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(1) Background: Trauma is a very common experience in contact sports; however, there is an absence of data regarding the effect of athletes wearing mouthguards (MG) associated with ankylosed maxillary central incisor during a traumatic impact. (2) Methods: To evaluate the stress distribution in the bone and teeth in this situation, models of maxillary central incisor were created containing cortical bone, trabecular bone, soft tissue, root dentin, enamel, periodontal ligament, and antagonist teeth were modeled. One model received a MG with 4-mm thickness. Both models were subdivided into finite elements. The frictionless contacts were used and a nonlinear dynamic impact analysis was performed in which a rigid object hit the model at 1 m·s−1. For each model, an ankylosed periodontal ligament was simulated totaling 4 different situations. The results were presented in von-Mises stress maps. (3) Results: A higher stress concentration in teeth and bone was observed for the model without a MG and with ankylosed tooth (19.5 and 37.3 MPa, respectively); the most promising mechanical response was calculated for patients with healthy periodontal ligament and MG in position (1.8 and 7.8 MPa, respectively). (4) Conclusions: The MG’s use is beneficial for healthy and ankylosed teeth, since it acts by dampening the generated stresses in bone, dentin, enamel and periodontal ligament. However, patients with ankylosed tooth are more prone to root fracture even when the MG is in position compared to a healthy tooth.

Silica-nylon reinforcement is an effective method of increasing the strength of interim restorations.

Reinforcement with nylon mesh increased the mean maximum load of implant-supported complete-arch prostheses at both cantilever lengths. The cantilever to the premolar (5 mm) presented the highest maximum load values to fracture.

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The aim of this study was to present a case report of the surgical removal of hyperplasia in the oral cavity, using carbon dioxide (CO2) laser radiation and rehabilitation with a complete denture. Epulis fissuratum occurs in complete denture patients, because a constant irritative action induces the mucosa to grow under poorly fitting dentures. These lesions must be removed, and to avoid a relapse, new complete dentures should be made to maintain healthy surgical tissues. The clinical sequence presented in this case shows a completely edentulous patient with epulis fissuratum on the lower alveolar ridge extending to the vestibular sulcus of the anterior region of mandible. Immediate complete dentures were made prior to the lesion removal with CO2 laser radiation, providing satisfactory results in oral function and tissue health.

Aim:The aim of the study was to assess the accuracy of a new intraoral paralleling device for creating proximal guiding planes for removable partial dental prostheses. Methods and Materials:Thirty gypsum casts were divided into two groups in which the proximal surfaces of selected teeth were prepared using either a surveying device (Group 1) or the new ParalAB paralleling device (Group 2). In each cast guiding planes were prepared on the distal surface of the maxillary left canine (A), on the mesial and distal surfaces of the maxillary left second molar (B and C), and on the distal surface of the maxillary right canine (D). Each prepared surface formed an angle related to the occlusal plane that was measured five times and averaged by one operator using a tridimensional coordinate machine.

O objetivo neste trabalho foi visualizar possíveis alterações do posicionamento da ATM em pacientes desdentados que não usavam prótese total ou que a utilizavam apenas no arco superior. Para tanto, avaliou-se a posição da cabeça da mandíbula na fossa mandibular por meio de radiografia transcraniana lateral, realizada antes e após tratamento protético oclusal reabilitador. Foram obtidos 38 exames radiográficos separados em dois grupos, dos quais somente a posição de boca fechada foi utilizada para mensuração, para que a cabeça da mandíbula estivesse posicionada no interior da fossa mandibular. As medidas foram realizadas em 3 regiões entre a cabeça da mandíbula e a fossa mandibular em ambas as articulações (direita e esquerda) de cada paciente através de traçado manual. Após análise dos valores encontrados, pôde-se afirmar que não houve alteração significativa das posições anterior, superior e posterior da relação cabeça da mandíbula e fossa mandibular da ATM esquerda dos indivíduos. Contudo, do lado direito houve um deslocamento posterior da cabeça da mandíbula em relação à fossa mandibular após a colocação da nova prótese total.