Management of Infraorbital Rim Fracture Through Intraoral Approach.

Purpose: The aim of our study was to evaluate the feasibility of an intraoral approach in the management of infraorbital rim fracture.

Patients And Methods: A total of 12 patients of which four were female and five were male with isolated unilateral zygomaticomaxillary complex (ZMC) fractures, essentially involving the infraorbital foramen (right or left), were included in this study. Indications for surgical intervention were cosmetic deformity, disturbance of vision, persistent paresthesia, or impaired mandibular movement.

The Use of Tibial Autogenous Cancellous Bone for Late Secondary Alveolar Bone Grafting in Cleft Patients: A Prospective Study.

Objectives: To evaluate the management of alveolar cleft defects with proximal tibia bone grafts by late secondary alveolar bone grafting.

Materials And Methods: Fifteen patients were studied, nine males and six females within age range of 21-32 years. All the patients were treated with cancellous portion of the proximal tibial bone graft, harvested through the medial approach.

Management of Angle Mandible Fractures by 3D Rectangular Grid Plate: A Prospective Study.

Aim: This study aims to evaluate the clinical outcomes of treatment of mandibular angle fractures using 3D rectangular grid plate.

Materials And Methods: A total of 10 patients with mandibular angle fractures with or without associated facial fractures requiring open reduction and internal fixation were included in the study. Fixation was done using 3D rectangular grid plate.

Evaluation of use of distraction osteogenesis in mandibular retrognathia and its effect on soft and hard tissues and airway.

Objectives: Bone distraction is the process of new bone formation between the surfaces of bone segments gradually separated by incremental traction of soft tissues. These adaptive changes in the soft tissues allow for greater skeletal movements while minimizing the potential relapse. In this study, we are reporting our clinical experience with mandibular distraction used to achieve simultaneous skeletal and soft-tissue correction with distraction osteogenesis (DO).

Secondary Correction of the Midline Defect of Upper Lip: A Report of Five Cases.

Introduction: Primary surgery of cleft lip and palate has dramatically improved with technical and material advances. Some adults who previously underwent surgery still have upper lip deformities or extensive scar, and they are occasionally seen for secondary treatment.

Cases: In our study, a total of five patients with secondary deformity of the upper lip with the scarred tissue with paucity of the muscle in the midline were operated using the modified Abbe flap.

An Intraoral Appliance to Retract the Protrusive Premaxilla in Bilateral Cleft Lip Patients Presenting Late for Primary Lip Repair.

The protruding and deviated premaxilla in bilateral complete cleft lip and palate (BCL/P) patients causes a perplexing problem in achieving a tension-free primary lip closure. An innovative noninvasive active intraoral Fixed Pre-Surgical Cleft Orthopedic (FPSCO) appliance is presented that has enabled to successfully reposition the premaxillary segment to a more favorable position prior to the surgical repair in 4 BCL/P patients, who reported late for treatment with a mean age of 18 ± 3 months. All the patients had at least 1 deciduous tooth erupted in 3 cleft segments, 1 premaxilla (PM), and 2 lateral maxillary (LM) segments.

Maxillofacial Injuries in Women: A Retrospective Study of 10 Years.

Introduction: Diversities exists in incidence, etiology and epidemiology of facial fractures among male and female individuals due to various reasons. Many of the epidemiological studies published during the millennium have shown male predilection. This study was carried to evaluate the etiology, patterns and distribution of facial fractures among different age groups in women.

Zygomaticomaxillary Complex Fractures: A Review of 101 Cases.

Aim: ZMC fractures are the common facial injuries. The main causes of fractures are trauma due to RTAs, assaults, falls, sports related injuries, and the civilian warfares. This study is to evaluate and review the etiology, incidence, clinical findings and treatment of ZMC fractures.

Comparison of Management of Mandibular Angle Fractures by Three Approaches.

Background And Objectives: Various methods have been reported in the literature for treating mandibular angle fractures comparing extra oral, intra oral and transbuccal approaches for achieving the goals of restoration of anatomic form, maintenance of segment position and bony union.

Materials And Methods: This study was conducted to assess the simple and effective surgical approach in treating mandibular angle fractures and the outcome by means of three approaches i.e.

Analysis of 1,545 Fractures of Facial Region-A Retrospective Study.

Incidence and etiology of facial fractures vary from region to region due to various constituents. This study was carried to evaluate the patterns and distribution of fractures in the facial region among different age groups of patients in both males and females caused due to various etiologies. This is a retrospective epidemiological study, which was performed on patients with fractures in the maxillofacial region during a period of 2005 to 2013 at Mamata Dental College and Hospital, Khammam, India.

Impacted mandibular third molars and their influence on mandibular angle and condyle fractures--a retrospective study.

Background: Previous retrospective analyses prove that impacted mandibular third molars (M3s) increase the risk of angle fractures and decrease the risk of concomitant fractures to the condyle.

Study Design: A retrospective cohort was designed for patients reported to the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery from January 2011 till June 2013. The study variables are presence or absence of third molar, if it is present, their position, classified using the Pell and Gregory system; angulation, classified using Shiller's method.

Donor site evaluation: anterior iliac crest following secondary alveolar bone grafting.

Introduction: The use of autogenous bone graft for Secondary alveolar bone grafting is well established in the treatment of cleft lip and palate patients.

Aims And Objectives: To evaluate post-operative morbidity of anterior iliac crest graft after secondary alveolar bone grafting in cleft patients.

Material And Methods: Forty patients during the period from July 2008 to March 2013, who underwent secondary alveolar bone grafting by harvesting graft from anterior iliac crest in Mamata Dental Hospital, Khammam, Andhra Pradesh, India are included in the present study.