박물관은 과거와 함께 현재를 보여줌으로써 미래의 모습을 예견할 수 있다. 과거의 중요한 역사적 자료를 제공해주는 박물관은 그 소장된 내용의 가치를 떠나 중요한 의미를 갖는다고 할 수 있다. 우리나라 치의학 및 의학 박물관과 세계 치의학박물관의 현황에 대해 살펴본다.

ㆍPurpose: This study was performed to investigate the initial conservative treatment for TMD patients using careful counselling and medication prospectively. ㆍMaterials and Methods: Careful counselling and medication were performed in 51 TMD patients and 27 patients had follow-up check 2 months or more. Diagnosis of TMD was based on medical history and, physical and radiographic examination. TMD included masticatory disorder, internal derangement, degenerative joint disease, inflammatory joint disorder. and problems resulting from extrinsic trauma. All patients had chief complaints of TMJ pain, mouth-opening limitation. joint noise, and/or referred pain. We counselled and explained to the patient about the pathogenesis, etiologic factors, diagnosis and treatment plan for abut 10 minutes. We prescribed nonsteroidal anti-inflammatorv analgesic(Somalgen) and amitriptyline 10mg per day for 2 weeks. We informed the patient of the attention sheet and taught self-exercise of jaw. The patient were assessed by answering the questionnaire of subjective evaluation of TMD & maxillofacial pain. Questionnaire of an activity limitation. Questionnaire of a jaw function, and Questionnaire for the evaluation of TMD. ㆍResults: In questionnaire for the evaluation of TMD, 88.5% of 26 patients answered that the treatment was efficacious. 71.4% of 21 patients answered no problem in everyday life. There were significant differences between pretreatment and final follow-up in the evaluation of the subjective pain in the following sections: opening widely, chewing, resting, morning, masticatory muscle, and temporal portion(SAS program, paired T-test, P = 0.05). ㆍConclusions: Considerate counselling and proper medication could be significantly effectve in the initial treatment of TMD.

Osseointegrated dental implants have now become and accepted form of treatment for patients with a fully or partially missing dentition. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the performance of AVANA implant-Korea. A total of 323 AVANA implants were placed at 9 centers in the edentulous and partially edentulous jaws of 88 consecutive patients ranging in age form 18 to 79 years. So we get the clinical results. 1. Both patients (94.4%) & doctors (94%) were satisfied with the results, in patient's aspect 'most satisfaction' case were more common(52%) 2. The length of fixture which was frequently used was 13mm (168/319,44.5%) followed by 15mm and 10mm, and 3.75mm width implant (239/319,74.9%) was the most popularly used. 3. Mandibutar posterior was the most common installation site (140/317.43%) 4. A mean implant survival rate was 96.2%. That showed little difference which reported other paper. Cause of failure consisted of inflammation $ infection-36%, fall of osseointegration-18%, paln during masticatory function-9%. improper prosthetic function $ procedure-9%. 5. The most popularly used types of abutment was the UCLA abutment(168/305,55.5%)

Many teeth have been mistakenly extracted or endodontically treated because of an incorrect diagnosis of orofacial pain including toothache, A case report of persistent toothache originating from a malignant lymphoma of left maxilary sinus is presented. Root canal therapy and extraction of left upper quadrant teeth from canine to second molar did not resolve the chief complaint. The patient was referred to a neurologist and was diagnosed with a malignant lymphoma, a rare lesion of the maxillary sinus. The case stresses the importance of malignant neoplasms of maxillary sinus as a potential etiologic factor in the differential diagnosis of orofacial pain.

새 천년을 여는 이 시대의 화두는 인터넷과 디지털이라 해도 과언이 아닐 것이다. 이에 발맞추어 디지털을 치과 임상에 적용하고자 하는 많은 시도들이 있으며, 특히 치과 방사선 분야에서 다양한 결과들을 실제 임상에서 많이 이용하고 있다. 또한 많은 임상의들이 디지털 카메라를 이용하여 임상사진을 체득하고 활용하려는 시도들을 많이 하고 이용하고 있으나, 디지털 카메라에 대한 정확한 이해 없이 일반 광학 카메라와 동일시 하는 생각으로 수많은 시행착오를 겪고 결국 애써 장만한 디지털 카메라를 사장시키거나 제대로 이용하지 못하는 경우들을 주위에서 많이 보아왔다. 필자도 처음 디지털 카메라를 장만하였을 때 많은 실행착오와 좌절을 경험했지만, 그 동안 수집한 정보를 비교 분석해서 얻어낸 결과와 실제 촬영을 통해 완성시킨 다양한 테크닉을 중심으로 이 글을 서술한다. 디지털 카메라를 소장하고 있거나 구입 의향이 있는 분들에게 유용한 정보가 되기를 바라면 6월과 7월 2회에 걸쳐 본 글을 게재한다.