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The nonsurgical treatment of microstomia in scleroderma: A pilot study

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A 6-month clinical trial with nine scleroderma patients compared two exercise programs for the nonsurgical treatment of the decreased oral opening, finding that some reversal of this condition may be achieved with the aid of this new nonsurgical exercise program.
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This article is published in Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology.The article was published on 1984-05-01. It has received 79 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Microstomia.

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Analysis of the oral manifestations of systemic sclerosis (scleroderma).

TL;DR: Diseased, missing, and filled surfaces, mobile teeth, and periodontal disease were more prevalent in patients with systemic sclerosis than control subjects and the intercommissural distance, the interincisal distance, and the maximum oral aperture were reduced.
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Effects of a nonsurgical exercise program on the decreased mouth opening in patients with systemic scleroderma

TL;DR: It is suggested that regular application of the proposed exercise program may be useful in the management of microstomia in SSD patients.
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Analysis of the oral manifestations of systemic sclerosis

TL;DR: Of the 10 cases investigated by electron microscopy, all but one showed a thickening of the capillary basal lamina, lamellar arrangement within the basement membrane, or capillary endothelial vacuolization, showing that capillary vascular lesion is present in the early cases and that vascular injury affects even those tissues that do not seem to be evidently involved by clinical examination.
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Recommendations for the care of oral involvement in patients with systemic sclerosis

TL;DR: To review the literature and collect expert advice for proposing preventive and curative treatments of mouth and dental involvement in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc; scleroderma).
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Musculoskeletal rehabilitation in the person with scleroderma.

TL;DR: Although the results from these small studies are promising, larger, randomized controlled studies are needed to fully determine the effectiveness of rehabilitation techniques for persons with scleroderma.
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Primer on the rheumatic diseases.

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Bone resorption of the mandible in progressive systemic sclerosis.

TL;DR: Five of 16 patients with progressive systemic sclerosis were found to have bone resorption at the angle of the mandible, which is closely related to the tightness of the skin of the face, atrophy of the masseter and pterygoid muscles, small size of the oral orifice, and a significantly high frequency in blacks.
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