How Did the COVID-19 Pandemic Affect Emergency Dental Trauma Settings in Permanent Dentition? A Retrospective Study.

: The purpose of this study was to examine how the COVID-19 pandemic influenced the patterns, distribution, and circumstances of dental trauma (DT) cases at a German cranio-maxillofacial trauma center. This retrospective analysis compared DT cases from the PreCovid (PC) period (February 2019-January 2020) with those from the IntraCovid (IC) period (February 2020-January 2021). It included an examination of baseline characteristics, types of DT, circumstances leading to DT, and the treatment approaches applied.

Impacted third molar surgery in older patients-Is patient´s age really a risk factor for complications?

Objectives: The aim of this study was to analyze the influence of patients´ age on perioperative complications in impacted third molar surgery and how established risk factors are affected by age.

Materials And Methods: The clinical findings, digital panoramic radiographs and perioperative data of 200 patients (554 impacted third molars) that had been subjected to tooth extraction, from July 2023 until July 2024, were analyzed. Perioperative complications (Inferior alveolar nerve (IAN) hypesthesia, oroantral communication (OAC), lingual nerve (LN) hypesthesia, postoperative bleeding, postoperative infection) as well as impaction patterns and risk factors (angulation type, bone coverage, depth- and risk scores) were analyzed by age (cut-off 30 years).

Metastasis of a Solitary Fibrous Tumor in the Mandible: A Case Report.

Background/aim: The solitary fibrous tumor (SFT) is a mesenchymal neoplasm and belongs to the group of soft tissue sarcomas. The SFT is characterized by indolent, slowly progressive growth and manifests itself clinically by compression of neighboring structures. The treatment of choice is surgical removal of the tumor.

Recurrent Swelling and Microfilaremia Caused by Dirofilaria repens Infection after Travel to India.

Human subcutaneous dirofilariasis is an emerging mosquitoborne zoonosis. A traveler returning to Germany from India experienced Dirofilaria infection with concomitant microfilaremia. Molecular analysis indicated Dirofilaria repens nematodes of an Asian genotype.

Analysis of orbital plain radiographs for orbital deformities in neurofibromatosis type 1 patients, with special reference to alterations of the orbital rim as indicators of adjacent plexiform neurofibroma.

Unlabelled: Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is an autosomal dominant inherited disease. Some stigmata of NF1 occur in the orbital region. The aim of this study was to reveal whether alterations of the orbital rim visible on plain radiographs may indicate the presence of a plexiform neurofibroma (PNF), a tumour almost exclusively diagnosed in NF1.

Size of tooth crowns and position of teeth concerning the extension of facial plexiform neurofibroma in patients with neurofibromatosis type 1.

Unlabelled: Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is an autosomal dominant inherited tumour syndrome. NF1 is also a disorder of bone in terms of altered bone metabolism and bone dysplasia. Facial plexiform neurofibroma (PNF) is frequently associated with osseous alterations and may cause severe disfigurement.

Dysplasia of the orbit and adjacent bone associated with plexiform neurofibroma and ocular disease in 42 NF-1 patients.

Neurofibromas are the hallmark of neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1). Interestingly, generalised and localised interference or dysfunction of bone is also a key element of the NF1 phenotype. In the skull, NF1-associated orbital dysplasia often results in a severe disfigurement of affected individuals.

Pleomorphic adenoma of the salivary glands: analysis of 94 patients.

Unlabelled: Pleomorphic adenoma is a benign epithelial tumor of adenoid structure preferentially arising from the parotid gland. It was shown that complete tumor excision is a curative measure and recurrence is likely in incompletely excised tumors. The aim of this study was to analyse the outcome of patients with pleomorphic adenoma from salivary glands in order to evaluate the surgical strategy of a single institution.

Jaw malformations plus displacement and numerical aberrations of teeth in neurofibromatosis type 1: a descriptive analysis of 48 patients based on panoramic radiographs and oral findings.

Aim: The aim of this study was to analyse jaw malformations and tooth displacement in patients with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1).

Material And Methods: Forty-eight patients were included in the study (male or female 24 each). All fulfilled the current NIH diagnostic criteria for NF1.