Objective: To evaluate the clinical efficacy of digitally guided precision crown lengthening in secondary aesthetic rehabilitation cases, and to provide a clinical reference for digitally guided crown lengthening procedures and secondary aesthetic restorations. Methods: We present a case of a patient with tetracycline-stained teeth, partial detachment of anterior resin veneers, and gingival margin discrepancies. The patient underwent digitally guided precision crown lengthening followed by secondary aesthetic rehabilitation. Multimodal data, including intraoral, facial, and CBCT scans, were integrated to construct a four-dimensional virtual patient model (incorporating teeth, face, bone, and occlusion) for surgical planning and 3D-printed guide fabrication. Secondary aesthetic restoration was performed after achieving stable post-surgical outcomes. Based on this case, we conducted a detailed analysis and reviewed relevant literature on crown lengthening in secondary aesthetic rehabilitation. Results: The gingival contour of the anterior teeth exhibited significant improvement, with enhanced symmetry and stable gingival margin positioning that closely matched the preoperative design. The crown lengthening procedure demonstrated high precision, and the final outcome was aesthetic and functional. Literature review indicated that secondary restorations frequently present challenges such as gingival contour discrepancies and inflammation. Aesthetic crown lengthening in the anterior region should optimize both soft and hard tissue morphology to meet aesthetic standards, with digital technology improving procedural accuracy. Conclusion Precision crown lengthening effectively addresses gingival margin discrepancies in secondary aesthetic rehabilitation, ensuring stable gingival positioning and superior aesthetic outcomes. This approach is particularly suitable for cases with high aesthetic demands.

Treatment based on meridian differentiation is a characteristic method in clinical acupuncture diagnosis and treatment. Accurately defining and explaining its main content and core concepts is essential for effective clinical guidance. This paper reviews the historical and contemporary understanding, concepts, and primary content of treatment based on meridian differentiation. It proposes a four-step process for clinical application: meridian examination, treatment based on meridian differentiation, acupoint selection, and appropriate treatment methods, with TCM syndrome differentiation applied throughout. Constructing a diagnostic and treatment system which is based on meridian differentiation and suited to clinical acupuncture is significant for enhancing therapeutic efficacy and maximizing the benefits of acupuncture in disease treatment.
Humans ; Meridians ; Acupuncture Therapy/methods* ; Acupuncture Points ; Medicine, Chinese Traditional

Despite primary glomerulonephritis (PGN) being a leading cause of chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease, specific and sensitive biomarkers for the early detection and monitoring of this condition are lacking. We evaluated the value of the combined detection of serum cystatin C (CYSC), β2-microglobulin (β2-MG), and urine transferrin (TRF) for diagnosing early-stage PGN. From May 2021 to May 2023, we enrolled 105 patients in our hospital as the observation group and 50 healthy volunteers as the control group. Their serum expression levels of CYSC, β2-MG, and TRF were evaluated. We plotted separate ROC curves and calculated the area under the curve (AUC) values of CYSC, β2-MG, and TRF to assess their diagnostic performance in PGN. The levels of CYSC, β2-MG, and TRF were significantly higher (P < 0.05) in the observation group than in the healthy control group. CYSC, β2-MG, and TRF were expressed at significantly higher levels in G2, G3a, and G3b of PGN than in G1. The combined use of CYSC, β2-MG, and TRF as biomarkers could significantly improve the early diagnosis and monitoring of PGN and may lead to better patient outcomes by facilitating earlier intervention and treatment strategies.

This article reported a prenatally diagnosed case of complete ring chromosome 15. A 38-year-old woman who conceived by in vitro fertilization and frozen embryo transfer underwent amniocentesis for prenatal diagnosis at 18 +5 weeks of gestation due to advanced maternal age. The result of G-banding karyotyping was mos 46,XX,r(15)[88]/45,X,-15[11]/46,XX,r(15;15)[1]. No numerical abnormalities of chromosomes or definite pathogenic copy number variations (CNVs) were detected by chromosomal microarray analysis. Amniocentesis was performed again at 31 +6 weeks of gestation. The result of genome copy number variation sequencing indicated no pathogenic CNV and fluorescence in situ hybridization on cultured amniocytes revealed nuc ish(15q)×1[15]/(15q)×3[5]/(15q)×2[80]. Based on all the prenatal diagnosis results, it was suggested that the fetus carried a complete ring chromosome 15. As the peripheral blood chromosomes of the couple were normal and no obvious abnormalities were detected by the prenatal ultrasound either in our hospital or another hospital, the pregnant woman decided to continue the pregnancy after genetic counseling and delivered a baby girl at 41 weeks of gestation. The girl showed no physical abnormalities during a seven-month follow-up.

