Odontogenic Tumours: A Clinicopathologic Appraisal of Cases seen in a Nigerian Tertiary Hospital using 2017 WHO Classification.

Background: Odontogenic tumours (OT) are a group of diverse lesions seen in the maxillofacial region. They are categorized according to their tissues of origin as; epithelial, mesenchymal or mixed tumours.

Objectives: The aim of this study is to present the proportion of odontogenic tumours seen in Lagos University Teaching Hospital using the 2017 WHO classification.

Effect of manuka honey socket dressing on postoperative sequelae and complications following third molar extraction: A randomized controlled study.

To evaluate the effect of manuka honey on the healing of mandibular third molar extraction sockets. This was a prospective randomized study at a tertiary health institution in Lagos, Nigeria. All extractions were transalveolar, using the distobuccal bone guttering technique.

Comparison of sensitivity of bacteria isolated in odontogenic infections to ceftriaxone and amoxicillin-clavulanate.

Background: Odontogenic infections is a cause of mortality and morbidity in maxillofacial patients. This is largely due to resistance of organisms to antibiotics prescribed.

Objectives: To isolate organisms involved in odontogenic infections and compare the sensitivity of the organisms to Ceftriaxone and Amoxicillin-Clavulanate.

Odontogenic tumours in Nigeria: A multicentre study of 582 cases and review of the literature.

Background: The objective of this study was to classify the various types of odontogenic tumours (OTs) using the newly updated 2017 world health organization (WHO) histological typing and to analyze the prevalence of these tumours among Nigerians as well as to compare the results obtained with reports from world-wide studies.

Material And Methods: The records of four major tertiary hospitals in Nigeria were reviewed over a 12-year (2004-2015) period. Lesions diagnosed as odontogenic tumours were classified into four groups according to the 2017 WHO histological typing.

Plunging ranula: surgical management of case series and the literature review.

Plunging ranulas are rare; report of this condition is particularly limited in our environment. We present case series in children; with all cases having both oral and cervical components. It is important to note this type of presentation of plunging ranula and their appropriate management.

Tooth extraction: Pattern and etiology from extreme Northwestern Nigeria.

Objective: Tooth extraction is a commonly performed procedure in dental clinics. It has been shown that the reasons for and pattern of tooth extraction vary across geographical regions. Few reports on the pattern of extraction among a semi-urban populace exist.

PATTERN OF ASSAULT-RELATED MAXILLOFACIAL INJURIES TREATED AT THE GENERAL HOSPITAL, LAGOS, NIGERIA.

Background: The human face often constitutes the first point of contact in various human interactions and it is frequently the preferred target for blows in assault cases.

Aim: To analyze the pattern of assault-related maxillofacial injuries treated at the General Hospital, Lagos over a period of one year.

Methodology: This is one year prospective study of assault-related maxillofacial injuries treated at the Department of Oral-Maxillofacial Surgery, Dental Centre, General Hospital, Lagos, Nigeria.

Emerging Trends in the Epidemiological Pattern of Head and Neck Cancers in Lagos, Nigeria.

Background: Unfortunately, despite an increase in medical knowledge, survival rates of head and neck cancers (HNCs) have not been observed to improve greatly. This is true, especially in tumors located in obscure primary sites or late presentation.

Aim: The purpose of this study is to assess the epidemiologic pattern of HNCs and to evaluate its emerging trends and patterns in Lagos state.

Are systemic antibiotics necessary in the prevention of wound healing complications after intra-alveolar dental extraction?

This double-blind, randomized controlled study was done to assess the necessity of systemic antibiotics in the prevention of wound healing complications after intra-alveolar dental extraction. A consecutive recruitment method was used to allocate participants to two treatment groups. Subjects in group A (antibiotics group, n=75) received amoxicillin and metronidazole for 5 days postoperatively, while those in group B (placebo group, n=75) were given identical-looking placebo drugs in place of the antibiotics.

An Audit of Malignant Oro-facial Tumors Presenting at a Tertiary Hospital in Lagos.

Oro-facial malignancies are reported to have a high mortality and morbidity, this is further worsened when patient report late. To analyze the malignant oro-facial lesions seen at a Hospital in the Lagos, Nigeria. Successive patients that presented in the hospital and met criteria of study during 15 months period were recruited into the study.

A comparative clinical evaluation of the effect of preoperative and postoperative antimicrobial therapy on postoperative sequelae after impacted mandibular third molar extraction.

Objectives: To compare the effect of preoperative and postoperative antibiotics therapy on postoperative sequelae after impacted mandibular third molar extractions.

Material And Methods: This was a prospective study conducted at Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery of the Lagos University Teaching Hospitalon consecutive patients with impacted third molar extractions for a 12 month period. Group I (n = 31) had administration of 1 gram of oral metronidazole and 1 gram of amoxicillin capsules 30 minutes preoperative and Group II (n = 31) had 500 milligrams of amoxicillin capsule 8 hourly and 400 milligrams of metronidazole tablets administered post operatively for 5 days.

Pattern of presentation and management of lip injuries in a Nigerian hospital.

Aim: Human lip injuries, although uncommon, present major challenges in terms of reconstructive options and the outcome of surgical management. The reconstructive techniques are usually varied but the ultimate objectives of treatment are to achieve healing, function, and aesthetics. The aim of this study was to report the etiology, pattern of presentation, and surgical management of lip injuries in Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH).

Preparedness of government owned dental clinics for the management of medical emergencies: a survey of government dental clinics in Lagos.

