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  2. Content type: Research

    To assess the educational impact of a one-to-one tablet PC (TPC) program by analysing university students’ learning skills and related scores of the National Dental Examination (NDE) in Germany.

    Authors: Thomas Stamm, Irina Triller, Ariane Hohoff and Moritz Blanck-Lubarsch

    Citation: Head & Face Medicine 2019 15:11

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  3. Content type: Methodology

    Minimally invasive temporomandibular joint surgery (MITMJS) is an option for patients suffering from severe internal derangement or adhesions. To improve TMJ access, a workflow to create surgical templates is ...

    Authors: Matthias Krause, Hans Martin Dörfler, Daniel Kruber, Heike Hümpfner-Hierl and Thomas Hierl

    Citation: Head & Face Medicine 2019 15:10

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  4. Content type: Research

    Orthodontic implants have found widespread use as means of maximum skeletal anchorage in fixed orthodontic treatment, their optimal insertion location in the hard palate, however, is still controversial. The a...

    Authors: Sachin Chhatwani, Viola Rose-Zierau, Bassel Haddad, Mohammed Almuzian, Christian Kirschneck and Gholamreza Danesh

    Citation: Head & Face Medicine 2019 15:9

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  5. Content type: Research

    The primary purpose of this study was to collect data on the oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) of individuals with x-linked hypophosphatemia (XLH). It was also designed to gather information on the ...

    Authors: Marcel Hanisch, Lauren Bohner, Martin M. I. Sabandal, Johannes Kleinheinz and Susanne Jung

    Citation: Head & Face Medicine 2019 15:8

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  6. Content type: Research

    The aim of this study was to verify anecdotal evidence that the maxillary central-to-lateral occlusal height difference (OHD) of more than 0.5 mm is a feature displayed in the majority of media and to discuss ...

    Authors: Jan Hourfar, Dirk Bister, Björn Ludwig, Gero Kinzinger and Jörg Alexander Lisson

    Citation: Head & Face Medicine 2019 15:7

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  8. Content type: Case report

    The Gorlin-Goltz syndrome is an autosomal dominant disorder characterized by keratocystic odontogenic tumors in the jaws, multiple basal cell carcinomas and skeletal abnormities. Frequently, the manifestation ...

    Authors: Manfred Nilius, Jürgen Kohlhase, Johann Lorenzen, Günter Lauer and Matthias C. Schulz

    Citation: Head & Face Medicine 2019 15:5

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  9. Content type: Research

    This study was conducted to assess the individual pain perception in sleep bruxism (SB) subjects. Moreover, the effects of a cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) compared to an occlusal appliance (OA) on pain p...

    Authors: Michelle Alicia Ommerborn, Rita Antonia Depprich, Christine Schneider, Maria Giraki, Matthias Franz, Wolfgang Hans-Michael Raab and Ralf Schäfer

    Citation: Head & Face Medicine 2019 15:4

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  10. Content type: Case report

    We successfully treated a 37-year-old male who had skeletal open bite with severe amelogenesis imperfecta (AI) with orthodontics, compression osteogenesis, and prosthodontics.

    Authors: Hiroki Mori, Takashi Izawa, Hitoshi Mori, Keiichiro Watanabe, Takahiro Kanno and Eiji Tanaka

    Citation: Head & Face Medicine 2019 15:3

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  11. Content type: Research

    Periodontitis is a chronic disease characterized by a progressive and irreversible destruction of the tooth-supporting tissues, including gingiva and periodontal ligament (PDL). Microorganisms, such as Fusobacter...

    Authors: Svenja Memmert, Anna Damanaki, Marjan Nokhbehsaim, Andressa V. B. Nogueira, Sigrun Eick, Joni A. Cirelli, Andreas Jäger and James Deschner

    Citation: Head & Face Medicine 2019 15:2

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  13. Content type: Research

    Color change of dental materials over time because of staining agents has important effects on the long-term prognosis of dental esthetic treatments. In the present study, staining resistance of an interpenetr...

    Authors: Mehmet Mustafa Özarslan, Ulviye Şebnem Büyükkaplan, Çağatay Barutcigil, Merve Özarslan, Kubilay Barutcigil and Nurullah Türker

    Citation: Head & Face Medicine 2018 14:27

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  16. Content type: Research

    Accelerated tooth movement has been a topic of interest for orthodontic research recently. Surgically facilitated orthodontic treatment has been shown to be an effective approach to accelerate tooth movement; ...

    Authors: Phimon Atsawasuwan, Yinghua Chen, Karan Ganjawalla, Albert L. Kelling and Carla A. Evans

    Citation: Head & Face Medicine 2018 14:24

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  17. Content type: Research

    Myositis ossificans describes a heterotopic bone formation within a muscle. Thereby myositis ossificans is classified in two different groups: myositis ossificans progressiva (MOP) which describes a genetic au...

    Authors: Marcel Hanisch, Lale Hanisch, Leopold F. Fröhlich, Richard Werkmeister, Lauren Bohner and Johannes Kleinheinz

    Citation: Head & Face Medicine 2018 14:23

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  21. Content type: Research

    Adult stem cells appear to be a promising subject for tissue engineering, representing an individual material for regeneration of aged and damaged cells. Especially adipose derived stromal cells (ADSC), which ...

