Sensitive nerve function measurement in facial trauma: An observational study.

Background: Facial trauma is responsible for various types of health damage and may be functional or aesthetic. Depending on the degree of energy released in this type of trauma, sometimes an irreversibility degree is obtained. This study aimed to perform an objective evaluation of traumatic peripheral nerve injuries resulting from mandibular fractures and midface, using silicon monofilaments.

Sagittal osteotomy for the removal of deeply impacted mandibular molars: a presentation of series of cases.

Sagittal osteotomy was primarily described as a treatment for prognathism and retrognathia. It has been rarely reported as an option for the removal of deeply impacted tooth. The principal indication of this approach is when the tooth is deeply impacted on the mandibular ramus or body and it presents intimate relationship between its root and inferior alveolar neurovascular bundles.

Occurrence of dental avulsion and associated injuries in patients with facial trauma over a 9-year period.

Introduction: This retrospective study aimed to assess the occurrence of dental avulsions in patients with facial trauma over a 9-year period.

Materials And Methods: Data was collected from records of patients attended to at the Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Piracicaba Dental School-State University of Campinas, Piracicaba (SP), Brazil.

Results: Two hundred three patients with 387 avulsed teeth were evaluated, the central incisors being the most common teeth involved (42 % of permanent and 61 % of primary teeth).

Mandibular buccal bifurcation cyst: a case report and literature review.

The mandibular buccal bifurcation cyst is a cystic lesion occurring on the buccal surface of the permanent mandibular first molar in 6- to 8-year-old children. The purpose of this article was to present a case report of an 8-year-old with a radiolucent area on the permanent mandibular left first molar, with clinical, radiological, and histological characteristics compatible with the pathological entity mentioned. The treatment adopted in this case was enucleation without extraction.

A comparison of motorcycle and bicycle accidents in oral and maxillofacial trauma.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to present a large series of motorcycle- and bicycle-related traumas to the face in an attempt to identify the injury pattern in motorcyclists and bicyclists.

Patients And Methods: Data were collected from patients during a 10-year period (1999 through 2009), which included demographic data, diagnosis of facial fractures, use of protective devices, dentoalveolar trauma, and facial soft tissue injuries.

Results: There were 556 patients with bicycle accidents and 367 with motorcycle accidents.

A 9-year retrospective study of dental trauma in Piracicaba and neighboring regions in the State of São Paulo, Brazil.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the occurrence of dentoalveolar trauma during a 9-year period in the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Division at Piracicaba Dental School, State University of Campinas in patients from the Piracicaba municipality and neighborhood regions in São Paulo, Brazil.

Patients And Methods: This retrospective epidemiologic study from January 1999 to December 2007 evaluated all patients who presented at the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Division at Piracicaba Dental School with sustained oral and maxillofacial traumatic injuries associated with dentoalveolar trauma. Information regarding age, gender, etiology, use of protective devices such seatbelts, crash helmets, and presence of facial fractures and general trauma, oral condition, stage of dentition, date of trauma, drug abuse, type, teeth affected, and classification of the trauma were gathered from the medical files.

Oral myiasis caused by Cochliomyia hominivorax treated with ivermectin and nitrofurazone: case report.

Myiasis is the infestation of tissues and organs of animals and humans by certain dipteran fly larvae. This phenomenon is well-documented, especially among animals and people in tropical and subtropical areas. Oral myiasis is a rare condition that can be caused by several species of dipteran fly larvae.

Implant migration into maxillary sinus: description of two asymptomatic cases.

Background: Rehabilitation of edentulous jaws with dental implants has become a usual practice around the world. A very low incidence of complications is associated with this therapy. One of them is migration of dental implants into maxillary sinus.