scholarly journals Neuropathic pain after a dental procedure in an older adult with Alzheimer’s disease: a case report

2021 ◽  
Vol 69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erica Negrini LIA ◽  
Marco Polo Dias FREITAS ◽  
Lucas Fernando TABATA ◽  
Fabiano MALUF ◽  
Sergio Bruzadelli MACEDO
Keyword(s):  
Alzheimer’S Disease ◽  
Alzheimer's Disease ◽  
Neuropathic Pain ◽  
Case Report ◽  
Older Adult ◽  
Dental Implant ◽  
Oral Rehabilitation ◽  
Implant Placement ◽  
Geriatric Conditions ◽  
Direct Injury

ABSTRACT Neuropathic pain occurs when there is damage to nervous system structures, particularly as a result of direct injury or disease. It can occur in the orofacial territory after dental implants placement. Oral rehabilitation is often performed with dental implant placement for older adults. However, the general health status should be considered, requiring a careful assessment of the patient and the identification of geriatric conditions that could lead to predictable failures. The purpose of this case report is to present the diagnosis and treatment of neuropathic pain after dental implant placement in an older adult with dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease.

scholarly journals A Case Report of a 37-Year-Old Alzheimer's Disease Patient with Prominent Striatum Amyloid Retention

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 521 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoo Hyun Um ◽  
Woo Hee Choi ◽  
Won Sang Jung ◽  
Young Ha Park ◽  
Chang-Uk Lee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alzheimer’S Disease ◽  
Alzheimer's Disease ◽  
Case Report ◽  
Disease Patient

scholarly journals Working Memory and the Enactment Effect in Early Alzheimer’s Disease

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lara A. Charlesworth ◽  
Richard J. Allen ◽  
Suzannah Morson ◽  
Wendy K. Burn ◽  
Celine Souchay
Keyword(s):  
Alzheimer’S Disease ◽  
Alzheimer's Disease ◽  
Working Memory ◽  
Free Recall ◽  
Older Adult ◽  
Memory Task ◽  
Enactment Effect ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Instruction Sequences ◽  
Early Alzheimer’S Disease

This study examines the enactment effect in early Alzheimer’s disease using a novel working memory task. Free recall of action-object instruction sequences was measured in individuals with Alzheimer’s disease (n=14) and older adult controls (n=15). Instruction sequences were read out loud by the experimenter (verbal-only task) or read by the experimenter and performed by the participants (subject-performed task). In both groups and for all sequence lengths, recall was superior in the subject-performed condition than the verbal-only condition. Individuals with Alzheimer’s disease showed a deficit in free recall of recently learned instruction sequences relative to older adult controls, yet both groups show a significant benefit from performing actions themselves at encoding. The subject-performed task shows promise as a tool to improve working memory in early Alzheimer’s disease.

scholarly journals Successful Combination Therapy of Trazodone and Fluvoxamine for Pica in Alzheimer's Disease: A Case Report

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tadashi Kanamori ◽  
Yoshiyuki Kaneko ◽  
Kouju Yamada ◽  
Masahiro Suzuki
Keyword(s):  
Alzheimer’S Disease ◽  
Alzheimer's Disease ◽  
Case Report ◽  
Drug Therapy ◽  
Combination Therapy ◽  
Frontotemporal Dementia ◽  
Late Stage ◽  
Daytime Sleepiness ◽  
Extrapyramidal Symptoms ◽  
Common Drug

Pica in Alzheimer's disease (AD) makes it difficult for caregivers to provide care. However, few effective medications have been reported for pica in AD. We report a case of AD with pica that was successfully improved by trazodone and fluvoxamine. An 80-year-old woman with AD was admitted to our hospital due to aggravated pica, including eating weeds in the facility's garden and eating a dishwashing sponge. Her pica was accompanied by oral tendency, prosopagnosia, and placidity. She took rivastigmine and memantine, but these were ineffective for her pica. She was given olanzapine and perospirone, but both were discontinued due to over-sedation and severe extrapyramidal symptoms, respectively. We then administered trazodone and fluvoxamine, both of which have demonstrated effectiveness for pica in frontotemporal dementia (FTD). Her pica behaviors then disappeared without daytime sleepiness. In this case, pica with oral tendency, which was accompanied by prosopagnosia and placidity, may be interpreted as a partial symptom of Klüver–Bucy syndrome (KBS). KBS is often seen in FTD, but also occurs in late-stage AD. Our case together with previous reports showing that trazodone and fluvoxamine were effective for pica in FTD suggest that the same common drug therapy may be successful in pica with oral tendency, regardless of the subtype of dementia.

