Cleft lip and palate and periconception COVID-19 infection in five arab countries.

Background: Little is known about factors associated with the severity of cleft lip with or without cleft palate (CL/P) especially during the COVID-19 pandemic with its dramatic changes.

Objectives: The aim of this multi-national study is to measure the association between CL/P severity, COVID-19 infection, and fear of COVID-19 in five Arab countries.

Methods: This cross-sectional study took place in major governmental hospitals in five Arab countries from November 2020 to April 2023.

COVID-19 vaccine and non-syndromic orofacial clefts in five arab countries. A case-control study.

Objectives: Risk factors for non-syndromic orofacial cleft (NSOFCs) include genetic profile and environmental exposure to medication and illnesses during pregnancy. We assessed the association between the COVID-19 vaccination and the incidence of NSOFC across five Middle Eastern countries.

Materials And Methods: This multi-country, hospital-based, case-control study included infants with NSOFCs whose first 3 intrauterine months coincided with the time when pregnant women were allowed to receive COVID-19 vaccination in the countries participating in the study.

Application of supraclavicular island flap in oral and maxillofacial reconstruction.

Unlabelled: Several surgical modalities are available for maxillofacial reconstruction as locoregional or microvascular free flaps.

Purpose: (a) Evaluate the reliability of the supraclavicular flap in cervico-orofacial region; (b) investigate the role of computed tomography angiography (CTA) in predicting the post-operative viability of the flap; (c) assess the speech, feeding, and esthetics after reconstruction using this flap.

Methods: Eleven patients included in this study underwent either conventional or delayed harvesting of the supraclavicular flap (SCF).

COVID-19 related risk factors and their association with non-syndromic orofacial clefts in five Arab countries: a case-control study.

Background: The environmental etiology of non-syndromic orofacial clefts (NSOFCs) is still under research. The aim of this case-control study is to assess COVID-19 associated factors that may be related to the risk of NSOFC in five Arab countries. These factors include COVID-19 infection, COVID-19 symptoms, family member or friends infected with COVID-19, stress, smoking, socioeconomic status and fear of COVID-19.

Pediatric Aggressive Benign Mandibular Tumors: Clinical Features and Management.

Introduction: Aggressive benign mandibular tumors are uncommon in the pediatric population, and there is few publishing in the literature specifically dealing with them. Aggressive tumors can be defined based on known biologic behavior and/or histologic type and/or clinical characteristics.

Aim Of The Study: To review the clinical features and management of lower jaw pediatric aggressive benign tumor.