Oral and maxillofacial surgery is a branch of dentistry responsible for diagnosing and treating diseases, deformities and injuries of oral and maxillofacial region, including those that involve both hard and…
Deep cervical infections may be of dental origin and cause life threatning conditions, including airway obstruction, mediastinitis and sepses. We report a 29 year old man with uncomfortable toothache in…
The methylmethacrylate was first synthesized in 1902 by Röhm, a German chemical, and was patented by the name of Plexiglas in 1928. This alloplastic material had its first use, for…
The ossifying fibroma (OF) is an unfrequent fibro-osseous lesion that generally affects middle age woman, usually setting in the posterior area of the jaw. Clinically the patient can present a…
The syndrome of obstructive sleep apnea (OSAS) is characterized by repetitive episodes of upper airway obstruction during sleep, usually associated with sleep disruption and decreased oxyhemoglobin saturation. Cephalometric analysis has…
Introduction: As Internet access and use of the World Wide Web is increasing, patients are using search engines to research all aspects of medicine. Unfortunately, the information on the Internet…
Salivary lithiasis is defined as the obstruction to the salivary outflow due to a calcaric stone (sialolithe) located through the excretory system of the gland. It is the most common…
Every day we are faced with a greater amount of patients with either functional or aesthetic reasons require surgical procedures to resolve problems, orthognathic surgery being one of the most…
There are several sleep disorders reported by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. Among them, one of the most common is obstructive sleep apnea-obstructive sleep hypopnea syndrome. In the last…
Introduction: There is a growing concern about the scientific production in oral and maxillofacial surgery (OMS) field, making it essential to have bibliometric assessments to estimate current status and trends….
Introduction: Oral and maxillofacial disease profile is treated by overlapping medical and surgical specialties, most of them without the high-level stomatological training who dentists have. Of these specialties, oral and…
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurological disease that involves both upper and lower motor neurons. Prevalence is 4–6 per 100,000 with mean age onset of 56 years. Clinical symptoms…
Recently was shown that vermiculite with chlorohexidine exhibits the antibacterial activity, but impact of stand-alone vermiculite on organisms is still not completely understood. Here we test the effect of vermiculite…
Introduction: Prosthetic rehabilitation of the patients, after maxilloectomy resection is challenging because of complexity of defects. Only few such clinical cases were found in literature. This study dedicate to prosthetic…
In order to reduce time in orthodontic treatments, have been applied knowledge about bone physiology based on clinical experience and observation by H. Frost. The injuries in bone (fractures, osteotomies…
In search of methods and techniques to facilitate and shorten the orthodontic treatment time, getting equal or better results than traditional treatments. Wilcko et al. and Hajji have been working…
Introduction: Patients with unstable systemic diseases or non-cooperative patients are characterized as patient with special needs and are usually submitted to dental procedures under intravenous sedation or general anesthesia in…
All cases of dental, oral and pharyngeal infections that were sent to a specialist’s consultation in a secondary health care unit were retrospectively collected and analysed, in Mikkeli Central Hospital…
Introduction: Bisphosphonates are compounds widely used in the treatment of various metabolic and malignant bone disease. Despite the clinical benefits, osteonecrosis of the jaws has recently emerged as a significant…
Purpose: MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small non-coding RNAs that regulate the basic cellular processes such as cell proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis at the post-transcriptional level by degrading or repressing target messenger…
