Introduction: For organ and function preservation, chemoradiotherapy is gaining popularity for primary treatment of advanced head and neck cancer, reserving surgery for salvage. Methods: Retrospective analysis to determine the results…
Calcifying epithelial odontogenic tumour (Pindborg tumour) is a rare benign neoplasm. It is an uncommon and locally invasive benign odontogenic tumor. The most characteristic findings are the presence of amyloid-like…
The case of 76-year-old male with three metachronous primary tumors including oral cancer is presented with the diagnosis, treatment and progress, as well as a literature review of multiple primary…
The bisphosphonates are a family of drugs commonly used for treatment of bone changes caused mainly by malignant neoplasias and osteoporosis. Treatment with bisphosphonate drugs is associated with several complications…
Schwannomas are tumors that correspond to peripheral nerves originating in the nerve sheats (1,2); these tumors are considered uncommon in the oral cavity, only 1% of the extracranial shwannomas shows…
Introduction: In spite of the great improvement achieved in oral health in industrialized countries, the odontogenic infection continues being present and leading to the hospitalization of the patient. Purpose: To…
Recently, it has been widely known that osteonecrosis of the jaw occurs after administration of bisphosphonates, especially after surgical dental treatment. Appropriate treatment of bisphosphonate-related osteonecrosis of the jaws (BRONJ)…
One of the critical steps in planning orthognathic surgery is the surgery of models whose ultimate goal is to obtain the intermediate and final splint that helps us to reposition…
The aim of this study is to evaluate the behavior of the mandibular lingual plate in sagittal split osteotomy using a tridimensional analysis on patients who had mandibular retrusion or…
Objectives: To compare the reproducibility of three-dimensional cephalometric landmarks on three-dimensional computed tomography (3D-CT) surface rendering using clinical protocols based on low-dose (35 mA s) spiral CT and cone-beam CT…
