Mandibular Distraction Osteogenesis in Children and Adolescents: A Clinical and Radiographic Research Using Cone-Beam Computed Tomography.

Aim: The aim of this cross-sectional study was to evaluate, via cone-beam computed tomography, the long-term postoperative outcome in children treated with mandibular distraction osteogenesis.

Materials And Methods: All young patients treated with mandibular distraction osteogenesis (MDO), during a 16-year period, at the University Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery of a Pediatric Hospital, were recalled, and various clinical and radiographic parameters were recorded.

Results: Eleven patients were included: 5 with hemifacial microsomia (HFM) and 6 with mandibular micrognathia.

A novel success scale for evaluating alveolar cleft repair using cone-beam computed tomography.

Purpose: Radiographic scales, based on plain radiographs, for the evaluation of alveolar cleft repair, have certain weaknesses and are thought to overestimate to some degree the success of the surgical intervention. The aim of this study was the presentation of a novel success scale for evaluating alveolar cleft repair using cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT).

Materials And Methods: Patients treated with secondary osteoplasty for unilateral or bilateral alveolar cleft were evaluated using the Bergland and Enemark scales, as well as the novel success scale, which measures the bone height, the bone width and the level of the nasal floor.

Ewing's sarcoma of the maxillofacial region in Greek children: Report of 6 cases and literature review.

Background: The rarity of Ewing's sarcoma (ES) in the maxillofacial region of children, coupled with the technical challenge of resection and associated functional and cosmetic impairment has resulted in deficient data regarding the optimal local control of the disease.

Objective: To describe our experience in the management of primary maxillofacial ES in children, focusing on the therapeutic modalities for local control of the disease.

Study Design: Single institution observational study.

Rhabdomyosarcoma of the maxillofacial region in children and adolescents: Report of 9 cases and literature review.

Objective: To review clinical presentation, histology, treatment and survival for pediatric maxillofacial rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) and evaluate the role of surgical treatment.

Study Design: Retrospective analysis of medical charts.

Methods: Files of patients, treated for primary maxillofacial RMS from 1997 to 2016, were examined for clinical presentation, staging, histology, treatment protocol and complications, recurrence and final outcome.

Evaluation of Dentoalveolar Trauma in Children and Adolescents: a Modified Classification System and Surgical Treatment Strategies for Its Management.

Objective: To retrospectively analyze dentoalveolar trauma in pediatric patients, propose a modified classification, and delineate an approach for its urgent care from the surgeon's perspective.

Patients And Methods: Clinical records of patients, attended at the 'A. and P.