When preparing patients for orthognatic surgery, one of the major concerns besides the functional outcome is the prediction of the postoperative facial appearance. To satisfy this whish, two-dimensional computer-assisted profile…
Objectives: To test the feasibility of the application of 3D planning software in the severe deformities with hemimandibular hyperplasia. Methods and materials: 13 consecutive patients from the department of Oral…
The aim of this study is to show positional changes of the mandibular condylar axis after backward or centering movements in skeletal class III patients. The anatomy of the body…
In the last years the computed tomography (CT) had been used in maxillofacial surgery for dento-skeletal deformities diagnosis and treatment planning. It is important to have precise information, which is…
The determination of the mineral content of the bone and its distribution by Computed Tomography (CT-Scan), allows defining insertion points for prosthetic device, diagnosis, or to determine the level of…
Diathermy is used widely in surgical procedures, mainly for subcutaneous and deeper layers dissection. The use on craniomaxillofacial skin has been precluded by the fear of scar formation, alopecia and…
Introduction: Condylar hyperplasia is a persistent non-neoplastic growth of the mandibular condyle beyond the normal age limit with the development of varying degrees of facial asymmetry. Objective: The study was…
Aims: The objective of this study is to evaluate the different applications of botulinum toxin-A in functional pathologies of maxillofacial territory. Methods: In this prospective study, thirty-three participants that required…
Post-traumatic Sialocele parotídeo is an acquired injury which appears for extravasación of saliva in the glandular fabrics and or periductales, secondary to the interruption and or injury of the principal…
A retrospective study of orofacial infections admitted to the oral and maxillofacial surgery service at Woodhull hospital between 2004 and 2011. The inclusion criteria consisted of infections that were limited…
Objective: This study aims to report two experiences in the surgical management of microstomia. Case 1 : A 65-year-old female patient was admitted to our department with complaints of difficulting…
A system or application web is a software product that allows users to make use of a range of specialized services accessed through an Internet server or an intranet via…
Introduction: Surgical treatment of OSAS can be performed in different anatomical regions depending on the level of obstruction. According to this, patients may undergo surgical procedures at the same stage…
Objectives: Craniocervical necrotizing fasciitis (CCNF) is a rare life threatening soft tissue infection that results primarily in necrosis of fascial planes. The early stage of disease, clinically is similar to…
Objectives: To analyze the occurrence and course in aggressive management of the head and neck necrotizing fasciitis. Methods: A prospective cohort study of the patients with necrotizing fasciitis (NF) of…
The aim of this study was investigate by the finite element method the distribution of stress in the maxillar undergoing subtotal Le Fort I osteotomies to surgically assisted maxillary expansion….
The facial nerve is basically a motor nerve, which supplies the muscles of facial expression. Injury to this nerve causes functional, social and psychological disability. Aims and objectives: 1. To…
Objectives: Bisphosphonate related osteonecrosis of the jaw (BRONJ) has become one of the most obstinate and complicated pathology in oral and maxillofacial surgery. Defective or delayed epithelization of soft tissue…
Introduction: The use of hypnosis has been increasingly advocated in oral surgery to obtain sedation and decrease pain perception, but no data are so far available on dental pain threshold….
Objectives: The Visual Analogue Scale for Anxiety (VAS-A) has shown a significant correlation with Corah’s Dental Anxiety Scale (DAS), but a discordance of 28% has been found between the two…
