Patients treated for oral cancer face many problems. Surgery on indication followed by additional radiotherapy, is the curative treatment of choice. Ablative surgery for oral cancer results in altered anatomical…
Cell-based therapies to reconstruct craniofacial defects often utilize mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) and osteogenic cells, transplanted with scaffolds to create an active microenvironment for osteogenesis. The restricted availability, limited life…
This presentation will discuss the relevant properties of human adult epithelial stem cells for the regeneration of soft tissues. Discussion will focus on the biology of epithelial stem cells, their…
Tissue Engineering is considered to be the third treatment modality, complimenting current medical and surgical treatments. Biomaterials, growth factors, as well as stem cells (SC), both embryonic and adult tissue…
The sine qua non of successful surgical repositioning of the jaws, dentition and soft tissue is preservation of viability by continuous blood circulation. Research and experience has shown that by…
Skeletal movements have a significant impact on aesthetic outcomes in surgery of the jaws. This includes vertical and AP changes that have been planned but are executed with a negative…
Complications in orthognathic surgery related to both T.M. Joint and dental occlusion could be arrested by going through the several complications which individually occurs in these two important functional areas…
The lecture will review the anatomy, steps of flap harvest, and complications associated with the most commonly utilized flaps used to reconstruct head and neck defects. The participant will leave…
Vascular anomalies are amongst the most common congenital abnormalities observed in infants and children. Their occurrence in the head and neck region is a source of functional and aesthetic compromise….
Purpose: To assess the results of different soft free flaps in reconstruction of oral and maxillofacial defects. Methods: 2787 patients with 2922 soft free flaps from 1979 to 2010 were…
Over the past 60 years the specialty of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery has evolved into a valid, concise, integral aspect of health care throughout the world. Through new advances in…
The major problem associated with histological assessment of surgical margins in oral squamous cell carcinoma is shrinkage of the specimen. It has been observed from the limited literature available, that…
In their recent publication, K hanal et al. promote the topical use of honey in the oral mucosa of patients undergoing head and neck radiotherapy (HNR). We have some concerns…
We have read the paper by D uan and Z hang with interest, and would like to discuss an important finding. The most interesting and important finding of this study…
We thank Dr. Roger Santos-Silva for his interest in our article, Effect of topical honey on limitation of radiation-induced oral mucositis: an intervention study. In response to his letter, we…
Abstract Metastatic carcinoma involving the hyoid bone has rarely been mentioned in the literature. The most frequent malignant lesion involving the hyoid bone metastasized from the larynx, followed by the…
Abstract An otherwise-healthy 2-year-old Japanese female presented with a polyp-like lesion on the palatal surface at the incisive papilla. The appearance of the lesion was similar to that of a…
