Bone is a dynamic tissue that presents important self-regenerative capacity, mediated by viable bone cells, adequate vascularity and growth factors. Nevertheless, in cases of congenital malformation, defects due trauma or tumor resection, and extensive craniofacial defects, where this bone capacity it is exceeded, biomaterial are often needed in order to support complete bone repair. Among the most used biomate...
Introduction: establish an association between the radiographic classification and the surgical technique related to the lower third molars. Materials and method: a retrospective study was carried out, with the descriptive analysis of the data. The sample consisted of 100 patients (n = 100) from the spontaneous demand who sought out the Dental Clinic of UFC (Ceará’s Federal University) – Campus Sobral, between ...
PURPOSE: To evaluate the interference of radiographic factors in the appearance of sensory deficit related to inferior alveolar nerve (IAN) after third molars (3Ms) removal. METHODS: A prospective, double-blind, observational, unicentric study was performed with 126 patients submitted to a surgical procedure of lower 3Ms removal in the period from March to October/2011. Collected data included gender, age, erup...