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  1. Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH), previously known as Histiocytosis X, is an infrequent disease that congregates a wide spectrum of clinical presentations with variable systemic involvement. Unification of ...

    Authors: Alex Vargas, Hernán Ramírez, Pablo Ramírez, Camila Foncea, Bernardo Venegas and Paula Astorga
    Citation: Head & Face Medicine 2016 12:21
  2. This study aims to evaluate the efficacy of Er,Cr:YSGG laser assisted periodontal therapy on the reduction of oral malodor and periodontal disease.

    Authors: Ömür Dereci, Mükerrem Hatipoğlu, Alper Sindel, Sinan Tozoğlu and Kemal Üstün
    Citation: Head & Face Medicine 2016 12:20
  3. To determine the shear bond strength and adhesive remnant index of a new premixed self-etching primer and adhesive (Tectosan, BonaDent, Germany) for orthodontic appliances in comparison to a reference total-et...

    Authors: Michael Schauseil, Sonja Blöcher, Andreas Hellak, Matthias J. Roggendorf, Steffen Stein and Heike Korbmacher-Steiner
    Citation: Head & Face Medicine 2016 12:19
  4. Oral lichen Planus (OLP) is a chronic inflammatory disease involving skin and mucous membranes. Its etiology is still uncertain whilst an autoimmune mechanism is known to be implicated. OLP is commonly conside...

    Authors: Dorina Lauritano, Mariantonietta Arrica, Alberta Lucchese, Marina Valente, Giuseppe Pannone, Carlo Lajolo, Rossella Ninivaggi and Massimo Petruzzi
    Citation: Head & Face Medicine 2016 12:18
  5. Ablative tumor surgery often results in continuity defects of the mandible. When an immediate reconstruction using autologous bone grafts is not possible the bridging of the defects with a variety of bridging ...

    Authors: Bernd Reitemeier, Christine Schöne, Raoul Lesche, Günter Lauer, Matthias C. Schulz and Jutta Markwardt
    Citation: Head & Face Medicine 2016 12:17
  6. The purpose of this study was to assess the influence of head and neck pathologies on the detection rate, configuration and diameter of the thoracic duct (TD) and right lymphatic duct (RLD) in computed tomogra...

    Authors: Ferdinand J. Kammerer, Benedikt Schlude, Michael A. Kuefner, Philipp Schlechtweg, Matthias Hammon, Michael Uder and Siegfried A. Schwab
    Citation: Head & Face Medicine 2016 12:15
  7. Craniofacial microsomia is a common congenital condition for which children receive longitudinal, multidisciplinary team care. However, little is known about the etiology of craniofacial microsomia and few out...

    Authors: Craig B. Birgfeld, Carrie L. Heike, Babette S. Saltzman, Brian G. Leroux, Kelly N. Evans and Daniela V. Luquetti
    Citation: Head & Face Medicine 2016 12:14
  8. Biomedical science, especially biomaterials, is an expanding field in medicine. Universities are being challenged to gain the best students for a later academic career. Pre-university assessment of pupils has ...

    Authors: Christian Klümper, Jörg Neunzehn, Ute Wegmann, Benjamin Kruppke, Ulrich Joos and Hans Peter Wiesmann
    Citation: Head & Face Medicine 2016 12:13
  9. The editors of Head & Face Medicine would like to thank all reviewers who have contributed their time and expertise to the journal in Volume 11 (2015).

    Authors: Thomas Stamm, Ulrich Meyer and Hans Peter Wiesmann
    Citation: Head & Face Medicine 2016 12:10
  10. The Interventional Neuroradiology is becoming more important in the interdisciplinary treatment of acute haemorrhages due to vascular erosion and vascular tumors in the head and neck area. The authors report o...

    Authors: Katharina Storck, Kornelia Kreiser, Johannes Hauber, Anna-Maria Buchberger, Rainer Staudenmaier, Kilian Kreutzer and Murat Bas
    Citation: Head & Face Medicine 2016 12:6
  11. Secreted growth factors and cytokines in the conditioned medium from bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (MSC-CM) have several effects on cell behavior. Our previous studies revealed that MSC-CM enhance...

    Authors: Wataru Katagiri, Masashi Osugi, Takamasa Kawai and Hideharu Hibi
    Citation: Head & Face Medicine 2016 12:5
  12. The management of bisphosphonate related necrosis of the jaw has become clinical routine. While approximately two thirds of the lesions are in the mandible, one third is located in the maxilla. In 40–50 % of m...

