Investigation of glenoid fossa roof thickness in patients with and without TMJ disorders in a Turkish Subpopulation by Oguzhan Altun, Elif Sobi, Numan Dedeoglu

“…The aim of this study was to evaluate the minimum thickness of the glenoid fossa (GFMT), the discontinuity of the roof of the glenoid fossa, and degenerative bone changes (DBC) using cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT), and to compare these findings between the patients with temporomandibular joint dysfunction (TMD) and patients witout TMD. …”
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Operative Techniques for Cervical Radiculopathy and Myelopathy by R. G. Kavanagh, J. S. Butler, J. M. O'Byrne, A. R. Poynton

“…The use of autograft to achieve cervical fusion is still the gold standard with allograft showing similar results; however fusion techniques are constantly evolving with novel synthetic bone graft substitutes now widely available.…”
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Stratégies de subsistance et analyse culturelle de populations néolithiques de Ligurie : approche par l’étude isotopique (δ13C et δ15N) des restes osseux by Gwenaëlle Le Bras-Goude, Didier Binder, Vincenzo Formicola, Christine Couture-Veschambre, Jean-Jacques Hublin, Isabelle Richards, Henri Duday

“…The presence of human burials and animal remains from various sites from this region allows the use of isotopic methods, and in particular the study of the δ13C and δ15N values of bone collagen, which provides information on the sources of dietary protein. …”
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Endoscopic Removal of a Supernumerary Premolar in the Mandible during a Dental Implant Placement by Víctor Beltrán, Mario Cantín, Eduardo Borie, Ramón Fuentes, Wilfried Engelke

“…In the mandibular supernumerary premolar, a more conservative approach is required because of the presence of complications associated with conventional surgery due to the close proximity of the said premolar to the alveolar inferior and mental nerves, and the need for bone conservation for implant placement. The endoscopic surgical approach has been used for the removal of the maxillary supernumerary tooth, impacted third molar, and implants. …”
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L’ attirail d’un magicien rangé dans une cave de Chartres/Autricum by Dominique Joly, Richard Gordon, Jonathan Simon, William Van Andringa, Stéphane Willerval

“…These objects were hidden in the tiny cellar of a domus collapsed after a fire at the turn of the 1st and 2nd century AD.This set includes three snake-vases, a broad-bladed knife, two oil lamps, fifteen entire vessels (bottles, flasks, plates and jars), a small assortment of carbonised animal bones and smelt glass sherds. Iron and copper-alloy pieces and bone hinges make possible the reconstruction of a casket, a cupboard and probably one or two chests.The text of the turibulum is inscribed from the top to the foot, on four columns divided by vertical lines, each one corresponding to a cardinal direction. …”
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Natural History of Invasive Papillary Breast Carcinoma Followed for 10 Years: A Case Report and Literature Review by Yong Joon Suh, Hyukjai Shin, Tae Jung Kwon

“…However, a whole-body bone scan and 18F-FDG PET/CT showed no evidence of distant metastasis. …”
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Spinal Tuberculosis and Cold Abscess without Known Primary Disease: Case Report and Review of the Literature by Rima Patel, Vedavyas Gannamani, Emily Shay, David Alcid

“…Extrapulmonary tuberculosis (TB) is uncommon but not rare. Bone and joint involvement constitute about 10% of extrapulmonary TB cases, with the spine being the most frequently affected site. …”
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Unmasking of normocalcemic primary hyperparathyroidism after sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitor initiation by Christodoulos Dolapsakis, Emmanouil Karofylakis, Stamatios Chalvatzis

“…Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors have complex interactions with bone metabolism, including an increase in parathyroid hormone (PTH) levels. …”
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The Value of Large Sections in Surgical Pathology by Maria P. Foschini, Chiara Baldovini, Yuko Ishikawa, Vincenzo Eusebi

“…Similarly LS have been used to study neoplastic, inflammatory, and degenerative diseases affecting various organs, as brain, lung, gastrointentinal tract, bone, urinary tract, prostate, and placenta. Currently LS are mostly applied to diagnostic routine to better stage tumours such as prostate and breast carcinomas or to correlate radiologic imaging to gross specimens. …”
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Pitfalls in the Diagnosis of Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma with a Small Cell Pattern by Rowan L. Grigoropoulos, Penny Wright, Mars B. van t'Veer, Mike A. Scott, George A. Follows