Objective To explore an accurate method to obtain an intraoral model of patients with specific limited mouth opening(microstomia)due to systemic scleroderma.Methods This study followed medical ethics,and informed consent has been obtained from patients.A case of Ken's Type Ⅰ mandibular dentition defect scleroderma with limited mouth opening was addressed with digital technology as the leading method combined with the traditional impression method of segmental impression.Individual trays were made based on the patient's left and right mandibular dentition,and segmented molds were obtained.Simultaneously,intraoral scanning was performed to obtain the morphological data of both the soft and hard tissues of the upper and lower mandibles.After each part of the model was obtained,the man-dibular model was scanned and digitally aligned to form the final denture model,and the final removable partial denture was designed and made by computer aided design/computer aided manufacturing(CAD/CAM)technology.At the same time,combined with the literature,the diagnosis and treatment of removable partial denture in patients with limited mouth opening were retrospectively analyzed.Results The denture was well retained and achieved a good repair ef-fect.The patients expressed satisfaction with the mastication efficiency and other functions of the denture.The findings of the literature review show that the integration of digital technology with the traditional impression method,along with computer fitting,can accurately obtain the patient's oral model and facilitate successful follow-up repairs.However,when the anterior mandibular dentition of the patient is absent,the margin of error is increased in this procedure,which deserves further exploration.Conclusion Utilizing digital technology as the leading method,combined with the tradi-tional impression method of segmental impression,for the repair of dental defects in patients with limited mouth open-ing,has proven to be effective.Thus,patients report a positive medical experience with high satisfaction,indicating that this approach is worthy of clinical promotion.

Objective To explore an accurate method to obtain an intraoral model of patients with specific limited mouth opening(microstomia)due to systemic scleroderma.Methods This study followed medical ethics,and informed consent has been obtained from patients.A case of Ken's Type Ⅰ mandibular dentition defect scleroderma with limited mouth opening was addressed with digital technology as the leading method combined with the traditional impression method of segmental impression.Individual trays were made based on the patient's left and right mandibular dentition,and segmented molds were obtained.Simultaneously,intraoral scanning was performed to obtain the morphological data of both the soft and hard tissues of the upper and lower mandibles.After each part of the model was obtained,the man-dibular model was scanned and digitally aligned to form the final denture model,and the final removable partial denture was designed and made by computer aided design/computer aided manufacturing(CAD/CAM)technology.At the same time,combined with the literature,the diagnosis and treatment of removable partial denture in patients with limited mouth opening were retrospectively analyzed.Results The denture was well retained and achieved a good repair ef-fect.The patients expressed satisfaction with the mastication efficiency and other functions of the denture.The findings of the literature review show that the integration of digital technology with the traditional impression method,along with computer fitting,can accurately obtain the patient's oral model and facilitate successful follow-up repairs.However,when the anterior mandibular dentition of the patient is absent,the margin of error is increased in this procedure,which deserves further exploration.Conclusion Utilizing digital technology as the leading method,combined with the tradi-tional impression method of segmental impression,for the repair of dental defects in patients with limited mouth open-ing,has proven to be effective.Thus,patients report a positive medical experience with high satisfaction,indicating that this approach is worthy of clinical promotion.

Objective To explore an accurate method to obtain an intraoral model of patients with specific limited mouth opening(microstomia)due to systemic scleroderma.Methods This study followed medical ethics,and informed consent has been obtained from patients.A case of Ken's Type Ⅰ mandibular dentition defect scleroderma with limited mouth opening was addressed with digital technology as the leading method combined with the traditional impression method of segmental impression.Individual trays were made based on the patient's left and right mandibular dentition,and segmented molds were obtained.Simultaneously,intraoral scanning was performed to obtain the morphological data of both the soft and hard tissues of the upper and lower mandibles.After each part of the model was obtained,the man-dibular model was scanned and digitally aligned to form the final denture model,and the final removable partial denture was designed and made by computer aided design/computer aided manufacturing(CAD/CAM)technology.At the same time,combined with the literature,the diagnosis and treatment of removable partial denture in patients with limited mouth opening were retrospectively analyzed.Results The denture was well retained and achieved a good repair ef-fect.The patients expressed satisfaction with the mastication efficiency and other functions of the denture.The findings of the literature review show that the integration of digital technology with the traditional impression method,along with computer fitting,can accurately obtain the patient's oral model and facilitate successful follow-up repairs.However,when the anterior mandibular dentition of the patient is absent,the margin of error is increased in this procedure,which deserves further exploration.Conclusion Utilizing digital technology as the leading method,combined with the tradi-tional impression method of segmental impression,for the repair of dental defects in patients with limited mouth open-ing,has proven to be effective.Thus,patients report a positive medical experience with high satisfaction,indicating that this approach is worthy of clinical promotion.

