Solitary neurofibroma of the incisive nerve: a case report and immunohistochemical study

The neurofibroma in oral cavity is typically associated with neurofibromatosis. The solitary neurofibroma is commonly observed in skin. It is relatively rare in oral cavity and usually observed in the tongue, buccal mucosa, and vestibule. The rare types of solitary neurofibromas have been reported as a case report and they were in the inferior alveolar nerve, infratemporal fossa, maxilla, and palatal ginviva. In our hospital, the presented case was the first case as reported as solitary neurofibroma in the oral cavity. The prognosis after excision and the review of literatures were presented.

A reserch on the basis of questionnaires about common people's understanding of the dental implant

The techniques of the dental treatment are well known to common people, but the dental implant as one of the treatment options to rehabilitate patient's mouth is little known to them. Taking these situation into consideration, we, writers made actual analyses of statistics by putting into the form of diagrams based on questionnaires. Three hundreds of common people over 20 years old were picked up and we used convenience sampling method which is one of nonprobability sampling methods Statistics are about these questions. 1. How much common people know about dental implant as a treatment option. 2. How much common people know about the detailed portions of the dental implant for rehabilitaton. 3. How common people got to know the dental implant. We present actual answers of the common people.