Objective:
 To determine the frequency of trismus and diplopia in patients with zygomatic complex fractures.
 Materials Methods:
 This descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted on 82 using non-probability consecutive sampling technique. Patients ZMC fractures age above 15 years both genders were included. TMJ pathologies, history previous surgery having orbital pathologies...

Construction of an obturator is necessary to restore normal function and aesthetics in patients who had a resection of a tumor in the soft and hard palates. The design of the prosthesis is affected by the remaining supporting structures of the oral cavity, presence and extent of reconstructed tissue and the severity and location of the lesion. Many adverse forces act on an obturator and these c...

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fant suffering from general convulsions. I found it to be a case of trismus nascentium, occurring suddenly on the fifth day after birth. The child was of normal size, and apparently well nourished. The parents could assign no cause for the accession of the disease. It is to be observed, however, that the house was not well situated (being low down on the side of a hill), that there were ten chi...

INTRODUCTION The aim of this study was the comparision of postoperative outcomes in impacted mandibular third molars that were treated using either platelet-rich fibrin (PRF), a combination of PRF and piezosurgery, or conventional rotatory osteotomy. PATIENT AND METHODS The study included 20 patients; 40 extractions of impacted mandibular third molars were performed. Patients were divided int...

Trauma to the temporalis muscle sometimes associated with trismus that may interfere many daily activities like eating, speech and oral hygiene maintenance, so treatment is necessary. Aims of study: were evaluate effects local injection steroids triamcinolone in around scar alleviate trismus. Materials methods: Thirty patients presented trauma Al-Salam teaching hospital temporal region. The pro...

Our aim is to evaluate the effectiveness of Low Level Laser Therapy (LLLT) in control postoperative pain, swelling, and trismus associated with surgical removal impacted mandibular third molars. This study was carried out as a single centre, prospective sample size 30 patients LLLT following Patients were randomly divided into two groups 15 each. Group 1(Study /LLLT group) consisted undergoing ...