    Authors: Pit Jacob Voss, Gustavo Vargas Soto, Rainer Schmelzeisen, Kiwako Izumi, Andres Stricker, Gido Bittermann and Philipp Poxleitner
    Citation: Head & Face Medicine 2016 12:3
  13. To our best knowledge, there was little research to assess the changes of quality of life and satisfaction after orthognathic in one trial. The aim of this study was to evaluate the changes of oral health rela...

    Authors: Shengbin Huang, Weiting Chen, Zhenyu Ni and Yu Zhou
    Citation: Head & Face Medicine 2016 12:2
  14. Many reconstruction materials for orbital floor fractures have been described in the past including autologous bone transplants, resorbable polymers and titan meshes. So far evidence is missing which material ...

    Authors: Henrik Holtmann, Hatice Eren, Karoline Sander, Norbert R. Kübler and Jörg Handschel
    Citation: Head & Face Medicine 2016 12:1
  15. A South African girl with CANDLE Syndrome is reported with emphasis on the orodental features and dental management. Clinical manifestations included short stature, wasting of the soft tissue of the arms and l...

    Authors: T. Roberts, L. Stephen, C. Scott, T. di Pasquale, A. Naser-eldin, M. Chetty, S. Shaik, L. Lewandowski and P. Beighton
    Citation: Head & Face Medicine 2015 11:38
  16. Impacted third molar removal is a routine procedure in oral and maxillofacial surgery. Platelet-rich fibrin (PRF) is a second generation platelet concentration which is produced by simplified protocol. The aim...

    Authors: Ozkan Ozgul, Fatma Senses, Nilay Er, Umut Tekin, Hakan Hıfzı Tuz, Alper Alkan, Ismail Doruk Kocyigit and Fethi Atil
    Citation: Head & Face Medicine 2015 11:37
  17. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of submucosal application of tramadol, for acute postoperative facial pain, following the extraction of impacted third molar teeth. This prospective, dou...

    Authors: Onur Gönül, Tülin Satılmış, Ferit Bayram, Gökhan Göçmen, Aysegül Sipahi and Kamil Göker
    Citation: Head & Face Medicine 2015 11:35
  18. The objective of this study was to evaluate the changes of skeletal and dental structures in mild to moderate skeletal Class III children following the use of a new magnetic orthopedic appliance (MOA-III).

    Authors: Ning Zhao, Jing Feng, Zheng Hu, Rongjing Chen and Gang Shen
    Citation: Head & Face Medicine 2015 11:34
  19. The annual examination of first graders’ oral health as stipulated by law aimed to reach every child in Rhineland-Palatinate (Germany) in their first year of school. We intended to evaluate the first graders’ ...

    Authors: Jens Weusmann, Benjamin Mahmoodi, Adriano Azaripour, Kristian Kordsmeyer, Christian Walter and Brita Willershausen
    Citation: Head & Face Medicine 2015 11:33
  20. The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of etching time with 15 % hydrochloric acid (HCl) on the enamel surface destruction by studying the resulting roughness and erosion depth.

    Authors: W H Arnold, B. Haddad, K. Schaper, K. Hagemann, C. Lippold and Gh. Danesh
    Citation: Head & Face Medicine 2015 11:32
  21. To assess the types and frequencies of clinical complications experienced when using a modified lingual Herbst appliance and to compare these with those associated with conventional Herbst appliances reported ...

    Authors: Dirk Wiechmann, Julius Vu, Rainer Schwestka-Polly, Hans-Joachim Helms and Michael Knösel
    Citation: Head & Face Medicine 2015 11:31
  22. The lack of surgeons will be a future major problem in patient care for multifaceted reasons. Niche specialties such as OMFS face an additional drawback because of the need for dual qualification. Special surg...

    Authors: Florian Bauer, Steffen Koerdt, Niklas Rommel, Klaus-Dietrich Wolff, Marco R. Kesting and Jochen Weitz
    Citation: Head & Face Medicine 2015 11:30
  23. Epidermal growth factor (EGF) and basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) play an important role in extracellular matrix mineralization, a complex process required for proper bone regeneration, one of the bigges...

