Aim: Distant metastases as a hard symptom for malignancy of the tumor disease are found in 8–20% of oral cancer cases, but only 45% of them are confirmed by autopsy….

Digital photography increasingly developed to be an essential facility to support the clinical work. More than in any other speciality it is relevance is unsurpassed in the field of maxillo-facial…

This state of the art lecture will give an overview of recent research and clinic in dentoalveolar traumatology aimed at Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons, who often are the only specialists…

One of the common causes for development of dentofacial deformities and also for relapse following orthognathic surgery involves condylar resorption. Most often the pathological process creating condylar resorption (in either…

Patients suffering sleep apnea, severe mandibular AP and transverse deficiency, TMJ arthrosis and syndromic mandibles have been treated with limited success with traditional surgery. Distraction osteogenesis offers new possibilities, unlimited…

This prospective study selected 21 patients who underwent orthognathic surgery for bite correction. Study selection included preexisting CBCT condylar resorption and class II malocclusion. No patient was dropped from the…

In the last five years we have corrected nearly 750 cases of severe malocclusion by bimaxillary surgery. 76% were Angle class II patients, 5% had an open bite, 19% were…

Ideopathic condylar resorption is most often associated with orthognathic surgery but it may also occur in relation to conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosis or be the result…

Idiopathic condylar resorption (ICR) is a progressive alteration in condylar shape and a decrease in condylar mass and/or size for which there is no identifiable aetiology. The condition is usually…

Aim: The midface or the maxilla in syndromatic patients as cleft lip and palate, crouzon or Apert syndrome can be severely retruded and hypoplastic in antero posterior and vertical dimension…