Papers by Wilhelm Niedermeier
Deutsche Zahnärztliche Zeitschrift
In four full maxillary dentures, the physical mechanisms of retention were examined and quantitat... more In four full maxillary dentures, the physical mechanisms of retention were examined and quantitatively determined by inductive pressure and motion recorders, in tests performed on a model and on the patients. In addition to capillary or viscous forces, the pressure difference existing in the space between denture and palate on the one hand and the oral environment on the other and resulting during pull-off, provides the greatest retaining effect.
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Deutsche Zeitschrift für Mund-, Kiefer- und Gesichts-Chirurgie
Histological examinations of the palatine glands were performed in 100 postmortem cases and 65 bi... more Histological examinations of the palatine glands were performed in 100 postmortem cases and 65 biopsies of outpatients. These data were related to personal characteristics, such as age, sex, denture-wearing and certain primary diseases. The histological results of the postmortem material were found to be only partly comparable to those of the biopsy specimens. The pathohistological findings in the parenchyma of the outpatients proved to be less pronounced in the individual groups than those of the postmortem cases. An evaluation of the postmortem findings showed inflammatory, ectatic and metaplastic alterations of the ducts as well as atrophies and inflammations of the parenchyma, particularly in baseplate denture wearers and with increasing age. In persons under 65 the tissue irritation caused by baseplate dentures resulted in increased gland and duct alterations. In the dead above 65 the difference between age-dependent and denture-induced alterations of the parenchyma was statistically immaterial.
Deutsche Zeitschrift für Mund-, Kiefer- und Gesichts-Chirurgie
Deutsche Zahnärztliche Zeitschrift
Deutsche Zahnärztliche Zeitschrift
A method for the direct measurement of the secretory output of the palatine glands is described a... more A method for the direct measurement of the secretory output of the palatine glands is described and its clinical reliability is verified in a study on 134 persons. The results showed that, if the measuring conditions are fulfilled and the measuring parameters are kept constant, the error remains below 15%. Situative influences, such as the time of the day, the date of the measurement, etc. are just of secondary importance for the measured results. The physiological secretory output of the palatine glands averages 1.36 microliters/mm2 mucosal surface, which is about 30 times as much as the values measured in patients with symptoms of hyposalivation. Personal characteristics of the persons tested such as age, sex, etc. have no major influence on the secretory output. Serial measurements during treatment with ptyalagogues supported the evidence that this measuring method is a valuable instrument in the diagnosis of salivation disorders.
Deutsche Zahnärztliche Zeitschrift
The mobility of 50 osseointegrated implants, inserted for improvement of the support of dentures ... more The mobility of 50 osseointegrated implants, inserted for improvement of the support of dentures in edentulous lower jaws, was studied during a period of up to 3 years by means of mechano-electronic measurements. The results showed that 3 months after implantation osseointegrated implants have less quasi-static mobility than natural teeth without periodontal lesions. Under the stresses of mastication the mobility of osseointegrated implants continuously increases. After 2-3 years, implants show a similar mobility as natural teeth supporting comparable denture constructions. The Periotest readings of implants were significantly lower than those of natural teeth, largely independent of the date of mobility measurement. A prognosis of functional properties as well as predicting the impending loss of osseointegrated implants is possible with the aid of long-term mobility measurements.
Deutsche Zahnärztliche Zeitschrift
The correlations between dynamic and quasi-static mechano-electronic measurements of tooth mobili... more The correlations between dynamic and quasi-static mechano-electronic measurements of tooth mobility were investigated in more than 1500 teeth. The two methods correlate quite well with the conventional classification (in Germany). On the other hand, there is no correlation between dynamic and quasistatic mechano-electronic measurements. Nevertheless distinctive signs and periodontal findings could be verified by mechano-electronic evaluation of tooth mobility.
