Background and objectives: Like many of our international colleagues, UK Oral and Maxillofacial surgeons are dually qualified. Whilst traditionally the pathway starts with dentistry and medicine as a second degree,…
Background and objectives: Risk of bias is an important factor in interpreting research results. Therefore, risk of bias of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in oral and maxillofacial surgery (OMS) over…
Background and objectives: Necrotizing fasciitis is a severe soft tissue infection that can affect the cervicofacial region. The management requires aggressive surgical debridement under general anaesthesia and supportive therapy. In…
Background and objectives: Rhinocerebral mucormycosis is an opportunistic invasive fungal infection with elevated mortality rate, caused by fungus of the order Mucorales, which generally affects immunocompromised patients, poorly controlled diabetes…
Objectives: Comparing the accuracy of USS and USS + FNAC as investigative modalities of staging neck disease in head and neck SCC. Design: Retrospective cohort study. Method: A retrospective cohort…
Background and objectives: Necrotizing fasciitis is a severe and very aggressive form of head and neck infection, which represents a real danger for the patient’s life. In this study, we…
Objectives: This retrospective study aims at analyzing the aetiology, pattern and management of odontogenic maxillofacial infections (OMI) presenting at the Winnipeg Health Sciences Centre. Methods: A random selection of 72…
Background: Dentinogenic ghost cell tumours (DGCTs) are a rare subset of the odontogenic tumours. These DGCTs are described as ‘locally invasive neoplasms characterized by ameloblastoma-like islands of epithelial cells in…
BFP is special source of tissue for oral defect because of its location, rich vascularization and stem cells. Surgical anatomy and various applications of BFP flap for reconstruction of soft…
Background: Maternal oral infection has been associated with preeclampsia. This study was done to explore this association. Methods: Forty preeclamptic women and 40 normotensive pregnant women, both having oral infection,…
