i ntroduction: the incidence and etiology of maxillofacial fractures vary widely between different countries. understanding the cause and pattern of these injuries can assist in establishing clinical and research priorities for more effective treatment and prevention of maxillofacial injuries. the study aimed to  evaluate  the  etiology  and  pattern  of  maxillofacial  fractures  in  trauma pa...

Dr. Howard A. Israel is an Associate Professor in the Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Columbia University School of Dental and Oral Surgery and is a Diplomats of lite American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. Dr. Israel is codirector of the TMD Facial Pain Clinic at Columbia University and is a member of the International Study Group on Anhroscopy of the Human Temporomandi...

The cosmetic and functional disabilities following radical surgery for traumatic injuries are significant and disabling. Definitive reconstruction should be performed wherever possible as part of the ablative procedure. When definitive reconstruction is coordinated and combined with maxillofacial prosthetic rehabilitation, head and neck defects can be restored to near-normal function and appear...

Maxillofacial prosthetics is considered in literature as ‘‘... the art and science of anatomic, functional and cosmetic reconstruction, by the use of non-living substitutes, of those regions in the maxillae, mandible and face that are missing or defective...” 1. In the maxillofacial surgery where malformative, oncologic traumatologic pathology and the plastic surgery are treated, the maxillofac...

This paper describes a new technique for the closure of oro-antral fistula/communication, in which both hard tissue (bone) and soft tissue closure is achieved. The sandwich technique utilizes a suitable bone grafting material sandwiched between two sheaths of Biogide (a resorbable membrane) for the hard tissue closure of oro-antral communication post traumatic exodontia. The bone grafting mater...

Traumatic injuries may cause anatomic deficiencies in soft and hard tissues. These defects often result in the loss of attached mucosa and alveolar processes, which might reduce potential prosthesis support and require bone and skin grafting. As a result of major maxillofacial trauma, complete or partial avulsion of the palate may require extensive surgical and prosthodontic rehabilitation. The...

Introduction: Patients with cleidocranial dysplasia commonly present with significant dental problems, such as retention of multiple deciduous teeth, impaction or delayed eruption of teeth and the presence of multiple Madhu P. Sivan1, Jayakumar K.2, Jayalakshmi P. S.3, N. Sruthi4 Affiliations: 1MDS, Provisional Lecturer, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Government Medical College, ...

PURPOSE This prospective study evaluated the profile of patients with dentoalveolar trauma assisted at the emergency room of the Oral and Maxillofacial Trauma and Surgery Service at the Hospital das Clínicas, São Paulo University Medical School (Brazil). METHODS A prospective study by a questionnaire applied during the first attendance of those patients, in a period of eight months. RESULTS...

OBJECTIVE To describe the presentation and management of maxillofacial trauma. DESIGN A retrospective study. SETTING Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Muhimbili National Hospital (MNH), Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. SUBJECTS Patients presenting with maxillofacial trauma at the oral and maxillofacial surgery department of the MNH over a six year period (2001-2007). METHOD Informat...