BACKGROUND The Ministry of Health published in November 2012 the "National guidelines for the prevention and clinical management of dental trauma in individuals during their developmental age". The aim of this study is to verify the knowledge among parents of children of primary schools to plan corrective actions. METHODS The study was carried out filling in an anonymous questionnaire distrib...

Children and adolescents who enter foster care often do so with complicated and serious medical, mental health, developmental, oral health, and psychosocial problems rooted in their history of childhood trauma. Ideally, health care for this population is provided in a pediatric medical home by physicians who are familiar with the sequelae of childhood trauma and adversity. As youth with special...

Quando defeitos palatinos ocasionados por trauma interrompem a separação da cavidade oral e nasal, técnicas cirúrgicas adequadas são essenciais para reconstrução anatômica. Relata-se um caso de fenda palatina secundária fratura mandíbula, sendo primeira corrigida cirurgicamente utilizando técnica retalho bipediculado deslizante (técnica Von Langebeck), consistindo no alívio com estafilorrafia r...

A case of disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) presenting after surgery for facial trauma associated with multiple facial bone fractures is described. With regard to the oral and maxillofacial region, DIC has been described in the literature following head trauma, infection, and metastatic disease. Until now, only 5 reports have described DIC after surgery for facial injury. DIC seconda...

Pyogenic granuloma is thought to represent an exuberant tissue response to a local irritation or trauma. It is a reactional response to constant minor trauma and it might be related to hormonal changes. Clinically, these lesions usually present as single nodules or sessile papules with smooth or lobulated surfaces. These may be seen in any size, from a few millimetres to several centimetres. Py...

Limited reports of oropharyngeal trauma exist in the literature even though this type of injury is extremely common in pediatric populations. There are no widely agreed upon diagnostic and management tools for such injuries in abuse cases, emphasizing the importance of reporting rare cases of orofacial trauma. This case report of a soft palate laceration demonstrates an instance of initially un...

Introduction Severity and complexity of combined maxillofacial trauma require not only multidisciplinary approach, but prevention of trauma is also of extreme importance, as this may reduce direct and indirect social economic losses. Understanding the trauma etiology, types, and severity may support clinical priorities determination, increase treatment effectiveness, and also may achieve certai...

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