    Authors: Benedikt Kleineidam, Sonja Sielker, Marcel Hanisch, Johannes Kleinheinz and Susanne Jung

    Citation: Head & Face Medicine 2018 14:19

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  22. Content type: Case report

    A glomus tumor is a rare neoplasm usually found in the dermis or subcutaneous tissue of the extremities. It is rare for the glomus tumor to occur on the head and face. Only 26 glomus tumors of the oral region ...

    Authors: Kazuto Kurohara, Yasuyuki Michi, Akane Yukimori and Satoshi Yamaguchi

    Citation: Head & Face Medicine 2018 14:18

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  23. Content type: Research

    Controlled space closure in cases of isolated lower second premolar aplasia (ILSPA) without maxillary counterbalancing extraction is challenging. Anterior anchorage loss may occur during space closure resultin...

    Authors: Elisabeth Klang, Frauke Beyling, Michael Knösel and Dirk Wiechmann

    Citation: Head & Face Medicine 2018 14:17

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  24. Content type: Case report

    Surgically assisted rapid maxillary expansion (SARME) is primarily used in adult orthodontics. In many cases it is followed by further surgery to address further anteroposterior and/or vertical discrepancies. ...

    Authors: Martina Bräutigam, Benedict Wilmes, Nour Eldin Tarraf and Dieter Drescher

    Citation: Head & Face Medicine 2018 14:16

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  25. Content type: Research

    Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is often accompanied by pathomorphological changes to the temporomandibular joint (TMJ). By analyzing orthodontical orthopantomograms of JIA patients the aims of the study w...

    Authors: Daniela Klenke, Anja Quast, Martina Prelog, Annette Holl-Wieden, Maximilian Riekert, Angelika Stellzig-Eisenhauer and Philipp Meyer-Marcotty

    Citation: Head & Face Medicine 2018 14:15

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  26. Content type: Hypothesis

    In literature there are few reports about multiple CGCG. But this is the first report of bilateral CGCG of the mandibular angles in three females from the same family.

    Authors: Simona Tecco, Silvia Caruso, Alessandro Nota, Pietro Leocata, Gianluca Cipollone, Roberto Gatto and Tommaso Cutilli

    Citation: Head & Face Medicine 2018 14:14

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  29. Content type: Research

    With the technical development, portable three-dimensional (3D) photogrammetry systems are becoming more en vogue because of cost-effectiveness and comparable accuracy to common stationary 3D systems. The purp...

    Authors: Lucas M. Ritschl, Maximilian Roth, Andreas M. Fichter, Fabienna Mittermeier, Bettina Kuschel, Klaus-Dietrich Wolff, Florian D. Grill and Denys J. Loeffelbein

    Citation: Head & Face Medicine 2018 14:11

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  30. Content type: Research

    The role of human papillomavirus (HPV) in orthokeratinized odontogenic cysts (OOCs) has rarely been studied. The objective is to describe the clinicopathological findings in a series of OOCs from a Spanish pop...

    Authors: Beatriz Vera-Sirera, Luis Rubio-Martínez, Leopoldo Forner-Navarro and Francisco Vera-Sempere

    Citation: Head & Face Medicine 2018 14:10

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  31. Content type: Methodology

    Exfoliative cytology performed on oral brush samples can help dentists to decide, whether a given oral lesion is (pre-) malignant. The use of non-invasive brush biopsies as an auxiliary tool in the diagnosis o...

    Authors: Constanze Olms, Nathalie Hix, Heinrich Neumann, Maryam Yahiaoui-Doktor and Torsten W. Remmerbach

    Citation: Head & Face Medicine 2018 14:9

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  32. Content type: Research

    Untreated chronic otitis media severely impairs quality of life in affected individuals. Local destruction of the middle ear and subsequent loss of hearing are common sequelae, and currently available treatmen...

    Authors: Friederike Pohl, Robert A. Schuon, Felicitas Miller, Andreas Kampmann, Eva Bültmann, Christian Hartmann, Thomas Lenarz and Gerrit Paasche

    Citation: Head & Face Medicine 2018 14:8

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  33. Content type: Case report

    The surgical management of malignant tumors in the head and neck region often leads to functional and esthetic defects that impair the quality of life of the patients. Reconstruction can be solved with prosthe...

    Authors: Zoltán Lóderer, Tamás Vereb, Róbert Paczona, Ágnes Janovszky and József Piffkó

    Citation: Head & Face Medicine 2018 14:7

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  35. Content type: Review

    Primary failure of eruption (PFE) is a rare disease defined as incomplete tooth eruption despite the presence of a clear eruption pathway. Orthodontic extrusion is not feasible in this case because it results ...

    Authors: Marcel Hanisch, Lale Hanisch, Johannes Kleinheinz and Susanne Jung

    Citation: Head & Face Medicine 2018 14:5

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  36. Content type: Research

    To evaluate the effectiveness of two minimally invasive surgical procedures in the acceleration of canine retraction: piezocision and laser-assisted flapless corticotomy (LAFC).

