• 대한치과의사협회지
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• 제50권3호
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• pp.126-139
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• 2012

Loss of dentition can lead to not only compromised esthetics and functions of the patient, but also alveolar bone resorption. Bone grafting with prosthetic reconstruction of the gingiva can be selected for the treatment, and it provides many benefits as prosthetic gingival reconstruction does not require a complicated surgical process and is available within a short period of time, with stable clinical results. However, conventional porcelain fused to metal prosthesis has certain limits due to its size, and deformation after several firing procedures. In this clinical report, the author would like to introduce a patient with severe alveolar resorption who was treated with gingiva-shaped zirconia/titanium CAD/CAM implant fixed prosthesis for esthetic and functional rehabilitation. Clinical reports Clinical report 1, 2 : A case of loss of anterior dentition with atrophied alveolar bone. Implant retained zirconia bridge applied with Procera implant bridge system to simulate the gingiva. Upper structure was fabricated with zirconia all ceramic crown. Clinical report 3, 4 : A case of atrophied maxillary alveolus was reconstructed with fixed implant prosthesis, a CAD/CAM designed titanium structure covered wi th resin on its surface. Anterior dentition was reconstructed with zirconia crown. Conclusion and clinical uses. All patients were satisfied with the outcome, and maintained good oral hygiene. Zirconia/titanium implant fixed prosthesis fabricated by CAD/CAM system was highly accurate and showed adequate histological response. No critical failure was seen on the implant fixture and abutment overall. Sites of severe alveolar bone loss can be rehabilitated by implant fixed prosthesis with CAD/CAM system. This type of prosthesis can offer artificial gingival structure and can give more satisfying esthetics and functions, and as a result the patients were able to accept the outcome more fondly, which makes us less than hard to think that it can be a more convenient treatment for the practitioners.

• 구강회복응용과학지
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.230-237
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• 2017

치간부 골내낭의 치주재생치료는 수술 후 발생할 수 있는 비심미성 때문에 치과의사에게 힘든 과제이다. 본 연구에서는 이러한 문제점을 해결하기 위해 치간부 골내낭의 bovine bone mineral과 enamel matrix derivative (EMD)를 이용한 재생 수술에 골막을 포함한 결합조직 이식을 동반한 임상증례를 소개하고자 한다. 임상적 및 방사선학적인 검사는 술 전과 수술 6개월 이후 시행하였다. 모든 임상 지표들이 개선되었고, 방사선학적 검사에서 골내낭이 감소함을 확인할 수 있었다. 또한, 부가적인 결합조직이식을 통해 치간부 연조직의 증대 및 형태 개선으로 인한 심미성이 증진되는 효과도 확인할 수 있었다.

• The Journal of Advanced Prosthodontics
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.133-137
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• 2014

PURPOSE. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the patients' knowledge on dental implants in a Turkish subpopulation. MATERIALS AND METHODS. Five hundred twenty seven Turkish adults referred to Yeditepe University Faculty of Dentistry, Istanbul, Turkey, were presented with a questionnaire including 20 questions regarding the level of information and awareness about the dental implants. The data were collected and statistical analyses were performed with Chi square test to compare the descriptive data. RESULTS. Among 527 subjects, 54% were female and 46% were male with a mean age of 42.2 years. The rate of patients' implant awareness was 27.7%. When the patients were questioned about the treatment options for rehabilitation of tooth missing, 60.9% of patients were informed about fixed partial denture, followed by conventional complete denture (32.5%) and removable partial denture (24.9%). Six percent reported that they were very well informed about the dental implants whereas 48.2% were poorly informed. The information sources of the implants were from the dentist (44.5%), printed media (31.6%) and friends and acquaintances (17.3%), respectively. Sixteen percent of the population believed that their implants would last forever. CONCLUSION. The dentists should give more detailed information to the patients about dental implants and tooth-supported fixed partial dentures in the future.

• 구강회복응용과학지
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.351-359
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• 2008

임플란트의 도입으로 악골이 흡수된 무치악 환자의 보철 치료에 획기적인 변화가 가능해졌다. 특히 하악 무치악 환자의 경우 2개의 임플란트에 의해 유지를 얻는 피개의치가 일반적인 총의치의 대안으로 자리잡았으며 첫 번째로 고려되어야 할 치료 방법으로 받아들여지고 있다. 본 증례는 상하악 완전 무치악 환자로서 상악에는 일반적인 총의치, 하악에는 2개의 임플란트를 식립하고 $Locator^{(R)}$ Attachment를 사용하여 수복한 임상과정 및 결과에 관하여 보고하고자 한다.

