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Filter by:The aim of the study is to accomplish a complete bone status of patients with HPP using new approaches to assess bone quality.
More than 2 million French people suffer from the widespread disability of edentulism, with large consequences on function, nutrition, aesthetics and well-being. Complete denture is a common therapeutic strategy. The immediate complete denture technique consists in placing the denture in the same clinical session as last anterior teeth extractions. With this technique, aesthetic and function are immediately reintroduced and the patient is never left toothless or without any denture. After teeth extractions, alveolar healing process leads to ridge resorption with bone volume modifications and reduction in height and width. However ridge bone volume is an essential factor in removable denture stability. With implantology as an alternative prosthetic strategy, ridge volume is also a most important factor to place dental implants in a situation close to previous dental roots position. In order to preserve bone volume, a current alternative strategy proposes to place bone substitute materials in tooth sockets after extraction. This strategy was never evaluated with the immediate complete denture technique. Hypothesis: A new strategy associating immediate complete denture and bone substitute material is more effective than conventional immediate complete denture in a bone preservation perspective.
The purpose of this study is to find out which way of giving high-dose radiation works best for treatment of cancer that has spread to bone, the spine, soft tissue, or lymph nodes. This study will look at the effects, good and/or bad, of giving 27 Gy in three fractions (3 days) or 24 Gy in one fraction (1 day) using image-guided intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IG-IMRT). IG-IMRT is radiation that is given directly to the cancer site and reduces the exposure to normal tissue. Currently there are no studies that compare the effects of giving radiation in either hypofractionated doses (higher total doses of radiation spread out over several treatment days) or a single-fraction dose (entire radiation dose given in one treatment session). The patient may be asked to participate in an additional part of this study where we will get a a (DW/DCE) MRI before treatment start and within one hour after radiation treatment. If the patient is asked to take part in this portion of the study, all they will need to do is get up to 3 MRIs with standard contrast injection. The purpose of this is to see if as a result of the treatment there are changes in the blood flow going to the cancer which could suggest that the treatment may be successful. In addition some patients can present new lesions and may be asked if they would like to have these new lesions treated on the protocol. If they are given this option, this will not extend their follow up period. The follow up of the new lesions will match with the prior follow up dates.