Infected Facial Tissue Fillers Caused by Dental Infection

Injectable dermal fillers are widely used for facial rejuvenation; they help reshape the facial contours by treating volume loss due to aging changes. Facial fillers may become infected following a dental infection. In this report, we present a case of a 44-year-old female patient who presented with a swelling in her upper right buccal region following dental treatment of her second maxillary right premolar. After a thorough history, clinical, and radiological examinations, the diagnosis of infected dermal filler was made. The lesion was treated by association of two antibiotics (ciprofloxacin IM and clindamycin tablets 300 mg), and a complete healing was observed two months after the end of the dental treatments.

Novel open-source 3D-printed eye mount (TEMPO) for the ophthalmology wet lab

ObjectiveProcuring an affordable eye mount that can stabilise a cadaveric eye and simulate a patient’s normal facial contours represents an ongoing challenge in the ophthalmology simulation wet lab, with notable limitations to all currently available commercial options. This project uses computer-assisted design and three-dimensional (3D)-printing techniques to tackle these challenges for ophthalmologic surgical training.Methods and AnalysisProof-of-concept study. Using Autodesk Fusion 360, we designed and 3D-printed a modular device that consists of 11 pieces forming a head structure. Standard OR tubing and syringes were adapted to create an adjustable-suction system to affix cadaveric eyes. Further modular inserts were customised to house non-cadaveric simulation eyes.ResultsThree-dimensional eye mount for procedures in ophthalmology (TEMPO) reliably fixed a cadaveric eye in stable position throughout surgical manipulation. Trainees were able to drape and practice appropriate hand positioning while corneal suturing. Overall, this model was affordable, at a cost of approximately $C200 to print. The modular nature renders individual pieces convenient for replacement and customisable to simulate regional anatomical variation and accommodate non-cadaveric eyes.ConclusionsTEMPO represents an affordable, high-fidelity alternative to existing commercially available eye mounts. It reliably fixates cadaveric and simulation eyes and provides an enhanced surgical training experience by way of its realistic facial contours. It is released as an open-source computer-aided design file, customisable to interested trainees with appropriate software and 3D-printing capacity.

Facial Expression Recognition with Appearance Based Features of Facial Landmarks

Artificial intelligence technology has been trying to bridge the gap between humans and machines. The latest development in this technology is Facial recognition. Facial recognition technology identifies the faces by co-relating and verifying the patterns of facial contours. Facial recognition is done by using Viola-Jones object detection framework. Facial expression is one of the important aspects in recognizing human emotions. Facial expression also helps to determine interpersonal relation between humans. Automatic facial recognition is now being used very widely in almost every field, like marketing, health care, behavioral analysis and also in human-machine interaction. Facial expression recognition helps a lot more than facial recognition. It helps the retailers to understand their customers, doctors to understand their patients, and organizations to understand their clients. For the expression recognition, we are using the landmarks of face which are appearance-based features. With the use of an active shape model, LBP (Local Binary Patterns) derives its properties from face landmarks. The operation is carried out by taking into account pixel values, which improves the rate of expression recognition. In an experiment done using previous methods and 10-fold cross validation, the accuracy achieved is 89.71%. CK+ Database is used to achieve this result.

Multidisciplinary Approach to Rehabilitation after Tumor Resective Jaw Surgery: A 9-Year Follow-Up

A 36-year-old male patient presented at the Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital Clinic Zagreb in December 2010 due to a swelling of the left body of the mandible that was noticed 4 months earlier. The patient was referred regarding an atypical clinical and radiological finding in the form of a multicystic appearance in the corpus of the left mandible and teeth mobility in the same region. A probatory biopsy was performed under local anesthesia and sent for histopathologic examination which reported odontogenic myxoma. The tumor was removed with a marginal resection of the mandible from the left first incisor to the left second molar. Two years after surgery, in January 2013, the patient was referred to the oral surgeons for implant-prosthodontic rehabilitation. Two narrow implants were placed at positions 32 and 36, and three months afterwards, implant-retained denture was made using locator connections to compensate lost teeth and to correct the ratio of soft tissues and facial contours. The patient was followed-up for 9 years without any functional and aesthetic problems. Loosing function and aesthetic morbidity, after radical surgical treatment, often have compromised the quality of life of this group of patients. It is important to highlight the need for multidisciplinary collaboration for the complete rehabilitation of the patient after surgical oncology of the maxillofacial region.