scholarly journals Late Onset Alzheimer Dementia in Patients with Genotype E3/E4: A Case Report

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (C) ◽  
pp. 5-9
Author(s):  
Anak Agung Ayu Putri Laksmidewi ◽  
Chiquita Putri Vania Rau
Keyword(s):  
Alzheimer’S Disease ◽  
Alzheimer's Disease ◽  
Case Report ◽  
Mini Mental State Examination ◽  
Late Onset ◽  
Apoe Genotype ◽  
Time Orientation ◽  
Alzheimer Dementia ◽  
The Family ◽  
State Examination

BACKGROUND: Dementia is one of the leading causes of disability and dependence in elderly worldwide. Epidemiological statistics indicate that data show that at about 60–80%, Alzheimer’s is the most common type of dementia. Alzheimer’s is also the third-most prominent cause of death in elderly. CASE REPORT: A 72-years-old male patient, complained by the family often forgets about things that have just been done for 3 years ago. According to the family, patient also often discussing the same things repeatedly. Patients tend not to have the initiative to start his daily activities. The family admitted that patient also became often angry and felt suspicious for the last 2 years. From the mini mental state examination showed disturbances in time orientation and recall; from Montreal Cognitive Assessment Ina found disturbances in visuospatial, fluency, abstraction, delayed memory, and time orientation; accompanied by activities of daily living (ADL) and instrumental ADL disorders. Patient also performed a molecular examination of the apolipoprotein E (APOE) genotype and the genotype E3/E4 was detected. CONCLUSION: The function of the APOE gene, in particular APOE4, is the most emphasized genetic relationship in late onset Alzheimer’s disease. It is proposed that blocking the action of APOE4 can delay or stop Alzheimer’s disease progression.

scholarly journals Full Mouth Oral Rehabilitation by Maxillary Implant Supported Hybrid Denture Employing a Fiber Reinforced Material Instead of Conventional PMMA

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ala Hassan A. Qamheya ◽  
Sinem Yeniyol ◽  
Volkan Arısan
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Dental Implant ◽  
Complete Denture ◽  
Fiber Reinforced ◽  
Oral Rehabilitation ◽  
Healthy Life ◽  
Hybrid Prosthesis ◽  
Fiber Reinforced Material ◽  
Sore Mouth

Many people have life-long problems with their dentures, such as difficulties with speaking and eating, loose denture, and sore mouth syndrome. The evolution of dental implant supported prosthesis gives these patients normal healthy life for their functional and esthetic advantages. This case report presents the fabrication of maxillary implant supported hybrid prosthesis by using Nanofilled Composite (NFC) material in teeth construction to rehabilitate a complete denture wearer patient.

P4-372: Cognitive intervention in a variant of Alzheimer's disease: A case report

2011 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. e44-e44
Author(s):  
Jorge Alves ◽  
Rosana Magalhães ◽  
Sara Cruz ◽  
Adriana Sampaio ◽  
Óscar Gonçalves
Keyword(s):  
Alzheimer’S Disease ◽  
Alzheimer's Disease ◽  
Case Report ◽  
Cognitive Intervention

“THE PROSTHODONTIC TREATMENT OF UNFAVOURABLE POSITIONED IMPLANT IN ANTERIOR MAXILLA”- A CASE REPORT.

2021 ◽  
pp. 29-30
Author(s):  
Deepika Sharma ◽  
Tarun Gaur ◽  
Karunakaran Keshav
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Dental Implant ◽  
Treatment Option ◽  
Successful Treatment ◽  
Bone Thickness ◽  
Facial Bone ◽  
Anterior Maxilla ◽  
Implant Placement ◽  
Good Treatment Option ◽  
Implant Treatment

With the advancement in the dental implant treatment, many new innovative improvements have been developed in the designs and components of implants. These improvements helps to handle the compromising situations where sometimes the good treatment option can become more challenging. One of the such grueling condition is implant placement in the anterior maxilla where dentist has to fulll both aesthetic and functional demand. Many aesthetic failures of implant have been reported in the literature in the anterior maxilla. One of them is placing implant in sites with deciency of facial bone thickness which sometimes resulted in malposition of implant. This case report discusses about the prosthodontic correction of malpositioned implant in the anterior maxilla by using castable abutment. The use of castable abutment is concluded as successful treatment option for complex misaligned and malposed single dental implant.

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