    Authors: Casiano Del Angel-Mosqueda, Yolanda Gutiérrez-Puente, Ada Pricila López-Lozano, Ricardo Emmanuel Romero-Zavaleta, Andrés Mendiola-Jiménez, Carlos Eduardo Medina-De la Garza, Marcela Márquez-M and Myriam Angélica De la Garza-Ramos
    Citation: Head & Face Medicine 2015 11:29
  24. Pain caused by orthodontic treatment can affect patient’s compliance and even force them to terminate treatments. The aim of this meta-analysis is to evaluate of the analgesic effect of low level laser therapy...

    Authors: Quan Shi, Shuo Yang, Fangfang Jia and Juan Xu
    Citation: Head & Face Medicine 2015 11:28
  25. This study aimed to establish norm values for facial proportion indices among 12-year-old southern Chinese children, to determine lower facial proportion, and to identify gender differences in facial proportions.

    Authors: Charles Yat Cheong Yeung, Colman Patrick McGrath, Ricky Wing Kit Wong, Erik Urban Oskar Hägg, John Lo and Yanqi Yang
    Citation: Head & Face Medicine 2015 11:26
  26. Surgical correction of skeletal maxillary retroposition is often associated with changes in the morphology of the nose. Unwanted alar flaring of the nose is observed in many cases. The aim of the present study...

    Authors: Andreas F. Hellak, Bernhard Kirsten, Michael Schauseil, Rolf Davids, Wolfgang M. Kater and Heike M. Korbmacher-Steiner
    Citation: Head & Face Medicine 2015 11:23
  27. Orthodontic protraction of mandibular molars without maxillary counterbalance extraction in cases of aplasia or extraction requires stable anchorage. Reinforcement may be achieved by using either temporary anc...

    Authors: Rebecca Metzner, Rainer Schwestka-Polly, Hans-Joachim Helms and Dirk Wiechmann
    Citation: Head & Face Medicine 2015 11:22
  28. Zygomatic fractures form a major entity in craniomaxillofacial traumatology. Few studies have dealt with biomechanical basics and none with the role of the facial soft tissues. Therefore this study should inve...

    Authors: Heike Huempfner-Hierl, Alexander Bohne, Andreas Schaller, Gert Wollny and Thomas Hierl
    Citation: Head & Face Medicine 2015 11:21
  29. Therapeutic strategies attacking oral squamous cell carcinoma have not essentially succeeded to improve long-term prognosis and overall survival over the last decades. Therefore, in this study, we aimed to ill...

    Authors: Susanne Jung, Sonja Sielker, Nikolai Purcz, Christoph Sproll, Yahya Acil and Johannes Kleinheinz
    Citation: Head & Face Medicine 2015 11:19
  30. Hypodontia is the most frequent developmental anomaly of the orofacial complex, and its detection in prenatal ultrasound may indicate the presence of congenital malformations, genetic syndromes and chromosomal...

    Authors: Mariana Seabra, António Felino, Rosete Nogueira, Francisco Valente, Ana Cristina Braga and Paula Vaz
    Citation: Head & Face Medicine 2015 11:18
  31. The Editors of Head & Face Medicine would like to thank all our reviewers who have contributed to the journal in Volume 10 (2014).

    Authors: Thomas Stamm, Ulrich Meyer and Hans Peter Wiesmann
    Citation: Head & Face Medicine 2015 11:17
  32. Odontogenic cutaneous sinus tracts are often misdiagnosed as lesions of non-odontogenic origin, leading to the treatment of patients with unnecessary and ineffective therapies. Sinus tracts of endodontic origi...

    Authors: Jun Tian, Guobin Liang, Wenting Qi and Hongwei Jiang
    Citation: Head & Face Medicine 2015 11:13
  33. In bone metabolism and the formation especially in bone substitution, calcium as basic module is of high importance. Different studies have shown that the use of eggshells as a bone substitute material is a pr...

    Authors: Jörg Neunzehn, Thomas Szuwart and Hans-Peter Wiesmann
    Citation: Head & Face Medicine 2015 11:12
  34. Sealant application during fixed appliances orthodontic treatment for enamel protection is common, however, reliable data on its durability in vivo are rare.

    Authors: Michael Knösel, David Ellenberger, Yvonne Göldner, Paulo Sandoval and Dirk Wiechmann
    Citation: Head & Face Medicine 2015 11:11

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