during the subsequent natural course. 6. In the treatment of the temporomandibular disorders, there is a treatment ladder, starting with the simplest and least expensive treatment, that is ascended until resolution of the patient's symptoms occur. These findings suggest that conservative reversible therapies are both sufficient and appropriate for management of temporomandibular disorder in most patients. Major alterations of mandibular position or dentoalveolar relationships do not appear to be necessary for obtaining either short term or long term success and therefore they can be generally regards as inappropriate treatment for this disorder. The fact that physical therapy is non-invasive and does not appear to be fraught with irreversible changes, makes it a very applicable vehicle in the area of clinical TMJ disorder management.

• Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.25-37
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• 2011

측두하악장애증상 및 기여요인과 성격유형과의 관련성을 규명하고자 경기도 지역 대학에 재학중인 학생 199명(평균연령 $21.0{\pm}2.9$세, 남자 73명, 여자 126명)을 대상으로 MBTI 검사와 설문조사를 실시하여 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 1. 내향성(I)이 외향성(E)보다, 감각형(S)이 직관형(N)보다, 사고형(T)이 감정형(F)보다, 인식형(P)이 판단형(J)보다 한 가지 이상의 주관적 측두하악장애증상을 가지고 있는 자의 비율 및 한가지 이상의 기여요인을 갖는 자의 기여요인 수 평균치가 높은 경향을 보였다. 2. ISTP와 ISFP는 다른 성격유형들에 비해 한 가지 이상의 주관적 측두하악장애증상을 가지고 있는 사람의 비율과 한 가지 이상의 기여요인을 갖는 사람의 비율에서 높은 경향을 보였다. 3. 내향성(I)이 외향성(E)보다, 감각형(S)이 직관형(N)보다, 감정형(F)이 사고형(T)보다, 판단형(J)이 인식형(P)보다 개구시 악관절부 동통 증상의 빈도가 높은 경향을 보였다. 4. 이악물기 습관과 스트레스는 내향성(I)이 외향성(E)보다 높은 빈도를 보였고(p<0.05), 껌 씹는 습관은 외향성(E)이 내향성 (I)보다 높은 빈도를 보였다(p<0.05). 5. 편측저작습관은 판단형(J)이 인식형(P)보다 높은 빈도를 보였다(p<0.05). 6. 성격이 느긋한 편이거나 보통인 경우보다는 예민한 편이거나 신경질적인 경우가 측두하악장애 증상수의 평균치가 높게 나타났다(p<0.001). 7. 보통 성격이 다른 성격들에 비해 기여요인 수의 평균치가 가장 낮게 나타났다(p<0.0001). 결론적으로 측두하악장애는 개인의 성격과 관계가 있으므로 환자의 성격 유형을 고려한 상담과 교육의 활용이 측두하악 장애 치료에 도움이 되리라 사료된다.

• 대한한의학회지
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.23-29
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• 2010

Objective: The aim of this prospective, case-controlled study was to assess the difference of the amount of tongue coating between halitosis and non-halitosis patients using a digital tongue diagnosis system (DTDS). Methods: Sixty-five patients complaining of oral malodor were recruited for the study. The level of volatile sulfur compounds (VSC) in the oral cavity of the patients was measured by a portable gas chromatography. All patients were then divided into two groups, the halitosis group ($H_2S{\geq}1.5ng$/10ml, or $CH_3SH{\geq}0.5ng$/10ml) and the non-halitosis group ($H_2S$<1.5ng/10ml and $CH_3SH$<0.5ng/10ml), according to the VSC level criteria published by Tonzetich. Tongue images of the two groups were acquired and analyzed by DTDS, followed by the analysis of the tongue coating scores. Results: The tongue coating scores of the halitosis group were significantly higher than of the non-halitosis group (P=0.033). Furthermore, the difference of the posterior tongue coating between the two groups was more significant (P=0.000). Conclusions: Halitosis patients were shown to have a thicker tongue coating than those in the non-halitosis group. Moreover, the posterior dorsum of the tongue should be observed more cautiously when dealing with halitosis patients. Also, the progress and state of the patient's symptom of halitosis as diagnosed objectively by the portable gas chromatography could also possibly be analyzed instead by the DTDS tongue coating score.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제18권12호
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• pp.1975-1983
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• 2008

