• Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.155-162
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• 2001

This is a clinical study on patients who had visitied the Emergency Room of Pusan National University Hospital and then been treated in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery during recent 5 years, from 1992 to 1996. The results were as follow ; 1. The total number of patients was 2,680 and the ratio of male to female was 1.96:1, The highest monthly incidence was shown in September(12.1%) and October(10.5%) and the age distribution peaks was the third decade(24.3%), followed by the first(23.1%) and the fourth decade(17.2%). 2. Soft tissue injury group(29.1%) was the most prevalent, followed by tooth injury group(16.1%), facial bone injury group (16.0%), toothache group(11.2%), socket bleeding group(11.1%), infection group(9.8%) and TMJ dislocation group(5.9%). 3. The percentage of in-patients and out-patient were 21.6% and 78.4%, respectively. The frequent causes of admission were facial bone fracture(73.8%), infection(20.8%) and soft tissue injury(4.8%) in order. However, soft tissue injury was the most frequent cause in out-patient, followed by tooth injury(20.5%), toothache(14.3%), socket bleeding(14.2%) and TMJ dislocation(7.6%). 4. In the facial bone injury group, the mandibular fractures(70.6%) showed the highest incidence, followed by zygomatic bone and arch fractures(7.5%), maxillary bone fractures(4.0%) and nasal bone fractures(4.0%). 5. In the mandibular bone fracture, the most common location was symphysis(36.7%), followed by the mandibular angles(33.1%) and the condyles(21.8%). 6. The common causes of facial bone fractures were violence, fall and traffic accident in order. 7. The common causes of soft tissue injury were fall down, fight and traffic accident in order and the highest incidence was observed in infants before the age of 10 years(44.0%). 8. In the group of tooth injury, tooth luxation(38.5%) showed the highest incidence followed by tooth fracture(33.2%) and tooth loss(17.1%). The common causes of tooth injury were fall, fight and traffic accident in order. 9. In infected patients group, the ratio of in-patients to out-patients was 1 : 1.28, Buccal(24,7%) and infraorbital space abscess(23.3%) showed the highest incidence. 10. The pain caused by dental caries(39.0%) and pericoronitis(26.6%) showed high incidence in the toothache group. 11. The high incidence was observed during third(34.0%) and fourth (24.5%) decades in TMJ dislocation group. 12. In the group of socket bleeding patients, 92% was post-operative hemorrhage and 8% was accompanied with other systemic hemorrhagic diseases.

• Journal of Dental Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.61-65
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• 2016

Intubation may lead to several dental complications. Furthermore, a tooth damaged during intubation may be subsequently dislocated. In the present case, the upper primary incisor was avulsed during intubation and, unbeknownst to the anesthesiologist, displaced to the larynx. We report here on the findings and indicate appropriate treatment. Intubation for general anesthesia in children can result in tooth damage and/or dislocation of primary teeth with subsequent root resorption. Prevention is key, and thus it is critical to evaluate the patient's dental status before and after intubation. Furthermore, anesthesiologists and dentists should pay close attention to this risk to prevent any avulsed, dislocated, or otherwise displaced teeth from remaining undetected and subsequently causing serious complications.

• Journal of Trauma and Injury
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.15-21
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• 2023

Purpose: Dental avulsion injuries have a poor prognosis that largely depends on the immediate steps taken to manage the avulsed tooth. A lack of knowledge about the initial management can lead to tooth loss, with further adverse implications for esthetics, phonetics, and overall growth and function. Hence, the present study aimed to assess parents' knowledge regarding dental avulsion and the variables associated with their knowledge of avulsion injuries. Methods: A series of closed-ended questions on parents' knowledge regarding avulsion, such as immediate management, storage media, handling, and urgency of visiting the dentist, was asked. Univariate associations between the outcomes were assessed using the Pearson chi-square test. The chisquare goodness-of-fit test was used to check whether the sample data were representative of the population. Results: In total, 211 mothers and 149 fathers were included, of whom 46.7% had experienced dental trauma during their own childhood. Sixty-one percent of mothers believed that they knew everything necessary about tooth avulsion and its management. A significant number of participants who thought that they had a good level of knowledge about avulsion chose water, tissue, or paper wrap to transport the tooth, and preferred tap water, alcohol, or antiseptic to clean the avulsed tooth. Conclusions: Both mothers and fathers had poor knowledge about tooth avulsion, indicating that there is an immediate need for educational programs focusing on this issue. Since a substantial proportion of participants believed incorrect information, it is vital to disseminate accurate information.