• The Journal of Korean Physical Therapy
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• 제31권5호
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• pp.311-316
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• 2019

Purpose: Generally, patients with stroke present with decreased balance and increased spasticity following weakness of the paralyzed muscles. Muscle weakness caused by stroke has two causes. This is caused by a decrease in motor output and an adaptive muscle change, resulting in muscle weakness and muscle paralysis. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of strengthening exercise on balance and spasticity in chronic stroke patients and to suggest the basis of clinical treatment. Methods: Twenty subjects were divided into two groups: a lower-extremity strengthening group (experimental group) and a general physical therapy group (control group). The sliding stander equipment was used for the experimental group and a regimen of warm-up exercise, the main exercise routine, and cool-down exercise were used for the muscle strengthening exercise program. Balance and spasticity were measured before and after the training period. Balance ability was measured by the Berg balance scale, the Timed up and Go test and the weight distribution of the paralyzed muscles by the Spacebalance 3D. Spasticity was measured by the Biodex system. Results: After the training periods, the experimental group showed a significant improvement in BBS, weight distribution of the paralyzed muscles, and decreased spasticity when compared to the control group (p<0.05). Conclusion: This study supported the hypothesis that lower-extremity strengthening exercise improves the balance and decreases the spasticity of stroke patients. If it is combined with conventional neurologic physiotherapy, it would be effective rehabilitation for stroke patients.

• 대한한의학회지
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• 제45권1호
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• pp.45-64
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• 2024

Objectives: This study is purposed to investigate the effect and safety of laser therapy for stroke patients by systematic review and meta-analysis of the randomized controlled trials (RCTs). Methods: RCTs on the treatment of laser therapy for stroke patients were selected among the literature published from January 2000 to June 2022 in twelve domestic and foreign databases. The quality of the literature was evaluated using the Cochrane's Risk of Bias tool and RevMan 5.4 was used for the synthesis of results. Results: Total 2,598 patients with stroke were finally selected from 18 RCTs. Meta-analysis showed that laser therapy was effective in significantly improving activities of daily living (MBI), motor function (effective rate), upper motor function (FMA-UE), shoulder pain related factors (CGRP, ET-1, BK). Overall, the risk of bias was uncertain or low in the quality assessment of the literature. Conclusions: Although it is unclear that laser therapy is more effective than sham laser, laser therapy might be more effective in improving symptoms than conventional rehabilitation alone. Furthermore, no serious adverse events were founded in laser therapy studies. However, the quality of the selected literature was generally low. Therefore, further studies with high methodological quality on laser therapy for stroke patients would be required in the future.

• 대한물리치료과학회지
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.62-72
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• 2003

The purpose of this study is to prove the efficacy of the Kaltenborn-Evjenth Orthopedic Manipulative Therapy and the Conventional Physical Therapy that influence changes in pain and range of motion when those therapies are applied to patients with temporomandibular pint movement restriction. The subjects of the study were 30 randomly selected patients who had been diagnosed with temporomandibular pint movement restriction and had endured pain for more than two weeks. These patients had visited one of three hospitals in Pyongchon 00 Hospital. The subjects were divided into two groups with 15 patients each. The Kaltenborn-Evjenth Orthopedic Manipulative Therapy was applied to one group and the Conventional Physical Therapy was applied to the other group, once a day for three days. Then, the pain perception degree was measured by using the Visual Analogue Scale(VAS) and a digital device(Absolute Digimatic) measured the range of motion for each group. The average and standard errors were calculated for each measured items and a paired t-test was used for identifying significance in the differences in the pain perception degree and the range of motion between the two groups according to therapy. The significant level was set as ${\alpha}=0.05$. The changes in the pain perception degree were statistically significant in both groups; however, the group that received Kaltenborn-Evjenth Orthopedic Manipulative Therapy(KE-Group) showed more significant changes in a decrease in the pain perception degree than did the group that received the Conventional Physical Therapy(CPT-Group). Both groups showed significant results regarding changes in the range of motion: however, the KE-Group showed more of a significant difference in the average of the range of motion than did the CPT-Group(p<0.001). Comparing the changes in the range of motion between the two groups, the KE-Group showed a significant result which means that the KE-Group had a higher therapy effect than did the CPT-Group(p<0.05). Based on the results of this study, we found that the Kaltenborn-Evjenth Orthopedic Manipulative Therapy decreased pain and increased the range of motion. With such findings, we expect that the Kartenborn-Evjenth Orthopedic Manipulative Therapy can be used as an effective treatment method for patients with tempomrnandibular pint movement restriction and that the treatment period can be reduced with this therapy as well.

