Preparedness of Dentists and Dental Clinics for Medical Emergencies in Jordan.

Background: Dentistry, as most clinical specialties, has a wide range of invasive procedures in which patients are at risk of having a medical emergency (ME). The stress induced at clinic during treatment, the medically compromised elderly patients whom are increasing in number due to the new advancements in medicine and the invasive techniques such as injections, surgical flaps, devitalization or extractions are risk factors for medical emergencies' occurrence.

Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the knowledge and the training of dentists and the availability of the emergency drugs and equipment in a sample of dental clinics in Jordan.

A patient with primary Burkitt's lymphoma of the postnasal space: case report.

Introduction: Burkitt's lymphoma is a highly aggressive lymphoma. The endemic form is present with Epstein - Barr virus. The most common sites are the mandible, facial bones, kidneys, gastrointestinal tract, ovaries, breast and extra-nodal sites.

Oral sex, cancer and death: sexually transmitted cancers.

We briefly highlight the growing body of recent evidence linking unprotected oral sex with the development of some types of head and neck cancer in younger patients. These tumours appear to be increasing in incidence although the development of more sensitive methods of HPV detection may be a confounding factor.

A patient with ulcerated calcifying epithelioma of Malherbe in the pinna: case report.

Introduction: Although pilomatrixomas are frequently encountered by dermatologists and pathologists in the differential diagnosis of head and neck lesions, this is not usually the case among head and neck surgeons. A pilomatrixoma (calcifying epithelioma of Malherbe) is a benign tumour of the hair matrix cells. Histologically it is characterised by the presence of ghost cells, basophilic cells and foreign body cells.