Maxillofacial prosthodontic management of an ablative maxillary surgical defect using a combination of conventional obturator prosthesis and an early loading implant supported high-strength full ceramic fixed dental prosthesis.

Prosthodontic rehabilitation of maxillary defects and early loading of endosseous implants has been widely published. The combination of the aforementioned treatment modalities are seldom reported in peer reviewed journals. This article describes the clinical presentation, management and prosthodontic rehabilitation of the maxillary defect of a patient.

p63 Expression in olfactory neuroblastoma and other small cell tumors of the sinonasal tract.

Olfactory neuroblastoma (ONB) is a rare neoplasm of the head and neck region that is included in the differential diagnosis of other sinonasal tract malignancies. We studied the usefulness of using p63 as an aid in the diagnosis of ONB and other tumors of the sinonasal region. The specimens were 14 ONBs; 4 nasopharyngeal carcinomas (NPCs), nonkeratinizing subtype; 2 NPCs, undifferentiated subtype; 10 sinonasal undifferentiated carcinomas (SNUCs); 7 malignant melanomas; and 2 extranodal natural killer (NK)/T-cell lymphomas.

Urgent awake tracheotomy for impending airway obstruction.

Background/objective: Awake tracheotomy is performed for patients with impending airway obstruction. Few studies to date have addressed the issues surrounding awake tracheotomy. We sought to review the indications, complications, and outcome of awake tracheotomy for urgent airway control.

Esthesioneuroblastoma: continued follow-up of a single institution's experience.

Objectives: To analyze outcomes and to provide follow-up for our increasing patient cohort with esthesioneuroblastoma.

Design: Retrospective cohort analysis.

Setting: Patients were examined from September 1, 1976, to May 30, 2004, in a tertiary care academic hospital.