The neuropeptide ${\alpha}$-melanocyte-stimulating hormone (${\alpha}$-MSH) has anti-inflammatory property by down regulating the expressions of proinflammatory cytokines. Because ${\alpha}$-MSH elicits the anti-inflammatory effect in various inflammatory disease models, we examined the therapeutic effect of oral administration of recombinant Lactobacillus casei, which secretes ${\alpha}$-MSH (L. casei-${\alpha}$-MSH), on dextran sulfate sodium (DSS)-induced colitis in Balb/c mice. Thus, we constructed the ${\alpha}$-MSH-secreting Lactobacillus casei by the basic plasmid, pLUAT-ss, which was composed of a PldhUTLS promoter and ${\alpha}$-amylase signal sequence from Streptococcus bovis strain. Acute colitis was induced by oral administration of 5% DSS in drinking water for 7 days. To investigate the effect of L. casei-${\alpha}$-MSH on the colitis, L. casei or L. casei-${\alpha}$-MSH was orally administered for 7 days and their effects on body weight, mortality rate, cytokine production, and tissue myeloperoxidase (MPO) activity were observed. Administration of L. casei-${\alpha}$-MSH reduced the symptom of acute colitis as assessed by body weight loss (DSS alone: $14.45{\pm}0.2\;g$; L. casei-${\alpha}$-MSH: $18.2{\pm}0.12\;g$), colitis score (DSS alone: $3.6{\pm}0.4$; L. casei-${\alpha}$-MSH: $1.4{\pm}0.6$), MPO activity (DSS alone: $42.7{\pm}4.5\;U/g$; L. casei-${\alpha}$-MSH: $10.25{\pm}0.5\;U/g$), survival rate, and histological damage compared with the DSS alone mice. L. casei-${\alpha}$-MSH-administered entire colon showed reduced in vitro production of proinflammatory cytokines and $NF-{\kappa}B$ activation. The ${\alpha}$-MSH-secreting recombinant L. casei showed significant anti-inflammatory effects in the murine model of acute colitis and suggests a potential therapeutic role for this agent in clinical inflammatory bowel diseases.

• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.1701-1705
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• 2005

Dysphagia is Swallowing disorder characterized by difficulty in oral preparation for the swallow or in moving material from the mouth to the stomach. Dysphagia is the one of the most symptom of CVA and predisposes to medical complications such as aspiration pneumonia in poststroke patients. This study was designed to report the clinical effects of acupuncture for dysphagia on a patient with Wallenberg's syndrome. 8 acupoint were used and videofluoroscopic evaluation were performed. According to the above evaluation, 'Oral transit time' decreased within 1.5 sec and 'Coating of pharyngeal wall after swallow' were disappeared. The above results suggest that acupuncture is beneficial for dysphagia.

• 한국자원식물학회지
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.109-116
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• 2018

발기부전(erectile dysfunction, impotence)은 성교과정을 위한 음경이 딱딱하게 발기되지 않거나 유지하지 못하는 것을 말한다. 잦은 발기 부전은 심장 질환, 비만, 알코올 중독, 스트레스, 흡연 및 우울증을 비롯하여 치료가 필요한 건강상의 문제가 원인이 된다. 본 연구는 산수유(Cornus officinalis)를 포함한 복합 추출물이 발기부전 랫드모델에서 성기능과 관련된 인자에 미치는 영향을 알아보고자 하였다. 발기부전 랫드모델은 Cimetidine/5% EtOH를 2주 동안 경구투여하여 유도한 후, 산수유 등 복합추출물을 각각 다른 농도로 경구투여하였다. 그 결과, 산수유 등 복합추출물 처리군(CPL-300, 600, 900 mg/kg)에서 성 기능 인자(NO, cGMP)가 대조군에 비해 유의성 있게 향상되었다. 또한 혈청 테스토스테론은 산수유 등 복합추출물 처리 후 용량 의존적으로 증가하였다. 더욱이, 산수유 등 복합추출물의 투여는 발기부전 랫드모델에서 전립선의 크기를 회복시키는 것을 확인하였다. 결과를 종합하자면 산수유 등 복합추출물이 랫드모델에서 성기능 인자와 테스토스테론을 증가시킴으로써 발기부전을 완화시킨다는 것을 보여 주었고, 이는 산수유 등 복합추출물이 천연 추출물로 향 후 발기부전 치료에 사용될 수 있음을 시사한다. 하지만 산수유 복합추출물의 남성 성기능의 직접적인 연관관계, 유효성분과 그 메커니즘을 자세히 밝히기 위해서는 추가적인 연구가 필요하다고 사료된다.

