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Arthroscopy , Credentialing/standards , Temporomandibular Joint/surgery , Humans , Licensure, DentalABSTRACT
A case of inferior turbinate impaction in a nasoendotracheal tube is presented. This is an additional potentially lethal complication associated with general anesthesia.
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Airway Obstruction/etiology , Intubation, Intratracheal/adverse effects , Turbinates/injuries , Adult , Epistaxis/etiology , Female , HumansABSTRACT
A case of eosinophilic myositis of the masseter associated with pseudotumor and trismus is presented. Extensive eosinophilic infiltrates of the masseter are rarely observed in the absence of parasitic infection or the hypereosinophilic syndrome. This case is reported because of the rarity of the phenomenon and its importance to the surgeon from the standpoint of differential diagnosis and treatment. The pathogenesis of the condition and its relation to other lesions of muscle associated with eosinophilic infiltration are discussed.
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Actinomycosis/complications , Masseter Muscle/pathology , Masticatory Muscles/pathology , Myositis/complications , Diagnosis, Differential , Eosinophils/pathology , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Myositis/pathologyABSTRACT
The effect of adding 15% talc to either a standard periodontal disease-producing diet (Diet 2000) or a laboratory chow (Purina) was studied in the Syrian golden hamster. The additive was found to reduce the amount of periodontal disease with Diet 2000 and also change the characteristics of the plaque. The addition of talc to laboratory chow increased the severity of normally occurring periodontal disease, although not to the level of Diet 2000.
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Foreign-Body Reaction/complications , Periodontal Diseases/etiology , Talc , Animals , Cricetinae , Dental Plaque/etiology , Dental Plaque/pathology , Diet , Gingiva/pathology , Periodontal Diseases/pathologyABSTRACT
An investigation into periodontal disease in the Syrian Golden hamster was conducted over a period of six months. With the periodontitis-producing Diet 2000 only mild destruction of the periodontium was observed. The interproximal area between M1 and M2 may be a better area for analysis of early periodontal disease in the Syrian Golden hamster, as it more nearly approaches the human situation than does the mesial surface of M1. On the whole the hamster may not be a good model species for studying periodontal disease on morphological grounds, despite its excellence in terms of bacteriology and ease and cheapness of animal maintenance. Other animal models are discussed.