Objective To explore an accurate method to obtain an intraoral model of patients with specific limited mouth opening(microstomia)due to systemic scleroderma.Methods This study followed medical ethics,and informed consent has been obtained from patients.A case of Ken's Type Ⅰ mandibular dentition defect scleroderma with limited mouth opening was addressed with digital technology as the leading method combined with the traditional impression method of segmental impression.Individual trays were made based on the patient's left and right mandibular dentition,and segmented molds were obtained.Simultaneously,intraoral scanning was performed to obtain the morphological data of both the soft and hard tissues of the upper and lower mandibles.After each part of the model was obtained,the man-dibular model was scanned and digitally aligned to form the final denture model,and the final removable partial denture was designed and made by computer aided design/computer aided manufacturing(CAD/CAM)technology.At the same time,combined with the literature,the diagnosis and treatment of removable partial denture in patients with limited mouth opening were retrospectively analyzed.Results The denture was well retained and achieved a good repair ef-fect.The patients expressed satisfaction with the mastication efficiency and other functions of the denture.The findings of the literature review show that the integration of digital technology with the traditional impression method,along with computer fitting,can accurately obtain the patient's oral model and facilitate successful follow-up repairs.However,when the anterior mandibular dentition of the patient is absent,the margin of error is increased in this procedure,which deserves further exploration.Conclusion Utilizing digital technology as the leading method,combined with the tradi-tional impression method of segmental impression,for the repair of dental defects in patients with limited mouth open-ing,has proven to be effective.Thus,patients report a positive medical experience with high satisfaction,indicating that this approach is worthy of clinical promotion.

Objective To explore an accurate method to obtain an intraoral model of patients with specific limited mouth opening(microstomia)due to systemic scleroderma.Methods This study followed medical ethics,and informed consent has been obtained from patients.A case of Ken's Type Ⅰ mandibular dentition defect scleroderma with limited mouth opening was addressed with digital technology as the leading method combined with the traditional impression method of segmental impression.Individual trays were made based on the patient's left and right mandibular dentition,and segmented molds were obtained.Simultaneously,intraoral scanning was performed to obtain the morphological data of both the soft and hard tissues of the upper and lower mandibles.After each part of the model was obtained,the man-dibular model was scanned and digitally aligned to form the final denture model,and the final removable partial denture was designed and made by computer aided design/computer aided manufacturing(CAD/CAM)technology.At the same time,combined with the literature,the diagnosis and treatment of removable partial denture in patients with limited mouth opening were retrospectively analyzed.Results The denture was well retained and achieved a good repair ef-fect.The patients expressed satisfaction with the mastication efficiency and other functions of the denture.The findings of the literature review show that the integration of digital technology with the traditional impression method,along with computer fitting,can accurately obtain the patient's oral model and facilitate successful follow-up repairs.However,when the anterior mandibular dentition of the patient is absent,the margin of error is increased in this procedure,which deserves further exploration.Conclusion Utilizing digital technology as the leading method,combined with the tradi-tional impression method of segmental impression,for the repair of dental defects in patients with limited mouth open-ing,has proven to be effective.Thus,patients report a positive medical experience with high satisfaction,indicating that this approach is worthy of clinical promotion.

Objective To explore an accurate method to obtain an intraoral model of patients with specific limited mouth opening(microstomia)due to systemic scleroderma.Methods This study followed medical ethics,and informed consent has been obtained from patients.A case of Ken's Type Ⅰ mandibular dentition defect scleroderma with limited mouth opening was addressed with digital technology as the leading method combined with the traditional impression method of segmental impression.Individual trays were made based on the patient's left and right mandibular dentition,and segmented molds were obtained.Simultaneously,intraoral scanning was performed to obtain the morphological data of both the soft and hard tissues of the upper and lower mandibles.After each part of the model was obtained,the man-dibular model was scanned and digitally aligned to form the final denture model,and the final removable partial denture was designed and made by computer aided design/computer aided manufacturing(CAD/CAM)technology.At the same time,combined with the literature,the diagnosis and treatment of removable partial denture in patients with limited mouth opening were retrospectively analyzed.Results The denture was well retained and achieved a good repair ef-fect.The patients expressed satisfaction with the mastication efficiency and other functions of the denture.The findings of the literature review show that the integration of digital technology with the traditional impression method,along with computer fitting,can accurately obtain the patient's oral model and facilitate successful follow-up repairs.However,when the anterior mandibular dentition of the patient is absent,the margin of error is increased in this procedure,which deserves further exploration.Conclusion Utilizing digital technology as the leading method,combined with the tradi-tional impression method of segmental impression,for the repair of dental defects in patients with limited mouth open-ing,has proven to be effective.Thus,patients report a positive medical experience with high satisfaction,indicating that this approach is worthy of clinical promotion.