“…In this report, we describe our diagnostic work-up for one such case using blood, lymph node, and bone marrow aspirate samples, highlighting the variability of antigen expression seen in different sample types and methodologies. …”
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Diagnosis of diastematomyelia associated with tethered cord in an adult patient. A case report by Masleidy Valladares Valle, Juan Ibrahim García Leonard, Martha Yudey Rodríguez Pino

“…Diastematomyelia is a division of the medullar cord, in a variable length, by a bony, fibrous or extradural bone septum. This form of dysraphia is associated with other spinal malformations. …”
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Investigations sur une crise de mortalité à Boulogne-sur-Mer (Pas-de-Calais, XVIIIe s.). Hypothèses d’interprétation by Dominique Castex, Hélène Réveillas

“…The simultaneity of the bone deposits, the contemporaneity of the different burial structures and the recurrence of the phenomenon lead us to believe that the site is the result of an abrupt peak in mortality. …”
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Prevalence And Morphometric Analysis Of Fossa Navicularis Magna In Dry Human Skulls by Maria Tasleem, Mohtasham Hina, Fauzia Qureshi, Imtiaz Aslam, Iram Atta, Raafea Tafweez

“… Introduction: Basiocciput is the part of occipital bone present on the inferior aspect of skull. Fossa Navicularis Magna-an osseous defect is a variation in normal anatomy of basiocciput. …”
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Alveolar Ridge Preservation Using Leukocyte and Platelet-Rich Fibrin: A Report of a Case by Mogammad Thabit Peck, Johan Marnewick, Lawrence Stephen

“…Clinical research has indicated that it improves wound healing and stimulates bone formation. We present a case where L-PRF was successfully used in an ARP procedure to facilitate implant placement in a compromised extraction socket.…”
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Colorectal Metastasis From Lung Adenocarcinoma With Initial Gastrointestinal Symptoms: A Case Report and Literature Review by Yu Xin, Dan Liu, Dan Zang, Yan Sun, Jun Chen

“…LC usually metastasizes from the lungs to the liver, adrenal glands, brain, and bone, but rarely to the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. …”
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Prevalence of Osteoporosis and Its Associated Factors among Older Men with Type 2 Diabetes by Hai-ling Chen, Li-li Deng, Ju-fen Li

“…We enrolled 93 old men (≥60 years of age) with T2DM and 125 healthy old men (controls) and collected data of their lifestyle, medical history, bone densitometry, body weight, height, and blood pressure. …”
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Monoclonal Gammopathy of Renal Significance with Deposits of Peculiar Morphology and Injuries of Secondary Thrombotic Microangiopathy: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by José C. De La Flor, Marina Alonso, Edna Sandoval, Alexander Marschall, Miguel Rodeles

“…We present the case of an 82-year-old woman diagnosed with monoclonal gammopathy of renal significance (MGRS) with the presence of different and peculiar kidney lesions, who began treatment with bortezomib and dexamethasone, presenting during her evolution a relapse. Although the bone marrow biopsy in this case showed plasma cells as pathologic clone and there was also a reduction after chemotherapeutic treatment, rituximab was proposed as a second line. …”
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Vitamin D Intoxication and Nephrocalcinosis in a Young Breastfed Infant by Abdullah Al-Kandari, Hussain Sadeq, Rita Alfattal, Maryam AlRashid, Mayra Alsaeid

“…Vitamin D helps in regulating the calcium and phosphate metabolism leading to a healthy mineral and bone development. Vitamin D intoxication is an uncommon event that leads to hypercalcemia which can be associated with both immediate and late morbidities that can cause severe renal complications. …”
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Development of Starch-Based Bioplastic from Jackfruit Seed by Trieu Khoa Nguyen, Nguyen Thy Ton That, Nien Thi Nguyen, Ha Thi Nguyen

“…A cutting tool for ASTM D412 type A standard tensile testing specimen was then designed and fabricated. Using these dog-bone specimens, tensile results showed that the hardness of the fabricated bioplastic was positively proportional to the ratio of the starch. …”
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Eneolitization of the Forest Steppe Volga Region: cultural evolution or migration? by Arkadii I. Korolev

“…The data from the study of ceramics, stone, bone, metal tools, anthropological and archeozoological materials, radiocarbon dating were used. …”
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