• 치과방사선
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.399-408
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• 1995

악골의 매복치아와 관련된 단방성의 치관부 방사선투과상을 나타내는 병소들 중에서 임상적, 방사선학적, 조직병리학적 검사를 통해 함치성 낭으로 진단된 233증례들의 임상, 방사선학적소견을 분석하여 다음과 같은 결론을 얻었다. 1. 함치성 낭은 10대(38.2％)에서 가장 호발되었으며, 남성(67.4％)에서 더 많았다. 2. 주소는 무통성의 종창(33.9％)이 가장 많았고, 대부분 외과적으로 치료되었으며 적출술(76.6％) 또는 조대술(23.4％)이 사용되었다. 3. 병소는 중심형(72.5％)이 대부분이었으며, 병소의 크기는 2~2.9cm인 경우(33.0％)가 가장 많았다. 4. 병소는 상악에서는 전치부(32.6％), 하악에서는 구치부(22.7％)에서 호발되었으며, 원인치아는 상악 과잉치(34.3％)에서 가장 많았다. 5. 주변 정상 골조직과의 경계는 과골성의 분명한 골경화로 나타난 경우(49.8％)가 가장 많았으며, 병소의 변연형태가 평활한 경우(73.4％)와 병소 내부의 방사선투과상이 균일한 경우(79.4％)가 대부분이었다. 6. 병소와 관련된 피질골의 비박과 팽융이 대부분의 경우(82.0％)에서 나타났으며, 그 방향은 협측인 경우(64.0％)가 가장 많았다. 7. 병소가 발생된 치아의 전위(41.2％)와 치관발육의 지연(19.3％)이 나타났으며, 원인치아의 백악ㆍ법랑 경계부와 치아부착부 사이의 거리는 2mm미만인 경우(79.6％)가 가장 많았다. 8. 병소와 관련된 치아의 치조백선 소실(66.8％), 치근 흡수(33.9％), 치아 전위(31.5％)가 관찰되었으며, 하악관의 전위(46.5％)와 상악동 또는 비강의 전위(72.2％)가 관찰되었다.

• Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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• 제40권
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• pp.27.1-27.8
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• 2018

Purpose: Various complications occur when a maxillofacial fracture is malunionized or improperly resolved. Malocclusion is the most common complication, followed by facial deformity, temporomandibular joint disorder (TMD), and neurological symptoms. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the dental treatment of postoperative complications after maxillofacial fracture. Materials and methods: In this study, nine patients with a postoperative complication after maxillofacial fracture who had been performed the initial operation from other units and were referred to the authors' department had been included. Of the nine patients, six had mandibular fractures, one had maxillary fractures, one had maxillary and mandibular complex fractures, and one had multiple facial fractures. All the patients had tooth fractures, dislocations, displacements, and alveolar bone fractures at the time of trauma, but complications occurred because none of the patients underwent preoperative and postoperative dental treatment. Malocclusion and TMD are the most common complications, followed by dental problems (pulp necrosis, tooth extrusion, osteomyelitis, etc.) due to improper treatment of teeth and alveolar bone injuries. The patients were referred to the department of dentistry to undergo treatment for the complications. One of the nine patients underwent orthognathic surgery for a severe open bite. Another patient underwent bone reconstruction using an iliac bone graft and vestibuloplasty with extensive bone loss. The other patients, who complained of moderate occlusal abnormalities and TMDs such as mouth-opening limitation, underwent occlusal treatment by prosthodontic repair and temporomandibular joint treatment instead of surgery. Results: One patient who underwent orthognathic surgery had complete loss of open bite and TMD after surgery. One patient who underwent reconstruction using an iliac bone graft had a good healing process. Other patients were treated with splint, injection, and physical therapy for mouth-opening limitation and temporomandibular joint pain. After treatment, the TMDs were resolved, but the remaining occlusal abnormalities were resolved with prosthetic restoration. Conclusions: Considering the severity of malocclusion and TMJ symptom and the feasibillity of reoperation, nonsurgical methods such as orthodontic and prosthodontic treatments and splint therapy can be used to manage the dental and TMD complication after the trauma surgery. However, reoperation needs to be strongly considered for severe malocclusion and TMD problem.

