Management of a gunshot wound to the face resulting in a mandibular body fracture with burying of a bicuspid crown into the tongue.

Gunshot wounds to the maxillofacial region are unpredictable and run the gamut from minor injuries to severe mutilating and life threatening injuries. This patient although unfortunate to have been the victim of mistaken identify resulting in the gunshot wound, was fortunate that the bullet hit his bicuspid, which probably served to deflect its path away from vital structures, thus saving his life. This accounts for the buried bicuspid crown found in the midline of the body of the tongue.

Reconstructive surgery for complex midface trauma using titanium miniplates: Le Fort I fracture of the maxilla, zygomatico-maxillary complex fracture and nasomaxillary complex fracture, resulting from a motor vehicle accident.

Maxillofacial injuries resulting from trauma can be a challenge to the Maxillo-Facial Surgeon. Frequent causes of these injuries are attributed to automobile accidents, physical altercations, gunshot wounds, home accidents, athletic injuries, work injuries and other injuries. Motor vehicle accidents tend to be the primary cause of most midface fractures and lacerations due to the face hitting the dashboard, windshield and steering wheel or the back of the front seat for passengers in the rear.

General and oral manifestations of human immunodeficiency virus infection: a general overview with guidelines for infection control in the dental practice.

The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1), responsible for the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, has in the span of a decade become an epidemic of global proportions. Oral lesions, head and neck diseases are often the first manifestations of HIV-1 infection and AIDS. It is essential for all dentists to familiarize themselves with the oral manifestations of HIV-infection as well as the dental management of such manifestations.

Pyknodysostosis: an unusual presentation in a denture wearer. A case report.

Pyknodysostosis is a rare craniofacial syndrome characterized by cranial anomalies, dwarfism, osteopetrosis, hypoplasia of the angle of the mandible, abbreviated terminal phalanges, and dysodontiasis. The syndrome was first differentiated by Maroteaux and Lamy in 1962. Fewer than 130 cases have been described since that time.