The medical and surgical treatment of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) involves understanding a number of parameters starting with the diagnosis. Medical treatment typically includes CPAP, sleep hygiene, weight loss…
Introduction: The anatomic reconstruction of extensive orbital injuries remains a challenge for the cranio-maxillofacial surgeon. New standardized 3D titanium mesh orbital implants (Synthes, USA) have been developed to facilitate orbital…
The installation of fixtures for prosthetic reconstruction in maxillofacial surgery in patients with bone and soft tissue defects is still a challenge. Until now, computer-assisted preoperative planning and surgery has…
Human kind receives more than 90% of its environmental informations by the visual sense. Consequently, acquiring visual informations by imaging procedures has gained increasing importance in medical diagnostics or therapy….
Liquid nitrogen cryosurgery, boiling at −196 °C, has been shown to be an effective physicochemical treatment to decrease the recurrence rate of aggressive odontogenic lesions. Following enucleation and curettage of…
There are two reasons why keratocysts (Odontogenic Keratocystic Tumor, OKT) may recur. 1) The cystic lesion has not completely been removed and a recurrence develops as a result of epithelial…
Treatment of the keratocystic odontogenic tumour (KCOT) generates discussion and controversy. What is appropriate treatment? What is an acceptable recurrence rate when considering treatment options? How can recurrence rates be…
Ameloblastoma is the commonest odontogenic tumour that occurs more often in the mandible as compared to the maxilla. Because of its infiltrative behaviour, ameloblastoma, when treated by conservative approach has…
Introduction: Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) condylar hyperplasia (CH) is a disorder characterized by an increased volume of the condyle, ramus, and mandibular body. CH is a unilateral, self-limiting disorder that results…
The arthroscopy of temporomandibular joint (TMJ), in the early 1980s together with the development of magnetic resonance allowed us to understand diagnostic findings never seen before concerning this joint: synovitis,…
Rheumatoid arthritis is the most common autoimmune/connective tissue disease involving the temporomandibular joints (TMJ), but other systemic inflammatory diseases that can affect the TMJ include psoriatic arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus,…
The availability of alloplastic total TMJ prostheses which are safe and effective has improved the treatment of patients requiring reconstruction of the temporomandibular joint. There have been over 10 years…
Because of the high costs and traditionally poor outcomes among chronic TMJMD patients, the major goals of 3 National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded projects were to identify predictors of when…
Aesthetic nasal surgery refines the shape of the nose, bringing it into balance with the other features of the face. Precise analysis of the face, careful planning of orthognathic surgery…
The presentation will start with the revision of facial anatomy, definition of the surgical procedure, the indications, surgical steps including local anaesthesia, liposuction, incision, surgical planes, SMAS and platisma treatment,…
The human face is our window to the world. It is both the way we as individuals put forth ourselves for communication and the lens through which others examine us….
Aesthetic rhinoplasty is a popular procedure in the cosmetic surgery spectrum, often positively transforming facial balance and, with concomitant septal surgery, providing an opportunity to improve nasal airways. Dorsal hump…
Dentoalveolar surgery includes osteotomies and corticotomies of individual teeth to accelerate orthodontic tooth movement. This presentation includes the history of this technique and the more current applications. It has long…
The last few decades has witnessed a quantum leap in the use of technology for training. The earlier employment of CDs, DVDs in giving instructions to trainee surgeons on how…
The use of temporary anchorage devices (TADs) in orthodontics has broadened the orthodontic horizon. TADs like miniscrews, can be used to facilitate orthodontic tooth movement, where traditional orthodontic anchorage is…
