Traditional extraction tools, such as bone chisels and bone hammers, often lead to severe complications including tissue inflammation, (Daly et al., 2022) nerve injury, (Khavanin et al., 2019; Bailey ...

The mandible bone's function is to open and close the mouth for chewing and speech. It also helps protect the organs of the face and hold the lower set of teeth in place. The mandible forms a joint on ...

A new paper in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research finds that bone fracture rates in older women differ by race, quite significantly. While researchers have known for years that the risk ...

Angulated fractures occur when a bone breaks at an angle. There are several treatment options, depending on the severity of the fracture.

Facial injuries are most commonly caused by motor vehicle accidents and assault. Facial trauma can involve facial bleeding, swelling, bruising, lacerations, cuts, burns and deformity. Computed ...

This in an ongoing team effort, including an orthodontist to provide nasal-alveolar molding and/or orthodontics before or after surgery. The treatment of any fracture involving the maxilla depends on ...

Cannabidiol (CBD) and cannabigerol (CBG) might someday help bone fracture patients manage their pain, according to a new study. In a study in mice, the researchers unexpectedly found that the ...

Microtomographic, histomorphometric, and molecular features show a normal alveolar bone healing process in iNOS-deficient mice along a compensatory upregulation of eNOS and nNOS isoforms ...

A new study has found that some cancer survivors may have higher risks for bone fractures within the first few years after diagnosis.

Purpose: To remedy the drawbacks of traditional autogenous bone harvesting in alveolar bone grafting (ABG), a novel strategy of composite grafting with BMP2-loaded calcium phosphate cements (BMP2-CPC) ...