    Authors: Alaa M. H. Alfawal, Mohammad Y. Hajeer, Mowaffak A. Ajaj, Omar Hamadah and Bassel Brad

    Citation: Head & Face Medicine 2018 14:4

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  37. Content type: Research

    The measurement of maximal head circumference is a standard procedure in the examination of childrens’ cranial growth and brain development. The objective of the study was to evaluate the validity of maximal h...

    Authors: Markus Martini, Anne Klausing, Guido Lüchters, Nils Heim and Martina Messing-Jünger

    Citation: Head & Face Medicine 2018 14:3

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  39. Content type: Research

    Granular cell tumors are benign lesions that typically occur in the oral cavity, but can also be found in other sites. However, the characteristics of these tumors are unclear. Thus, the present study aimed to...

    Authors: Atsushi Musha, Masaru Ogawa and Satoshi Yokoo

    Citation: Head & Face Medicine 2018 14:1

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  40. Content type: Research

    Ectopic mandibular third molar is a rare clinical entity with incompletely known etiology. Here, we sought to delineate its epidemiological, clinical and radiographic characteristics, and therapy by integratin...

    Authors: Yaping Wu, Yue Song, Rong Huang, Jiaan Hu, Xiaotong He, Yanling Wang, Guangchao Zhou, Chao Sun, Hongbing Jiang, Jie Cheng and Dongmiao Wang

    Citation: Head & Face Medicine 2017 13:24

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  41. Content type: Research

    The revitalization or regeneration of the dental pulp is a preferable goal in current endodontic research. In this study, human dental pulp cell (DPC) spheres were applied to human root canal samples to evalua...

    Authors: Jörg Neunzehn, Sandra Pötschke, Christian Hannig, Hans-Peter Wiesmann and Marie-Theres Weber

    Citation: Head & Face Medicine 2017 13:23

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  43. Content type: Research

    To evaluate oral health related quality of life (OHQoL) in edentulous patients treated with immediately loaded implants in the maxilla.

    Authors: Maria Erkapers, Susanna Segerström, Karl Ekstrand, Russell A. Baer, Joseph A. Toljanic and Andreas Thor

    Citation: Head & Face Medicine 2017 13:21

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  44. Content type: Case report

    We describe the case of a 16-year-old female patient with micrognathia, temporomandibular joint (TMJ) ankylosis, and obstructive sleep apnea, who was treated with mandibular distraction osteogenesis (DO) combi...

    Authors: Hiroshi Tomonari, Hiroko Takada, Tomofumi Hamada, Sangho Kwon, Tsuyoshi Sugiura and Shouichi Miyawaki

    Citation: Head & Face Medicine 2017 13:20

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  45. Content type: Research

    Orthognathic surgery is associated with considerable swelling and neurosensory disturbances. Serious swelling can lead to great physical and psychological strain. A randomized, prospective, controlled clinical...

    Authors: W. Semper-Hogg, M. A. Fuessinger, T. W. Dirlewanger, C. P. Cornelius and M. C. Metzger

    Citation: Head & Face Medicine 2017 13:19

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  46. Content type: Research

    To avoid untoward changes when primary teeth are replaced by permanent teeth, resorption of the material used in primary teeth root canal filling should occur at the same rate as root resorption. The Aim of th...

    Authors: Xiaoxian Chen, Xinggang Liu and Jie Zhong

    Citation: Head & Face Medicine 2017 13:12

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  47. Content type: Research

    Aim of this study was to analyze the efficacy and precision of the completely customized lingual appliance (CCLA) regarding the single tooth torque correction. The study also examined external apical root reso...

    Authors: Collin Jacobs, Milena Katzorke, Dirk Wiechmann, Heiner Wehrbein and Rainer Schwestka-Polly

    Citation: Head & Face Medicine 2017 13:18

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  48. Content type: Methodology

    Every endosseous dental implant is dependent on an adequate amount and quality of peri-implant hard and soft tissues and their fully functional interaction. The dental implant could fail in cases of insufficie...

    Authors: Nils-Claudius Gellrich, Björn Rahlf, Rüdiger Zimmerer, Philipp-Cornelius Pott and Majeed Rana

    Citation: Head & Face Medicine 2017 13:17

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  49. Content type: Research

    Chronic Periodontitis (CP) is a common inflammatory disease affects supporting tissues of the teeth and can lead to tooth loss. The objective of this s...

    Authors: Zahra Heidari, Bita Moudi, Hamidreza Mahmoudzadeh-Sagheb and Mehrnoosh Moudi

    Citation: Head & Face Medicine 2017 13:16

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  50. Content type: Research

    Facial profile soft tissue changes after orthognathic surgery are crucial for surgery success. This retrospective study evaluated soft tissue changes after maxillo-mandibular Advancement and counter clockwise ...

    Authors: Julio Cifuentes, Christian Teuber, Alfredo Gantz, Ariel Barrera, Gholamreza Danesh, Nicolas Yanine and Carsten Lippold

    Citation: Head & Face Medicine 2017 13:15

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Head & Face Medicine

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