Background: An emergency is a medical condition demanding immediate treatments.

Objective: The aim of the study was to determine the knowledge and ability of dental surgeons in the management of medical emergencies and the availability of emergency drugs and equipment in government dental clinics and hospitals in Lagos State.

Methods: The study was a descriptive cross-sectional study of knowledge and ability of Dental Surgeons in the management of medical emergencies, prevalence of medical emergencies in dental practice and availability of emergency drugs and equipment in dental practice in government dental clinics and hospitals in Lagos State.

Knowledge and practice of alternatives to the conventional inferior dental block amongst dentists in Lagos.

Background: The conventional inferior alveolar nerve block (IANB) has been used for mandibular anaesthesia for many years. It is associated with a number of complications including failure of anaesthesia. Alternative techniques were therefore developed for the mandibular anaesthesia.

Evaluation of haemodynamic changes in hypertensive patients during tooth extraction under local anaesthesia.

Objective: This study was conducted to determine the changes in blood pressure and the pulse rate of patients with controlled hypertension having dental extraction under local anaesthesia utilizing 2% lignocaine with adrenaline, and to evaluate whether these changes in blood pressure were are attributable to addition of adrenaline.

Methods: This prospective study was carried out in 33 consecutive hypertensive patients who presented at the exodontia clinic of the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, Lagos, from December 2004 to August 2005 for intra-alveolar tooth extraction. Patients were randomly allocated to two groups according to the type of anaesthetic solution employed.

An unusual fracture of the mandible.

A rare case of horizontal fracture of mandibular symphysis caused by a sharp matchet cut is presented. Under local anaesthesia with sedation, the fracture site was exposed through the sutured laceration on the left submandibular region. The fracture was adequately reduced and fixed with two circum-mandibular wires.

Minor salivary gland tumours in a Nigerian hospital: a retrospective review of 146 cases.

Purpose: This is a retrospective study of the location, diagnosis, sex and age distribution and treatment of minor salivary glands tumours of the upper aero digestive tract in Lagos, Nigeria.

Material And Methods: Case files and radiographs of patients treated over a 24-year period were reviewed.

Results: These tumours constituted 40.

The role of preoperative and intraoperative variables in predicting post operative complications after impacted mandibular third molar exodontia.

Objectives: The aim of this prospective study was to investigate the role of pre and Intra operative variables in predicting postoperative complications after removal of impacted Mandibular third molars.

Patients And Methods: 87 patients who required 90 surgical extractions of impacted Mandibular teeth were involved in the study. Radiological and clinical data were taken preoperatively.

A review of temporomandibular joint disorders (TMD's) presenting at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital.

Objective: To evaluate the patterns of presentation of Temporomandibular joint Disorders (TMDs) in our institution in a 6 year period.

Patient And Methods: A retrospective study of patients who presented in the Oral Medicine and Oral and Maxillofacial surgery clinics of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) between January 2000 and December 2005 with TMDs was done. Case files of these patients were retrieved and data collected included patients' age, sex, presenting complains and history of associated risk factors.

Miniplate osteosynthesis of mandibular fractures at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital.

Objective: To report the clinical outcome of the treatment of mandibular fractures with miniplate osteosynthesis alone, at Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH).

Method: 30 patients who presented with 41 mandibular fractures at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital between May 2005 and June 2006 were selected for treatment with miniplate osteosynthesis according to the principles of Champy et al. They were grouped according to the time lapsed from injury to treatment as: early (< 24 hours), delayed (> 24 hours - < 7 days) and "late" (> or = 7 days) osteosynthesis groups.

Oral squamous cell carcinoma: a clinicopathologic review of 233 cases in Lagos, Nigeria.

Purpose: The aim of this study is to present the clinicopathologic characteristics of histologically diagnosed squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the oral cavity in Lagos, Nigeria, with a view toward analyzing the age, gender, site distribution, and histological differentiation.

Patients And Methods: All cases that were histologically diagnosed as SCC of the oral cavity between January 1995 and December 2005 were retrieved from the records of the Department of Oral Pathology and Biology, Lagos University Teaching Hospital and the Oral Pathology Service, Lagos State General Hospitals. All the cases were subjected to analysis of age, gender, site of occurrence, symptoms at presentation, and histological differentiation of tumors.

Binder's maxillo-nasal dysplasia: report of a case.

Case report of a 20 year old female patient who presented with Binder's maxillonasal dysplasia. She presented with completely missing premaxilla, nasal bone and septum, there was however no associated cardiac abnormalities, mental retardation or other skeletal deformities. Her principal complaint was the associated missing incisors.

Assessment of factors associated with surgical difficulty in impacted mandibular third molar extraction.

Purpose: The aim of this prospective study was to investigate radiologic and clinical factors associated with increased difficulty in the removal of impacted mandibular third molars. We also aimed to form an index to measure the difficulty of removal of the impacted molars preoperatively.

Patients And Methods: A total of 87 patients who required 90 surgical extractions of impacted mandibular third molars from November 2003 to May 2004 were involved in the study.

Prevalence and surgical morbidity of impacted mandibular third molar removal in the aging population: a retrospective study at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital.

Prophylactic surgical extraction of impacted third molars is not an uncommon practice in Europe and America. This has been justified on the basis that the risk of surgical morbidity increases with increasing age among other reasons. The purpose of this study is to report the prevalence of impacted third molar extraction and associated morbidity in patients = 40 years of age in our institution.