Complex Dentoalveolar Fractures: Main Clinical Variables Description and Analysis.

Aims And Objectives: To analyze and evaluate clinical features that define complex dentoalveolar trauma.

Materials And Methods: Forty-five patients, with a mean age of 36.1 years, were included in the study; most patients were male (82.

Rapidly Growing Facial Tumor in a 5-Year-Old Girl.

The aim of this study is to describe the clinical, radiological and histological characteristics that define lipoblastomas with special emphasis on differential diagnosis. The patient is a 5-year-old girl who consulted for a rapidly growing lower cheek tumor. This study analyzes, evaluates, and discusses the issues that need to be addressed throughout the process that affect treatment planning and provides an updated review of these rare head-and-neck tumors.

Surgical Ciliated Cysts in Orthognathic Surgery.

Surgical ciliated cysts (SCC) are rare entities that were first described in the Japanese literature after treatment for chronic maxillary sinusitis. Classically associated with surgery to the maxillary sinus, they have also been reported in association with orthognathic surgery, bone grafting, and trauma. These lesions can develop from a few months up to several years after the surgical procedure.

Management of a Penetrating Orbital Trauma from an Unusual Foreign Body with Associated Eye Injury.

The aim of this article is to describe the principles that should guide the management of an orbital trauma with ocular injury through an updated review of the literature and the study of a clinical case involving an 80-year-old woman who presented with a penetrating orbital wound due to a wooden foreign body with a closed ocular trauma. Satisfactory and stable results over time are determined by systematically analyzing and evaluating each aspect of the case following a surgical strategy based on the most current protocols.

Comparison of intra-articular injection of plasma rich in growth factors versus hyaluronic acid following arthroscopy in the treatment of temporomandibular dysfunction: A randomised prospective study.

Purpose: The main objective of our study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the injection of plasma rich in platelet-derived growth factors (PRGF) versus hyaluronic acid (HA) following arthroscopic surgery in patients diagnosed with internal derangement of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) with osteoarthritis (OA).

Materials And Methods: A total of 100 patients were randomised into two study groups. Group A (n = 50) received an injection of PRGF, and Group B (n = 50) received an injection of HA.

Complications of temporomandibular joint arthroscopy using two-portal coblation technologies: A prospective study of 475 procedures.

Purpose: To study the complications of temporomandibular joint (TMJ) arthroscopic procedures using two-portal coblation technologies.

Materials And Methods: The 397 consecutive patients (475 joints) who underwent arthroscopic surgery were prospectively analyzed.

Results: Complications were observed in 39 (8.

Subnasal modified Le Fort I osteotomy: indications and results.

Purpose: To study the possible morphologic changes in the nose after subnasal modified Le Fort I maxillary osteotomy to correct class III dentofacial deformities in patients with considered normal nasal morphology.

Material And Methods: Fifteen patients (7 males, 8 females) requiring maxillary advancement to treat class III dentofacial deformities were studied prospectively between January 2004 and January 2011. All the patients had an adequate projection of the nasal tip preoperatively preventing a conventional Le Fort I osteotomy.

Transverse maxillary distraction in patients with periodontal pathology or insufficient tooth anchorage using custom-made devices.

Purpose: We present our experience using modified Hyrax devices for treating transverse deficiencies of the maxilla in adult patients with periodontal pathology or insufficient tooth anchorage. The surgical technique, clinical indications, and results are discussed.

Materials And Methods: Eight adult patients (6 females, 2 males) requiring maxillary expansion were studied prospectively between July 2002 and July 2007.

Treatment of bilateral hyperplasia of the coronoid process of the mandible. Presentation of a case and review of the literature.

Bilateral hyperplasia of the coronoid process is infrequent. It consists of an elongation of the coronoid process of the mandible and is, accordingly, a mechanical problem, limiting mouth opening. This article looks at the case of a 28 year-old male with significant limitation on opening his mouth, secondary to bilateral hyperplasia of the coronoid process.

Surgical treatment of benign parapharyngeal space tumours. Presentation of two clinical cases and revision of the literature.

Parapharyngeal space (PPS) tumours, most of them benign, account for some 0.5% of tumours of the head and neck. The importance of these tumours lies mainly in two aspects: on the one hand, the difficulty of early diagnosis, due to the lack of symptoms in the initial stages and, on the other, the extreme complications of performing surgery in the parapharyngeal region.

Brown tumor of the mandible as first manifestation of primary hyperparathyroidism: diagnosis and treatment.

Brown tumor is one of the lesions that develop in patients with hyperparathyroidism. Any of the skeletal bones can be affected including the cranio-maxillofacial ones. Most of the times the brown tumor appears after a final diagnosis of hyperparathyroidism is made.