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.

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.

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.

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.