Lateral window sinus augmentation: complications and outcomes of 101 consecutive procedures.

Purpose: To report the complications experienced and the outcomes of simultaneous or staged dental implants placed during 101 consecutive sinus augmentation procedures through the lateral window approach.

Patients And Methods: Sixty-eight consecutive patients underwent a total of 101 sinus augmentations. Thirty-nine patients were operated on unilaterally and 29 bilaterally.

Desmoplastic fibroma of the mandible: report of a misdiagnosed case.

Several odontogenic and non-odontogenic tumors and related lesions affecting the jaws share clinical presentation and imaging appearance. However, all cases have to be approached and treated on an individual basis, based on a reliable anatomic pathology diagnosis. The present paper describes a case of a desmoplastic fibroma, which was misdiagnosed as an odontogenic keratocyst, and spotlights the potential benefit and conclusive role of a second opinion in oral and maxillofacial pathology diagnosis.

A modified transoral approach for carotid artery type Eagle syndrome: technique and outcomes.

Objective: This article aimed to summarize our clinical experience with a standardized tonsil-sparing transoral surgical approach used for treatment of styloid process-carotid artery Eagle's syndrome.

Methods: Eleven consecutive patients, from 2007 to 2013, underwent surgical treatment to remove elongated styloid apophyses transorally. Outcomes were assessed in terms of intraoperative and postoperative complications and patients' evolution.

Lateral wall sinus floor elevation for implant placement: revisiting fundamentals and the surgical technique.

Sinus floor augmentation procedure is indicated to reconstruct the posterior maxilla with a sufficient amount of bone to allow for successful implant placement. This paper reviews the contemporary lateral wall technique, the related anatomy and some concepts and properties concerning graft materials currently available.

Allograft for maxillary sinus floor augmentation: a retrospective study of 90 cases.

Purpose: The aim of this study is to demonstrate the clinical applicability and efficacy of an allograft for maxillary sinus augmentations in patients requiring placement of dental implants.

Patients And Methods: Sixty consecutive patients underwent a total of 90 sinus augmentations. Twenty-nine were women and 31 men, with a mean age of 54 years.

Maxillofacial penetrating injury by a grinding disc: a case report.

The authors report a rare case of a patient who sustained a penetrating angle grinder broken disc injury to his face, which resulted from a work accident. Evaluation and management are described.

Use of prophylactic antibiotic therapy in oral surgical procedures: a critical review.

Despite myriad evidence-based data on the efficacy of prophylactic antibiotics in oral surgical procedures, their inaccurate use and indiscriminate abuse still continues in all clinical settings. Although controversy remains, clear-cut guidelines relying on established scientific principles do exist and must be followed. This paper provides a critical and systematic review of each principle and encourages practitioners fit to what current evidence demands.