Risk assessment for osteoradionecrosis of the jaws in patients with head and neck cancer.

Objectives: To identify the potential risk factors for the occurrence of osteoradionecrosis (ORN) of the jaws among patients who have been treated with radiotherapy for head and neck malignancy.

Methods: The study comprised of 231 patients treated with radiotherapy for head and neck malignancy at a tertiary referral center. The following details were recorded for each patient: age, gender, histopathological diagnosis, clinical staging, tumor site, treatment modality, radiation dose, radiation field, number of fractions, type of accelerator used, radiation area and duration of follow-up.

Role of salivary malondialdehyde in assessment of oxidative stress among diabetics.

Aims: To evaluate and compare the salivary content of malondialdehyde (MDA) in patients with type 2 diabetes and control subjects.

Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study among 30 freshly diagnosed subjects of diabetes mellitus and 30 volunteers with no diabetes mellitus. Serum and salivary MDS levels were evaluated among all the subjects.

Recurrent desmoplastic ameloblastoma of the maxilla: a case report.

A case of desmoplastic ameloblastoma recurring within 2 months of curettage is presented. This tumour appeared in the premolar region of the left maxilla with involvement of the antrum. The 24-year-old female patient was initially treated by curettage with wide surgical margins.