Edentulous mandible: clinical results of reconstruction with fresh frozen bone.

Aim: The aim of this study was the clinical and radiological evaluation in severe mandibular atrophy (class V-VI Cadwood-Howell) of bone grafts with homologous fresh frozen bone (FFB) in patients with dysesthesia of the inferior alveolar nerve with or without transposition of the NAI in order to perform a proper implant-prosthetic rehabilitation.

Methods: This article presents our experience in mandibular reconstructions performed in 12 patients with severe mandibular atrophy and dysesthesia performing onlay grafts with FFB and subsequent implant-prosthetic rehabilitation.

Results: The surgical protocol of homologous bone graft in symptomatic patients with severe mandibular atrophy presented an excellent clinical outcome with disappearance of dysesthesia in all patients treated, good graft integration and a complete implant-prosthetic rehabilitation with loss of only 3 implants at the 24-36 month follow up visit.

The pedicled buccal fat pad in oral reconstruction.

Aim: Aim of the study was to present a follow-up on 46 cases in which pedical buccal fat pad (BFP) flaps were used to repair oral defects without any additional local flaps or skin grafts.

Methods: The study comprised 46 patients, 31 men and 15 women, with an age range of 30-78 years (mean age 57.3 years).

Glenoid fossa osteoma resulting in a progressive malocclusion: a case report.

An osteoma is a benign tumor essentially restricted to the craniofacial skeleton. Osteomas occur most frequently in the frontal, ethmoid, and maxillary sinuses, and rarely affect the glenoid fossa. Osteomas are usually pain-free and remain silent, ie, symptom-free, for many years but may lead to occlusal changes.

Alveolar ridge augmentation: a comparative longitudinal study between calvaria and iliac crest bone grafrs.

Insertion of endosseous implants is often difficult because of lack of supporting bone. In the case of severe atrophy of the jaws, a large volume of autogenous bone can be harvested from the iliac crest and calvaria. Both grafts undergo partial resorption with time, but the rate of bone loss has not been fully elucidated.

Treatment of orbital floor blowout fractures with conchal auricular cartilage graft: a report on 14 cases.

Purpose: We sought to present follow-up on 14 cases in which conchal cartilage graft was used to span small orbital floor defects (up to 2 x 2 cm).

Materials And Methods: Fourteen patients with orbital floor blowout fractures were included in the study; in 8 cases, there was associated fracture of the inferior orbital rim. The decision to proceed surgically was based on the presence of at least one of the following conditions: diplopia, enophthalmos, herniation of orbital tissues through gaps in the orbital floor bone, and concomitant displacement of bone fragments of the inferior orbital rim.

[Comparison of ultrasonography, computerized tomography, and magnetic resonance in the study of parotid masses].

One hundred and seven patients were examined to compare advantages and pitfalls of the imaging methods currently used to stage parotid masses. Thirty patients underwent US and CT, 44 were investigated with US and MRI and 33 with US, CT and MRI. The accuracy of the three techniques was analyzed in detecting and assessing the intra-/extraglandular location of the parotid lesions and their benign/malignant nature.

A controlled clinical study of the efficacy and tolerability of nimesulide vs naproxen in maxillo-facial surgery.

The anti-inflammatory and analgesic efficacy of nimesulide was assessed and compared with that of naproxen in the postoperative treatment of inflammatory complications of maxillo-facial surgery in a double-blind study. A total of 60 patients were randomly assigned to treatment with nimesulide (100mg twice daily) or naproxen (250mg twice daily) for 6 to 14 days. Treatment with either drug prevented the development of, or ameliorated the signs and symptoms associated with, the inflammatory process (spontaneous pain, difficulty in chewing and swallowing, swelling, hyperaemia, muscle contracture, poor sleep quality).