Answering the Call: How to Establish a Dentoalveolar Surgery Mission in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.

Addressing access to oral health care in many low- to middle-income countries is a complicated issue. Oral and maxillofacial surgeons may help engage with vulnerable populations through carefully planned dentoalveolar mission trips. The process of planning a mission includes selecting a population and identifying their unique needs, designing clinic layouts and workflows, team preparation, collection of supplies, fundraising, and advertising.

Evolving Technologies for Tissue Cutting.

This article reviews evolving and lesser known technologies for tissue cutting and their application in oral and maxillofacial surgery.

Fixation of mandibular angle fractures with a 2.0-mm 3-dimensional curved angle strut plate.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate our experience and complication rate with the use of a 3-dimensional 2.0-mm curved angle strut plate for mandibular angle fracture fixation.

Patients And Methods: This was a retrospective evaluation of 37 patients with noncomminuted mandibular angle fractures fixated with a transorally placed curved 2.

Tibial bone harvesting under intravenous sedation: Morbidity and patient experiences.

Purpose: The aims of this study were to evaluate the complication rate, the recovery, and the experience in patients undergoing tibial bone harvesting under intravenous sedation.

Patients And Methods: This was a prospective study of 10 consecutive patients who underwent unilateral or bilateral sinus grafting with tibial bone grafts under intravenous sedation in a 3-month period in the oral and maxillofacial surgery outpatient clinic. All medications used perioperatively were recorded.

Effect of stress and dexamethasone treatment on circadian rhythms of melatonin and corticosterone in ring dove (Streptopelia risoria).

The possible relationship between the circadian rhythm of blood levels of melatonin and corticosterone in ring dove (Streptopelia risoria) subjected to both immobilization stress and immobilization stress plus dexamethasone treatment were studied. The results show changes in the circadian rhythm of melatonin, with increased daytime levels in situations of stress accompanied by increased corticosterone levels. The highest blood melatonin levels over the 24 h of the study were obtained when the animals were treated with dexamethasone and then subjected to stress.