Deutsche Zahnärztliche Zeitschrift
Histologic findings of the palatal mucosa and the palatal glands of 73 patients with and without ... more Histologic findings of the palatal mucosa and the palatal glands of 73 patients with and without upper dentures were compared with distinctive marks, complaints and clinical diagnoses as well as with the secretion of the minor salivary glands. Patients complaining of oral burns show the same rate of patho-histologic findings as those without any complaints. Inflammation and atrophic reactions of the palatal mucosa and the palatal glands do not reduce the secretion rate of the minor glands. In these cases, however, considerable changes of the quotient exist between sodium and potassium ions of the palatal saliva secretion. Signs of inflammation of the palatal tissues were seen more frequently in full denture wearers and especially in those wearing upper dentures during day and night. Causative factors of denture incompatibility are discussed.
Deutsche Zahnärztliche Zeitschrift
The International journal of prosthodontics
This study evaluated the pulmonary risk caused by possible respirable dust of Al2O3 and SiO(x) re... more This study evaluated the pulmonary risk caused by possible respirable dust of Al2O3 and SiO(x) resulting from chairside tribochemical sandblasting procedures in a dental office. Dust was collected using a trap near the working field, and quantitative morphologic determination and identification were performed with SEM and EDAX. Forty blasting processes (total time 20 minutes) were aimed at a dummy to obtain maximum pollution of the workplace. Respirable dust fraction was measured using personal air samplers with an 8-microm cellulose-nitrate filter and a volume flow rate of 2 L/min. Mass of the respirable dust fraction was determined, and respirable free crystalline silica was identified with the help of infrared spectroscopy. Blasting of metal or ceramic surfaces with tribochemical agents produces respirable and potentially harmful SiO(x) and Al2O3 particles with a diameter of less than 5 microm, showing a total concentration in the air of less than 0.3 mg/m3. With and without dent...
Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontology, 1998
The aim of this study was to determine the effects of radiation on the secretion of saliva from m... more The aim of this study was to determine the effects of radiation on the secretion of saliva from mucous salivary glands in comparison with serous salivary glands. The minor salivary glands of the palate were used as an example of mucous glands, while the parotid glands were used as an example of a serous secretion organ. Serial flow rate measurements of the parotid and palatal glands were taken over a period of approximately 9 months in 13 patients who suffered from malignancies of the head and neck region. Twelve patients consented to take part in a second study in which salivary flow was stimulated by oral pilocarpine before and at the conclusion of radiotherapy and 7 months later. Complaints and symptoms were recorded at each time of measurement. After radiotherapy, the secretory performance of the parotid glands dropped off rapidly and irreversibly. Salivary secretion from the palatal glands was not totally diminished as a result of radiation. Clinical complaints and histologic findings indicate a serious alteration of the tissues irradiated; however, residual secretion from the remaining parenchyma of the mucous glands still remains. Pilocarpine produced a clinically significant increase of salivary flow from the palatal glands before and 7 months after radiation. Secretory performance of the parotid glands could not be sufficiently increased by stimulation with pilocarpine after radiotherapy. Clinical side effects and risks for the treatment of symptomatic postradiation xerostomia with pilocarpine were minimal. These findings emphasize the greater resistance and recoverability of the mucous secreting minor palatal glands in comparison with the serous secreting parotid glands. They also indicate the significant postradiation ability of the mucous secreting glands to be stimulated by pilocarpine.
Journal of Oral Rehabilitation, 2002
99AE1 AE 28AE0 %MVCs, respectively). For these parameters there was a statistically significant d... more 99AE1 AE 28AE0 %MVCs, respectively). For these parameters there was a statistically significant difference between the two groups (t-test, P < 0AE01). The distribution of all contraction episodes of all bruxers according to net duration and mean amplitude was shifted towards shorter episodes with a massive presence of episodes between 60 and 70% MVC, much higher than in controls.
Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine, 1988
The binding pattern of antibodies against different cytokeratin (CK) polypeptides, tissue polypep... more The binding pattern of antibodies against different cytokeratin (CK) polypeptides, tissue polypeptide antigen (TPA), carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), lactoferrin (Lf), lysozyme (Ly) and secretory component (SC) in palatal glands (PSG) of long-term denture wearing patients has been studied to investigate immunohistochemically the localization of these marker proteins in normal PSG and in denture-induced sialadenitis of PSG. The study included palatal gland biopsies from 28 patients (15 f, 13 m; mean age 59 years), 17 of them with normal PSGs, 8 with focal obstructive sialadenitis, and 3 with diffuse sialadenitis. Presence of CK and TPA was found in all intra- and extraglandular salivary ducts, in the basophilic portions of acini, in some mucous acini, and in all atrophic acini. Increased expression of CEA and Lf was observed in inflammed areas of PSG which, on the other site, were devoid of Ly and SC. In the mucous acini of healthy PSG considerable basal Ly immunoreactivity was seen. SC was localized in almost all ductal cells and in some acinar cells. Appearance of Lf in the ductal cells of PSG indicates an early sign of palatal sialadenitis. Some distinctions in the expression pattern of the marker proteins between the mucous acini of major salivary glands and PSG point to differences in the functional activities of either group of salivary glands.
Revista Internacional De Protesis Estomatologica, 2002
International Journal of Oral Science, 2015
The Merkel cell-neurite complex initiates the perception of touch and mediates Aβ slowly adapting... more The Merkel cell-neurite complex initiates the perception of touch and mediates Aβ slowly adapting type I responses. Lichen planus is a chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease with T-cell-mediated inflammation, whereas hyperkeratosis is characterized with or without epithelial dysplasia in the oral mucosa. To determine the effects of lichen planus and hyperkeratosis on the Merkel cell-neurite complex, healthy oral mucosal epithelium and lesional oral mucosal epithelium of lichen planus and hyperkeratosis patients were stained by immunohistochemistry (the avidin-biotin-peroxidase complex and double immunofluorescence methods) using pan cytokeratin, cytokeratin 20 (K20, a Merkel cell marker), and neurofilament 200 (NF200, a myelinated Aβ- and Aδ-nerve fibre marker) antibodies. NF200-immunoreactive (ir) nerve fibres in healthy tissues and in the lesional oral mucosa epithelium of lichen planus and hyperkeratosis were counted and statistically analysed. In the healthy oral mucosa, K20-positive Merkel cells with and without close association to the intraepithelial NF200-ir nerve fibres were detected. In the lesional oral mucosa of lichen planus and hyperkeratosis patients, extremely rare NF200-ir nerve fibres were detected only in the lamina propria. Compared with healthy tissues, lichen planus and hyperkeratosis tissues had significantly decreased numbers of NF200-ir nerve fibres in the oral mucosal epithelium. Lichen planus and hyperkeratosis were associated with the absence of Aβ-nerve endings in the oral mucosal epithelium. Thus, we conclude that mechanosensation mediated by the Merkel cell-neurite complex in the oral mucosal epithelium is impaired in lichen planus and hyperkeratosis.
ZWR - Das Deutsche Zahnärzteblatt, 2004
Deutsche Zeitschrift für Mund-, Kiefer- und Gesichts-Chirurgie
Deutsche Zahnärztliche Zeitschrift
The effect of masticatory forces within and outside the stable stress-bearing areas of the comple... more The effect of masticatory forces within and outside the stable stress-bearing areas of the complete upper denture on the pressure gradient and the flow of saliva into the space under the prosthesis were demonstrated with standardized tests. It was shown that masticatory stress within the stable area led to a continual increase in pressure in the space under the prosthesis. Masticatory force outside the stable area led to a decrease in pressure and an equalization of pressure in this space as well as dislocation and tilting of the complete denture. Due to masticatory force outside the stable area, the shape of the ridge influences the stability of the complete denture.
Schweizerische Monatsschrift für Zahnheilkunde = Revue mensuelle suisse d'odonto-stomatologie / SSO
19 female patients suffering from incompatibility to their dentures with a suspected lack of estr... more 19 female patients suffering from incompatibility to their dentures with a suspected lack of estrogen were examined gynecologically, endocrinologically and cytologically. Substitution with conjugated estrogen caused in 14 patients improvement of general condition, in 12 persons reduction of symptoms in the oral cavity. Endocrinologically and cytologically no clear differences before and after treatment could be observed.
Deutsche Zahnärztliche Zeitschrift
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