Measurement of the lingual position of the lower third molar roots using cone-beam computed tomography.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the distance between the roots of the impacted third molars and the floor of the mouth to predict the risk of lingual root displacement during surgery.

Materials And Methods: Thirty-one patients (5 men and 26 women) were evaluated for this study using cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT). The teeth were grouped according to their position on the orthopantomogram as vertical, mesioangular, horizontal, and distoangular.

Immediate implant placement without bone grafting: a retrospective study of 110 cases with 5 years of follow-up.

Purpose: Immediate implant placement not only reduces the number of surgeries necessary but also decreases the treatment time and treatment costs. The purpose of the study was to present the clinical results of 110 cases of immediate implant placement without using graft materials at the end of 5 years.

Materials And Methods: One hundred and ten implants in 72 patients were included in the study.

Bisphosphonate-related osteonecrosis: laser-assisted surgical treatment or conventional surgery?

Bisphosphonates (BSPs) are used for the treatment of multiple myeloma, metastatic breast and lung cancer, Paget's disease, osteoporosis, hypercalcemia due to malignancy, and many other skeletal diseases. BSPs reduce osteoclastic functions, which result in bone resorption. Bisphosphonates-related osteonecrosis of jaws (BRONJ) is a newly developed term that is used to describe the significant complication in patients receiving bisphosphonates.

Surgical treatment of oroantral fistulas: a clinical study of 23 cases.

Oroantral communication can be defined as a pathologic space created between the maxillary sinus and the oral cavity. This communication and subsequent formation of a chronic oroantral fistula is a common complication often encountered by oral and maxillofacial surgeons. Although various techniques have been proposed in published studies, long-term successful closure of oroantral fistulas is still one of the most difficult problems confronting the surgeon working in the oral and maxillofacial region.

Management of a mandibular fracture accompanying a gunshot wound.

Gunshot injuries of the mandible can result in high rates of complications, especially in cases of bone loss. A fractured mandible accompanying a gunshot wound almost always has an external wound; the fracture is always compound and comminuted. Sometimes management of these injuries may require multiple surgical interventions.