A jaw fracture is a broken upper or lower jaw bone. Symptoms of a broken jaw include: Infections in or around the jaw area may also cause throbbing or pulsating pain in your jaw. Your discomfort ...

Osteomyelitis, a bone infection caused by bacterial or fungal spread, leads to painful swelling and potential bone loss if untreated. It risks people with chronic illnesses, injuries, or ...

Clinicians have successfully used custom-made 3D printed bone scaffolds, printed on-site at The University of Queensland, to rebuild part of a man's jawbone. Professor Saso Ivanovski from UQ's ...

The hyoid bone is a small horseshoe-shaped bone located in the front of your neck. It sits between the chin and the thyroid cartilage and is instrumental in the function of swallowing and tongue ...

A rare but serious complication of bisphosphonates and denosumab is osteonecrosis of the jaw, a condition that makes part of the jaw bone break down. People assigned female at birth and treated with ...

A man with a huge tumor on his jaw finally got life-changing surgery, after it got so big he almost couldn't eat or speak.

Clinicians at the school of dentistry have successfully used custom-made 3D printed bone scaffolds in staged alveolar bone augmentation to help rebuild part of a man’s jawbone. The hope is that the ...

According to the University of Queensland, clinicians have successfully used custom-made 3D printed bone scaffolds – printed on-site at the university – to rebuild part of a man’s jawbone. Professor ...

Dental overcrowding occurs when there isn't sufficient space in the jaw for all the teeth to align properly. This can impede orthodontic treatments aimed at straightening teeth. To create space and ...

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A HEALTHY 78-year-old man went to his dentist with a wobbly lower left pre-molar, hoping for a quick fix. After evaluating the situation, the dentist decided the best course of action was to ...