Cleft patients frequently require a maxillary advancement surgery to correct the midface retrusion. The options are maxillary advancement by Le Fort osteotomy or distraction osteogenesis with external or intraoral devices….
Background and objectives: Bilateral cleft lip palate patients often present vertical and horizontal excess in the premaxilla, together with dental torque alterations, due to unrestrained premaxilla displacement and premaxillary-vomerine suture…
Background and objectives : Many techniques are available to repair clefts of the palate. Techniques involving substantial stripping of the palatal mucoperiosteum, lead to maxillary hypoplasia. Vomerine flaps have been…
Background and objectives : Oronasal fistulae (ONF) following cleft palate (CP) repair are challenging and associated with high recurrence rates. The aim of this study was to evaluate effectiveness of…
Background and objective : Octyl-2-cyanoacrylare is a synthetic adhesive recently applied for skin closure. Cleft lip repair is one of the most demanding of surgeries of head and neck. In…
Background and objectives : Cleft lip and palate (CLP) are congenital defects caused by defective fusion of the embryonic processes that participate in the formation of oral and nasal cavities….
Introduction/aims : Our aim is to demonstrate how the width of a cleft of the palate can be used to predict speech outcomes in children with cleft lip and palate….
Introduction/aims : Multiple Individual Audit Outcome Web (MIAOW) is a pictorial representation of outcomes and has been widely utilized in industry, finances and sports, but to our knowledge, not in…
Objective : This echocardio-graphic study aims to assess the incidence of cardiac abnormalities and their relevance to surgery amongst patients with oro-facial clefts. Materials and methods : A retrospective analysis…
Background and objectives : The diagnosis of Pierre Robin sequence (PRS) has always been controversial. A very large database (3791 cleft patients) with 237 cases of PRS, divided into the…
Objectives : The correction of the nasal deformity in patients with complete unilateral cleft lip and palate (UCLP) is challenging and there is no single option for the nasal correction…
Background and objectives : The delayed or inadequate treatments of cleft lip palate and alveolus patients always reveal challenging clinical outcomes. The modified surgical approaches would be needed to overcome…
Background and objectives : Tooth autotransplantation has developed into a safe and predictable procedure, which preserves the continuity of the dental arch and the alveolar process and provides an acceptable…
Background and objectives : Facial deformity is rated as least attractive of all deformities and orofacial cleft (OFC) is one such condition. Though comprehensive treatment for OFC is now available…
BONJ is an iatrogenic illness described in 2003. In those 10 years, therapeutic attitude has changed from more conservative to more invasive. The aim of this study is to demonstrate…
Background and objectives : BRONJ seems to be a rising entity in maxillofacial surgery, especially when focusing on oral anti-resorptive therapy. Literature of the past decade focused on diagnosis, prophylaxis…
In accordance to some contemporary scientific literature the incidence of BRONJ in patients receiving IV BPs i.v. ranges from 0.8% to 16%. Different treatment protocols of BRONJ are described in…
In 2003 began to be published the first cases of osteonecrosis of the jaws associated with the administration of intravenous bisphosphonates. The aim of our contribution is to present a…
Bisphosphonates reduce skeletal complications of bone diseases such as osteoporosis and bone metastases. During the last years, the number of patients with bisphosphonate-associated necrosis of the jaw (BP-ONJ) increased. Many…
Background and objectives : Bisphosphonates are used for treatment of bone metastases, multiple myeloma, osteoporosis and other bony diseases. Osteonecrosis of the jaw is a well known potential complication of…
