Laser-Assisted Rhinoplasty: The Future Generation Rhinoplasty Technique to Preserve Anatomy? A Series of Patients Compared to Patients Undergoing Standard Open Rhinoplasty.

Background: Rhinoplasty is the cosmetic procedure that is most difficult to master. Anatomical preservation should represent the main goal of rhinoplasty. One emerging tool appears to be erbium:yttrium-aluminum-garnet laser bone and cartilage reshaping.

Nonsurgical Rhinoplasty With the Novel Hyaluronic Acid Filler VYC-25L: Results Using a Nasal Grid Approach.

Background: Nonsurgical aesthetic treatment of the nose is becoming increasingly popular. VYC-25L is a novel hyaluronic acid product with the high G' and cohesivity required of a nasal filler.

Objectives: The authors sought to assess the safety and efficacy of VYC-25L for treatment of the nose utilizing a previously published, grid-based protocol.

Apps for oral hygiene in children 4 to 7 years: Fun and effectiveness.

Background: Nowadays apps in preschool age are largely used in learning improvement. The aim of this work was to test effectiveness of apps in improving oral hygiene in children patients aged from 4 to 7 years and evaluating correlation between parents educational attainment and children oral hygiene.

Material And Methods: 100 patients aged from 4 to 7 years were randomly assigned by an external office in the study group (SG: 32 females, 18 males) and in the control group (CG: 28 females and 22 males).

Complications and management after a nonsurgical rhinoplasty: A literature review.

Nonsurgical rhinoplasty with injectable fillers has become an increasingly popular option in recent years. Their rise in popularity has been driven by a number of factors, including their minimally invasive nature and the cost lower than surgical option. Physicians should keep in mind that there are many possible complications, especially in the hands of a novice injector.

"Dynamic Canthopexy" Drill Hole Canthal Repositioning.

Background: Canthopexies can be performed to modify the eye slant, both when the lateral canthus is lower than the medial one (congenital defect) or in case the patient asks for an almond-shaped eye (cosmetic indication).

Objectives: This peculiar type of canthopexy can be defined as "dynamic canthopexy," meaning that the lateral canthus is released from its original insertion and raised to a higher position. The goal of this study is to demonstrate the differences and the efficacy of the dynamic cantoplasty.

Face Treatment Using Nonsurgical Mini-Invasive Techniques as Postsurgical Procedure for Traumatic Injury.

Background: Facial trauma can cause major psychological damage and compromise a patient's quality of life. Unfortunately, surgery cannot always solve this problem or provide an acceptable result.

Objectives: Treatment with injectables may provide a solution that is minimally invasive and better accepted by patients as a means to improve poor outcomes after facial trauma.

Nonsurgical Rhinoplasty: Nasal Grid Analysis and Nasal Injecting Protocol.

Background: Nonsurgical rhinoplasty using injectable fillers improved skin quality and texture, cost-effectiveness, and quick recovery. The aim of this study was to provide a valid and customized protocol for injecting the nose with the aid of a nasal grid.

Methods: From January of 2016 to October of 2017, 150 consecutive patients entered the trial.

Regenerative potential of the Bichat fat pad determined by the quantification of multilineage differentiating stress enduring cells.

Published studies regarding Bichat fat pad focused, quite exclusively, on the implant of this adipose depot for different facial portions reconstruction. The regenerative components of Bichat fat pad were poorly investigated. The present study aimed to describe by an ultrastructural approach the Bichat fat pad, providing novel data at the ultrastructural and cellular level.

Variations of the profile of the nose of the upper lip.

Background: The aim of this study is to analyze the path needed to achieve a good aesthetic and functional result in patients treated with orthognathic surgery.

Methods: Seventy-three patients with only III class malocclusion were treated with sagittal split ramus osteotomy and with Le Fort I in only one piece. Through the analysis of anatomical cephalometric tracings, changes in the skeletal base, upper incisor and nose's shape were evaluated.

The "Anatomical Balance Correction" for Secondary Cleft Lip Nasal Deformities.

Secondary cleft lip nasal deformities corrective procedures are still a major concern for the maxillofacial surgeons.

New Clinical Analysis and Device for Botox Injections.

Background: Clinical botulinum toxin (BT) injections are done into recognized anatomical sites with no precise reference lines to make records of our treatments and to plan and position the toxin. Botulinum toxin injections are also characterized for different level of pain on different sites of injection.

Objective: The aim of this study is to provide a treatment guide to improve precision and make records, and to evaluate the different levels of pain during the injection.