Dermal Filler types, Effect on soft tissue and Life Style correlation

One of the most common manifestation in our time, especially among girls, is those procedures on the skin or maintaining or to modify some of the changes in the skin, such as those that come due to aging or any other cosmetic reasons. Fillers and Botox are two of the most popular procedures. Dermal fillers are effective treatments used to soften and reduce wrinkles and deep lines, fill out the cheeks and smooth facial contours. There are four main types of injectable dermal fillers, including fat, collagen, hyaluronic acid, and microsphere-containing carriers of another material such as polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA). So that to understand any type of injection, it is important to look at its history for valuable lessons and for successful progress. Honestly, it is very interesting to see what and where the world gets in the last 40 years of injectable. Today, we will be examining the brief history of dermal fillers from their bovine collagen roots, to the advanced fillers that are available today. In this review, we aimed to show some types of dermal fillers including a variety of its complication in soft tissue. Also, we try to correlate the factor of lifestyle with its variant effects.

The Facial Shapes in Planning the Treatment with Injectable Fillers

Introduction The facial beauty is not easy to define, yet it is paramount to assess the needs of each patient to propose an appropriate treatment plan that will provide beautification or rejuvenation in a natural-looking fashion.One of the beauty aspects easily recognized is the face shape, which can give a perception of age, gender, and attractiveness, and reflects the facial anatomical structure. Because addressing the structure of the face is the basis for the aesthetic approach with dermal fillers, we find the identification of the patient’s face shape to be a very good starting point in the facial assessment. Objective To discuss important aspects of facial beauty, the characteristics of the different facial shapes (oval, heart, round, and angular), and a method of planning the aesthetic treatment with injectable fillers based on the strengths and weaknesses of each morphology of the face, that is called the AB face technique. Methods In this study, we describe seven clinical cases: two cases each of oval, heart, and round, and one case of angular shape. Results The evaluation of the face shape can help us define the priorities of the aesthetic approach, determining the areas that need to be restored in the aging face, as well as which areas could be enhanced in the younger patient. Conclusion This approach can be helpful in proposing the aesthetic treatment plan with injectable fillers to provide beautification, rejuvenation, and enhancement of the facial structure, which may benefit facial contours through aging.

The Development of an Identification Photo Booth System based on a Deep Learning Automatic Image Capturing Method

With advances in technology, photo booths equipped with automatic capturing systems have gradually replaced the identification (ID) photo service provided by photography studios, thereby enabling consumers to save a considerable amount of time and money. Common automatic capturing systems employ text and voice instructions to guide users in capturing their ID photos; however, the capturing results may not conform to ID photo specifications. To address this issue, this study proposes an ID photo capturing algorithm that can automatically detect facial contours and adjust the size of captured images. The authors adopted a deep learning method (You Only Look Once) to detect the face and applied a semi-automatic annotation technique of facial landmarks to find the lip and chin regions from the facial region. In the experiments, subjects were seated at various distances and heights for testing the performance of the proposed algorithm. The experimental results show that the proposed algorithm can effectively and accurately capture ID photos that satisfy the required specifications.

Abordagem Full Face para Harmonização Orofacial – relato de caso

The aging process involves physical, social, and psychological changes. With the increase in life expectancy, the demand for aesthetic treatments is increasingly noticed in the search for harmonious and slower aging. This article reports a clinical case of a 42-year-old female patent complaining of onset of skin flaccidity and fall of the labial commissure, in additon to a tired and saddened appearance - known as “Sad Look”. A combination of common procedures in Orofacial Harmonization such as application of botulinium toxin, filling with plasma gel and filling with hyaluronic acid were used as a rejuvenation objective. The main results obtained were the reestablishment of the balance of muscular strength, the stimulation of collagen production and consequently the improvement of skin quality and lessen flaccidity, as well as the the return of volume and lost facial contours.

Nova terapêutca rejuvenescedora: bioestmuladores de colágeno

Aging is a natural process of the human body. To reduce the signs, several compounds are used that promote the improvement of facial contours, including collagen biostimulators, which act by improving wrinkles, expression lines and facial flaccidity (facial lifiting). Twenty-four scientific articles were used, which fit the following words 'poly-l-lactico', 'radiesse', 'elanse', 'face', and 'rejuvenation', from the platforms PubMed, Scielo and Lilacs in exclusion criteria of 10 years. Sculpra, Ellansé and Radiesse, the main biostimulators in the Brazilian market were presented and also the main characteristics of each one were shown, such as history of the compound, function, action in the organism, method of application, contraindication and adverse reactions and their differences, which guide the choice of material by the professional. The search for aesthetic, non-invasive procedures, in order to circumvent the signs of aging, has been gradually increasing, with this, so we observe the therapy with collagen biostimulators in the Brazilian market, whose main types are Sculpra, Radiesse and Ellansé, which act by stimulating collagen synthesis, and that have all their particularities.