Adults presenting to oral and maxillofacial surgery services are at high risk of psychological morbidity. Research by the Institute of Psychotrauma and the centre for oral and maxillofacial surgery trauma clinic at the Royal London hospital (2015) demonstrated nearly 40% of patients met diagnostic criteria for either depression, post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety, alcohol misuse, or...

Apert syndrome is a congenital syndrome characterized by craniosynostosis and craniofacial dysostosis, among other features, and is reported to cause obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) because of upper airway narrowing associated with midfacial dysplasia. We recently encountered a case involving a patient with Apert syndrome complicated by OSA who began to receive continuous positive airway pressure...

OBJECTIVES Submental intubation has been advocated as an alternative to classical tracheostomy for certain indicated panfacial trauma surgeries. Surgeons should have various options for airway management in maxillofacial trauma patients. Most maxillofacial injuries involve occlusal derangements, which might require intraoperative occlusal corrections; hence, orotracheal intubation is not ideal....

: This article provides an updated review of oral and maxillofacial endoscopic surgical applications in craniomaxillofacial trauma management, orthognathic surgery, sialoendoscopy, open temporomandibular joint (TMJ) arthrotomy procedures, minimally invasive arthroscopic TMJ surgery. The integration endoscopy into procedures has yielded a seminal impact on achieving comparable or improved patien...

The occurrences of pneumomediastinum and pneumothorax after oral and/or maxillofacial surgery are rare, but both are potentially life-threatening complications. Most of the cases that present pneumomediastinum and pneumothorax in the oral and/or maxillofacial surgery result from air dissecting down the fascial planes of the neck. We report a case of a 23-year-old male patient who underwent bila...

Intraoperative computer-assisted navigation has gained acceptance in maxillofacial surgery with applications in an increasing number of indications. We adapted a commercially available wireless passive marker system which allows calibration and tracking of virtually every instrument in maxillofacial surgery. Virtual computer-generated anatomical structures are displayed intraoperatively in a se...

1 Doctoral degree in stomatology. Adjunct professor of stomatology, UFAL. 2 Master’s degree in oral and maxillofacial surgery. Assistant professor of oral and maxillofacial surgery. 3 Dentistry student, UFAL. 4 Dentistry student, UFAL. 5 Undergraduate course in dentistry, dental surgeon. Dentistry School, UFAL (Faculdade de Odontologia UFAL). Send correspondence to: Luiz Carlos Oliveira dos San...

Maxillofacial surgeries can present unique anesthetic challenges due to potentially complex anatomy and the close proximity of the patient's airway to the surgical field. Damage to the tracheal tube (TT) during maxillofacial surgery may lead to significant airway compromise. We report the management of a patient with a partially severed TT during Le Fort surgery for midfacial hypoplasia and man...

Multiple nodal calcifications in the maxillofacial region are very rare. This case report described a 49-year-old female patient diagnosed with calcified lymph nodes due to chronic inflammation of the lymphatic nodes, including the parotid lymphatic nodes, the posterior auricular lymphatic nodes and submandibular lymphatic nodes in the right maxillofacial region. In clinical practice, we conduc...

1 2 3, 4 5 6 Gupta Ankur , Siwach Amit , Bhatnagar Aditi , Deep Anchal , Rastogi Sameer , Goel Ankit Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Kalka Dental College and Hospital, Meerut Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Narsinhbhai Patel Dental College, Visnagar, Gujarat Department of Prothodontics Kalka Dental College and Hospital, Meerut Department of Oral Medicine & Radiology,...