• 대한영상의학회지
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• 제81권6호
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• pp.1389-1396
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• 2020

목적 본 연구의 목적은 경피적 폴리 카테터 삽입을 이용하여 수술 후 장 누출을 성공적으로 관리하기 위한 기술적 및 임상적 요인을 분석함에 있다. 대상과 방법 이번 후향적 연구에는 32명의 환자가 포함되었다. 수술 후 위장 누출은 컴퓨터단층촬영(CT)을 이용하여 진단되었고, 환자는 Jackson-Pratt 튜브 또는 이미지 유도 방법을 통해 경피적 경로로 누출 위치에 폴리 카테터 삽입을 시행 받았다. 성공은 합병증 없이 폴리 카테터를 성공적으로 제거한 것으로 정의하였고, 임상적 실패와 관련된 인자들에 대하여 분석하였다. 결과 모든 환자에서 경피성 폴리 카테터 배치는 합병증 없이 성공적으로 시행되었다. 폴리 카테터 삽입은 CT에서 누출이 확인된 후 중앙값 10일(범위, 1~68)째에 시행되었다. 임상적 성공은 32명의 환자 중 26명(81%)에서 달성되었다. 통계학적 분석에서, 임상적 실패에 대한 통계적으로 유의미한 위험 인자는 전신적 동반 질환(p < 0.001) 및 구강 섭취 실패(p = 0.015)였다. 결론 경피적 폴리 카테터 삽입은 수술 후 장 누출을 관리하기 위한 안전하고 효과적인 접근방법으로 간주될 수 있다. 폴리 카테터 배치 후, 전신적 동반 질환의 유무 및 성공적인 구강식이를 빠른 시일 내로 시작하는 것은 임상적으로 성공적인 회복에 중요한 요소이다.

• 한국치위생학회지
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• 제11권6호
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• pp.853-862
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• 2011

Objectives : The aim of this study was to investigate the number of self-report symptoms for temporomandibular disorders(TMD) and related factors in the third grade students of high school. Methods : A total of 1,043 high school the 3rd students age 16 20 completed a questionnaire from 11 high schools in Andong city from April to June 2010. Student's t-test was used to analyze the difference of TMD number. Multiple regression analysis was performed to determine the effects of independent variables on TMD number. Results : 1. Students who have one TMD were 71.3%, two 41.7% and over three 25.7%, respectively. 2. The number of TMD symptom of students who have no good habits such as clenching, bite lip and cheeks, resting on hand, chewing gum, hard foods, and unilateral chewing was a statistically significant higher than those who doesn't have ones(p=0.00). 3. TMD number of students who have been under more stress was a significantly higher than those who didn't have been(p=0.00). 4. Bite lip and cheek(${\beta}$=0.03, p=0.037), chewing gum(${\beta}$=0.03, p=0.029), resting on hand(${\beta}$=0.04, p=0.006), hard foods(${\beta}$=0.07, p=0.000), and stress out(${\beta}$=-0.03, p=0.018) were significantly associated with TMD number by multiple regression analysis. Conclusions : Variables associated with TMD were bite lip and cheek, chewing gum, resting on hand, hard foods, and stress out factor. According to our findings, it is so important to teach good habits on oral health to the 3rd grade students in high school. Further prospective study should explore cause of TDM from those variables.