• 대한물리의학회지
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.85-94
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• 2020

PURPOSE: This study examined the effects of the meridian muscle release technique on the pain and functional movement of patients with myofascial pain syndrome (MPS) of the shoulder joint. METHODS: The subjects of this study included 45 patients with MPS of the shoulder joint. The subjects were divided randomly into the following groups; the meridian muscle release technique group (n=15), the Graston technique group (n=15), and the control group (n=15). Both the meridian muscle release group and the Graston technique group received conventional therapy for 35 minutes initially and were then treated using the meridian muscle releases technique and Graston technique for 10 minutes, respectively. The control group received only conventional therapy for 35 minutes. All three groups underwent treatments three times a week for four weeks. Each subject was evaluated randomly using the VAS, PPT, SPADI and ROM both before and after treatment. RESULTS: The Graston technique group showed a significantly more substantial increase in functional movement (p<.05) than the meridian muscle release technique and control groups. The meridian muscle release technique group had significantly less pain (p<.05) compared to the Graston technique and control groups. CONCLUSION: These findings suggest that the meridian muscle release technique can be useful for decreasing pain and increasing the functional movement of patients with MPS of the shoulder joint.

• 대한치과보철학회지
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• 제57권1호
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• pp.42-48
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• 2019

하악 편측에 소수의 잔존치만 있는 증례에서 통상적인 국소의치로 수복하는 경우에 충분한 유지 및 저항을 얻기 어렵고, 무치악 치조제의 흡수에 따른 의치의 안정성 저하로 인해 잔존지대치에 유해한 힘이 가해질 것으로 예상된다. 이러한 경우에 다수의 임플란트를 이용한 고정성 보철로 수복하게 되면 여러 가지 장점이 있을 수 있으나, 해부학적, 경제적 요인에 의해 치료 방법으로 선택이 제한될 수 있다. 이에, 적은 수의 임플란트를 전략적 위치에 식립하여 임플란트 보조 국소의치(Implant-assisted removable partial denture, IARPD)의 제작을 대안으로 고려해 볼 수 있다. 본 증례보고에서는 전통적인 가철성 국소의치만으로는 적절한 지지, 유지, 안정이 어려운 두 임상증례에서 소수의 임플란트를 전략적 위치에 식립하고 로케이터(Locator) 부착장치를 적용하여 3년간 경과관찰을 통해 좋은 임상 결과를 확인하였기에 이를 보고하고자 한다.

• 구강회복응용과학지
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• 제37권3호
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• pp.147-156
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• 2021

완전 무치악 환자의 구강 회복은 통상적 총의치, 하이브리드 보철물, 임플란트 지지 고정성 보철물 등 다양한 치료 옵션을 통해 이루어질 수 있다. 전악 임플란트 고정성 보철 수복의 경우 가철성 수복과 비교해 최종적인 보철물의 형태를 고려하여 정확한 위치에 임플란트를 식립해야 한다는 어려움이 따른다. 본 증례에서는 치아우식과 만성 치주염으로 전악 발거를 요하는 환자의 전악 임플란트 고정성 수복을 진행하였다. 임플란트 식립 단계에서 최종 보철물 형태를 고려하여 제작된 수술용 가이드를 이용하여 원하는 위치에 임플란트를 식립 하였으며 고정성 임시 수복물 단계에서 수정 및 재제작을 통해 기능과 심미를 평가하였다. 이렇게 제작된 임시 수복물을 바탕으로 금속 도재관의 최종 수복물을 장착하였다. 나사 풀림 및 도재 파절 등의 합병증에 대처하기 위해 구치부의 경우 나사 유지형 보철물, 전치부는 나사 시멘트 유지형 보철물로 제작하였다. 그 결과 환자는 최종 보철물 장착 후 기능적 심미적 측면에서 개선된 예후를 보였다.