• Journal of Korean Dental Science
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.10-14
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• 2008

The fracture of facial bone usually accompanies alveolar bone fracture and dislocation or fracture of teeth. Thus, aside from the reduction of fracture, the reconstruction of occlusion through the rehabilitation of lost teeth should be considered. The dislocation of tooth after trauma accompanying alveolar bone fracture needs bone grafting in case of implant treatment. Although autogenous bone graft shows good prognosis, it has the disadvantage of requiring a secondary surgery. This is a case of a mandibular condyle head fracture accompanied by alveolar bone fracture. The condylar head fragment removed during open reduction was grafted to the alveolar bone fracture site, thereby foregoing the need for secondary surgery.

• Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.185-189
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• 2011

Tooth impaction represents the stop of eruption by clinical and radiographical disturbance in eruption path or the dislocation of tooth germ. The most common factor in tooth eruption disorders are spacial deficiency with other causes reported to be odontogenic tumors, periodontal ligament injury, etc. Impaction of the mandibular second molar is relatively rare and reported in about 3 out of 1,000 people. Because the second molars tend to erupt in a mesial direction, this situation can lead to serious problems if untreated, including dental caries, periodontal disease and root resorption of the first molar. Treatment of this problem includes, surgical repositioning and orthodontic forced eruption. Because each procedure have the definite advantages and disadvantages, and influenced by circumferential environment, these have limits for successfu1 recovery as independent treatment. In a case at St. Mary's Hospital, we performed successful correction of a horizontal impacted mandibular second molar using a miniplate skeletal anchorage system. We introduce this treatment as a valid method for an impacted second molar and consider a oromaxillofacial surgeon's role in tooth movement treatment.

• Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
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• 제37권2호
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• pp.137-141
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• 2011

The extraction of an impacted third molar tooth is associated with many complications during the procedure and postoperative care. These complications include bleeding, swelling, pain, infection, as well as root fracture, proximal tooth injury, alveolar bone fracture, lingual nerve and inferior alveolar nerve injury etc. With the exception of a fractured root dislocation in the submandibular space, no direct submandibular gland injury related to extraction surgery has been reported until now. A 40 year old man visited the department of oromaxillofacial surgery at Yeouido St. Mary's Hospital for an extraction of the right mandible third molar. A partial third molar impaction was diagnosed by a clinical and radiographic examination. A surgical tooth extraction was practiced including buccal cortical bone osteotomy. During socket curettage, an encapsulated cyst-like lesion and a verified $3{\times}3\;cm$ neoplasm in the apically lingual direction were found during process of dissection. A biopsy confirmed that the neoplasm involved the submandibular gland and nerve trunk. This unusual anatomical organ injury during the surgical tooth extraction procedure is reported as a new complication during impacted third molar extraction.

• 대한소아치과학회지
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.275-280
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• 2009

치근단 낭은 염증 등에 의한 자극으로 치수가 실활되어 치근단에 있는 상피로부터 형성되는 낭종으로 주된 기원은 말라세즈 상피판사이지만 치은열구 상피나 상악동 이장 상피 누공의 싱피에 의한 것도 보고 되었다. 구강악안면 영역에서 가장 흔히 발생되는 낭종의 하나이지만 유치열기에서의 발생 빈도는 낮은 것으로 알려져 있다. 악골 내의 치성 낭종든 크기가 커지면서 주위 조직의 파괴나 구조의 변형을 초래할 수 있으며 유치의 경우에서는 후속 영구치배의 변위를 유발할 수 있다. 이런 큰 크기의 치성 낭종을 외과적으로 제거하면 해부학적 구조의 손상 및 안모의 변형, 치아 흡수, 신경손상 등의 후유증을 일으킬 수 있으므로 조대술이나 감압술 후 적출하는 술식이 권장되고 있다. 이 증례는 하악 우측 부위의 동통을 주소로 연세대학교 치과대학병원 소아치과에 내원한 8세 남아로, 임상 및 방사선학적 검사 결과 치수치료 후 기성금속관의 수복을 시행한 하악 우측 제1유구치와 치근단 하방에 방사선투과성 병변과 견치와 제1소구치의 변위를 발견하였다. 병소가 있는 하악 우측 제1유구치를 발거하였고, 조직학적 검사에서 치근단 낭으로 진단되었다. 감압술 및 공간유지장치를 시행하고 병소의 크기 변화와 하악 우측 견치와 제1소구치의 맹출 양상을 정기적으로 관찰한 결과 양호한 치유 양상과 정상적인 맹출을 보였기에 이를 보고하고자 한다.

• Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
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• 제37권6호
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• pp.439-447
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• 2011

Introduction: In today's society, the rapid and appropriate care of the dental emergency patients is much more important. So, a retrospective study on the characteristics of emergency dental injuries and diseases will be very meaningful. Materials and Methods: This retrospective clinical study was carried by reviewing the radiographic films and emergency chart of 11,493 patients who had visited the emergency room of Hallym Sacred heart Hospital and were treated in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery from January 2006 to December 2010. Results: The male to female ratio was 1.9:1. The highest monthly incidence was observed in May (10.4%) and June (8.9%) and the peak age distribution was the first decade (56.0%), followed by the second decade (16.0%). Trauma was the most common cause in dental emergency patients, followed in order by toothache, odontogenic infection, temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disorder and oral hemorrhage. Soft tissue injury was most prevalent in the trauma group, followed by tooth injury and facial bone fractures. In the tooth injury group, tooth fracture (56.7%) showed the highest incidence followed in order by tooth subluxation (18.2%), tooth concussion (16.9%), tooth avulsion (11.5%) and alveolar bone fractures (3.7%). In the facial bone fracture group, mandibular fractures (81.8%) showed the highest incidence followed in order by maxilla fractures (15.7%), nasal bone fractures (9.0%), zygomaticomaxillary complex fractures (5.4%), orbital bone fractures (2.5%). In mandibular bone fractures, the most common location was the symphysis (70.1%), followed in order by the mandibular angle (33.0%), mandibular condyle (22.8%) and mandibular body (13.6%). In the infection group, a submandibular space abscess (46.2%) was most common followed in order by a buccal space abscess (17.4%), canine space abscess (16.9%) and submental space abscess (12.3%). TMJ dislocation (89.3%) showed the highest incidence in the TMJ disorder group, followed by TMJ derangement (10.7%). In the other group, a range of specific symptoms due to post operation complications, trigeminal neuralgia, chemical burns and foreign body aspiration were reported. Conclusion: For the rapid and appropriate care of the dental emergency patients, well-organized system should be presented in oral and maxillofacial surgery. And it is possible under analysis of pattern and the variation of the dental emergency patients.

• 대한소아치과학회지
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• 제38권3호
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• pp.303-308
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• 2011

치아 매복이란 치아 맹출 경로에 존재하는 물리적 장벽으로 인하여 치아 맹출에 장애가 발생하는 것으로, 정상 맹출 시기까지 치아가 맹출하지 못하는 상태를 말한다. 치아 매복의 병인론은 여전히 논쟁의 대상이지만, 치아의 유착이 가장 유력한 원인 요소로 제시되고 있다. 치아 매복은 임상적으로 악궁 내 공간의 소실, 인접치의 경사, 대합치의 정출, 하방에 위치한 치배의 변위, 낭성 변이나 감염 등 다양한 문제점을 야기할 수 있다. 매복된 유구치에 대한 치료로 조기 발거 혹은 공간 소실이 발생한 경우 교정적으로 공간확장술을 시행한 후 외과적 발치를 하는 것이 전통적인 방법으로 여겨져왔다. 그러나 매복된 치아가 정상적인 형태이고 유착되지 않은 경우라면 외과적 노출 후 교정적 견인을 시행하는 방법을 고려할 수 있다. 본 증례는 하악 우측 제2유구치의 미맹출을 주소로 본원에 내원한 3세 9개월 된 남아를 대상으로 매복된 유구치 상방에 존재하는 치은 조직을 절제한 후 교정적 견인을 시행함으로써, 유치열기에 양호한 교합관계를 얻었을 뿐 만 아니라, 이후 정기 검진을 통해 혼합치열기의 올바른 치아배열 및 맹출을 유도하였음을 관찰하였기에 이를 보고하는 바이다.

• 대한소아치과학회지
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.333-338
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• 2008

과잉치란 정상에 비해 많은 수의 치아를 일컫는 것으로 유치열기와 혼합치열기에 발생하며, 여러 가지 임상적 문제를 일으킬 수 있다. 특히 상악 전치부의 과잉치는 상악 전치의 맹출 장애 및 전위, 정중부의 치간 이개, 치근 흡수, 함치성낭종 형성 등의 문제를 유발할 수 있으므로 조기에 진단하고, 과잉치의 위치 및 수, 형태에 따라 적절한 치료를 시행하는 것이 중요하다. 이 증례는 상악 전치부에 네 개의 과잉치가 영구치의 맹출을 방해하고 있는 경우로, 발거 시 합병증을 최소화하기 위하여 두 단계로 나누어 발거하였다. 컴퓨터 단층 촬영에서 네 개의 과잉치가 주위의 영구치 맹출을 방해하고 있었고, 그 중 두 개의 과잉치는 절치 치배에 매우 근접해 있었다. 네 개의 과잉치를 동시에 제거할 경우 영구 치배에 손상을 줄 위험이 있으므로 두 개의 역위 매복된 원추형의 과잉치만 먼저 발거하였다. 남은 두 개의 과잉치는 위치가 변화되기를 기다린 후 두 번째 발거 수술을 시행하여, 주위 절치 치배에 손상을 가하지 않고 치조골 삭제를 적게 하여 합병증 발생을 줄일 수 있었다.