Osteoconductivity of Complex Biomaterials Assayed by Fluorescent-Engineered Osteoblast-like Cells.

Biomaterials employed for the bone regeneration can be assayed for specific features such as osteoconductivity and gene expression. In this study, the composite HA/collagen/chondroitin-sulfate biomaterial was investigated using an engineered human cell line, named Saos-eGFP. This cell line, a green fluorescent engineered human osteoblast-like cell, was employed as a cellular model for the in vitro study of biomaterial characteristics.

Surgical treatment of unilateral condylar hyperplasia with piezosurgery.

Introduction: Unilateral condylar hyperplasia (UCH) is a disorder of unknown etiology mainly seen in growing patients, which results in facial asymmetry. High condylectomy alone or in association with orthognathic surgery can improve the occlusion and the facial aesthetics.

Materials And Methods: Between 2005 and 2012, a total of 5 patients underwent high condylectomy for UCH using a piezoelectric cutting device.

Eagle syndrome surgical treatment with piezosurgery.

Introduction: Eagle syndrome (ES) is an uncommon complication of styloid process elongation with stylohyoideal complex symptomatic calcification. It is an uncommon condition (4% of the population) that is symptomatic in only 4% of the cases. Eagle syndrome is usually an acquired condition that can be related to tonsillectomy or to a neck trauma.

Surgical management of ocular symptoms in spheno-orbital meningiomas. Is orbital reconstruction really necessary?

Spheno-orbital meningioma (SOM) is an intriguing tumor because of the many different factors that can influence clinical and oncological outcome after treatment. Reasoning that outcome indicator measurement is key to improving therapy, we retrospectively evaluated the management of proptosis and other ocular symptoms in 47 patients surgically treated for SOM at our department in the last 10 years. This patient series was characterized by a high rate of tumor infiltration of the extradural cranial base.

Hyaluronic acid: in vitro and in vivo analysis, biochemical properties and histological and morphological evaluation of injected filler.

Background: No human model has emerged as an accepted standard to evaluate tissue filler longevity.

Objectives: To validate a human model adequate to compare soft tissue filler degradation and tissue reaction.

Materials And Methods: We evaluated in 18 patients the persistence of hyaluronic acid (HA) filler injected into labial tissue analyzing hyaluronidase (HYAL) activity by means of in vitro and in vivo tests, MRI and histological and ultra-structural examination at 3 and 6 months postop.

Piezosurgery versus conventional osteotomy in orthognathic surgery: a paradigm shift in treatment.

The aim of the study was to compare in a randomized controlled clinical trial the use of the piezoelectric osteotomy as an alternative to the conventional approach in terms of surgery time, intraoperative blood loss, cut quality, nerve injury, and costs.One hundred ten patients who had orthognathic surgery procedures with bimaxillary osteotomy were divided into 2 groups: group A was treated with a piezosurgery device, and group B, with a reciprocating saw and bur.The piezosurgical bone osteotomy permitted individualized cut designs.

Delayed progressive haematoma after Le Fort I osteotomy: A possible severe complication in orthognatic surgery.

Although the Le Fort I osteotomy is a safe surgical technique, many complications have been reported. We present a case of an extended cervico-facial haematoma due to delayed bleeding from the terminal branches of the maxillary artery after orthognatic surgery. A 23-year-old man was referred to our observation for the surgical correction of a class III asymmetric malocclusion.

Bilateral pneumothorax after orthognatic surgery.

Among complications in orthognathic surgery, the insurgence of pneumothorax is very rare. Pneumothorax is the presence of air or gas in the pleural cavity and it is rare complications in the postoperative oral and maxillofacial surgery patient. The clinical results are dependent on the degree of collapse of the lung on the affected side.

Combined rhinoplasty and genioplasty: long-term follow-up.

Importance: Long-term follow-up reference for experienced clinicians dedicated to profileplasty.

Objective: To evaluate the long-term results and complications of combined rhinoplasty and genioplasty.

Design: Retrospective study including objective and subjective evaluation before and after 3 years of undergoing simultaneous open rhinoplasty and genioplasty among a cohort of 90 patients.

Mandibular condyle osteochondroma. Review of the literature and report of a misdiagnosed case.

Temporomandibular disorders can usually be diagnosed on the basis of a thorough history and a comprehensive examination of the patient. Additional diagnostic tests, such as imaging of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) area, are mandatory and must be flawless in case of atypical findings. The aim of this report is to illustrate pitfalls in clinical reasoning and in imaging procedures in the diagnosis of temporomandibular pain and dysfunction.