Parenteral antibiotic prophylaxis is the current standard of therapy in clean-contaminated oral cancer surgery. Nevertheless, the incidence of surgical site infection (SSI) in oral oncological surgery is relatively high, especially in major surgery with reconstruction and tracheotomy. The aims of this study were to investigate the perioperative condition related to microorganisms in the oral ca...

(1) Background: Oronasal communication is described in the scientific literature as a common complication that occurs after cleft palate surgery. In some cases, it can also be consequence of oral surgery procedures; main problem this type rare accident related to correct healing process and treatment option. (2) Case report: A patient with oronasal caused by an unsuccessful attempt superior can...

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Locally advanced oral cavity cancers are treated with a multi-modality approach. Surgery is the most efficient local modality in comparison to chemoradiation in oral cancers. Preoperative chemotherapy has failed its expectations to improve disease-free survival or overall survival in resectable oral cancers. Its use as an organ preservation tool is being studied. Induction chemotherapy followed...

introduction: periradicular surgery is an appropriate treatment method for dental periradicular impairments. the present study was carried out to analyze the knowledge of general dentists and dental specialists about periradicular surgery. methods: this descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted on 93 general dentists and 7 dental specialists (endodontists and oral and maxillofacial surgeo...

Model surgery is one of the most important steps in the preoperative workup for orthognathic surgery. In cases of complicated two-jaw surgery, manual model surgery requires many laboratory based steps that are time-consuming and may contain potential errors. Recently, a three-dimensional virtual model surgery (3D-VMS) program (3Txer version 2, Orapix, Seoul, Korea) was introduced. The purpose o...

This is the first review on orthognathic surgery in Malaysia. The records of a total of 84 patients seen between 1977 and 1999 in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery of the Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya were analysed. Skeletal III deformity formed 85% of the sample with a female dominance of 2 to 1. The patients' age ranged from 17 to 36 years, with a mean of 25.3 year...

Randa Alfotawi, Ashraf F Ayoub, K Elizabeth Tanner, Matthew J Dalby, Kurt B Naudi and Jeremy McMahon 1 S. Registrar in Oral and Maxillofacial Department Dental Faculty, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia 2 Professor of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, MVLS College, University of Glasgow, UK 3 Professor of Biomedical Materials, School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, UK. 4 Professor, Centre f...