The Incidence and Aetiology of Maxillofacial Trauma and Concomitant Traumatic Brain Injury in a Johannesburg Tertiary Hospital.

Objective: To investigate the incidence and etiology of maxillofacial trauma (MFT) and its association with traumatic brain injury (TBI).

Background: Anecdotal evidence suggests that there is an association between MFT and TBI and that higher incidences of TBI are associated with frontal bone and mid-facial fractures. Despite the large volume of maxillofacial facial fractures treated in the authors' unit, no study has been undertaken to establish the relationship between TBI and maxillofacial fractures.

Antibiotic prescribing pattern of oral health practitioners before and during the COVID-19 pandemic at Wits Oral Health Centre.

The purpose of the study was to determine the antibiotic prescribing pattern of oral health practitioners before and during the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic at Wits Oral Health Centre, South Africa. A retrospective, descriptive study was conducted using a systematic random sample of 698 records of patients who were prescribed antibiotics. The records were categorised into two groups: pre-COVID-19 and COVID-19 pandemic periods.

Surgical Treatment of Temporomandibular Joint Ankylosis: our experience with 36 cases.

Aim: To evaluate and compare outcomes of patients with temporomandibular joint ankylosis (TMJA) treated by gap arthroplasty, costochondral graft, and total alloplastic joint reconstruction.

Methodology: A retrospective cohort study reviewed and analyzed data from patients with TMJA from January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2019, at the Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery Department, University of the Witwatersrand. Patients with TMJA were treated either with gap arthroplasty, costochondral graft, or total alloplastic joint reconstruction.

Lytic brown tumour of the mandible as the initial presentation of hyperparathyroidism in a 7-year old girl: A case report.

Introduction And Importance: Maxillomandibular involvement with brown tumours is rare, especially in the paediatric population. We present a rare case of a young girl with brown tumour (BT) occurring in the mandible as the first manifestation of hyperparathyroidism.

Case Presentation: A 7-year-old black female, presented with a 6-month history of a swelling on the left mandible.

The Effect of Duration of Antibiotic Prophylaxis on Infections Following Open Reduction and Internal Fixation of Mandibular Fractures: A Prospective Randomized Clinical Trial.

Aim: To evaluate the benefits of a long-term prophylactic antibiotic regimen following treatment of fractured mandibles with open reduction and internal fixation.

Material And Methods: A prospective, randomized controlled trial was undertaken at Wits Oral Health Centre. Patients with mandibular fractures who were managed with open reduction and internal fixation using miniplates were randomized into 2 groups.

Does Open Reduction and Internal Fixation Yield Better Outcomes Over Closed Reduction of Mandibular Condylar Fractures?

Purpose: Despite decades of study, a consensus on therapeutic approaches to condylar fractures remains elusive, and the vexing question of invasive or noninvasive therapy remains to be definitively answered. This randomized clinical study aimed to compare the outcomes of mandibular condylar fractures (MCFs) treated by closed reduction (CR) with those treated by open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF).

Methods: The investigators designed and implemented a randomized controlled trial composed of patients with unilateral or bilateral MCFs.

Management of Refractory Mandibular Kaposiform Hemangioendothelioma with Sirolimus: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.

Kaposiform hemangioendothelioma (KHE) is a rare vascular neoplasm of intermediate malignancy that generally occurs in infancy and early childhood. Typically, the lesion arises from superficial or deep soft tissues of the extremities, trunk and retroperitoneum. The paucity of reported cases of head and neck KHEs is evidence of the rarity of the disease in this region.

Alloplastic Total Temporomandibular Joint Reconstruction: A 10-Year Experience of the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.

Aim: This study aimed to retrospectively analyze our 10-year experience with total alloplastic reconstruction of the temporomandibular joint prostheses. Indications and clinical outcomes were also evaluated.Methodology: This was a cross-sectional study in which 31 patients who had alloplastic total Temporomandibular Joint prosthesis implanted between 2007 and 2017 were reviewed.

Management of unpredictable outcomes of costochondral grafts.

Introduction: Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) ankylosis is a debilitating mandibular hypomobility disorder that may be associated with serious functional and aesthetic deformities including limited mouth opening, impaired mastication and disturbances of facial and mandibular growth. The ultimate treatment goal of TMJ ankylosis is to restore altered joint mechanics, correct associated dentofacial deformities and prevent reankylosis.

Presentation Of Case: We present a case of a 16 year old patient who returned with excessive mandibular growth and TMJ reankylosis following treatment of TMJ ankylosis with CCGs when he was 8 years old.

Conservative Treatment of Ameloblastoma in a Pediatric Patient: A Case Report.

Ameloblastomas typically occur in adults and are considered a rarity in the pediatric patient population. We report on the treatment outcome of a pediatric patient who presented with a unicystic ameloblastoma in the mandible. A 15-year-old boy presented with a large, expansile lesion in the ramus-angle region of the mandible.