Michael R. Markiewicz *, Joseph E. Margarone III, Guido Barbagli , Frank A. Scannapieco d University at Buffalo, School of Dental Medicine, Buffalo, NY, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, and Center for Applied Clinical Investigation, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of De...

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...

Knee infection is a relatively rare complication after arthroscopic knee surgery (Babcok et al., 2002), with reported incidences ranging from 0.1% to 3.4% (Babcok et al., 2002 and Bert et al., 2007). Although postoperative dental and surgical procedures were formerly considered a risk factor for infection in arthroplasty patients, the American Dental Association (ADA) and Academy of Orthopaedic...

Children, who were tonsillectomized because of sleep apnea were examined with respect to facial growth and dental arch morphology. Dental casts and lateral roentgencephalograms were analysed before surgery and two years after tonsillectomy. The findings were compared to data from children without tonsillary obstruction. A higher proportion of malocclusion than normal, especially open bite and c...

results sixteen patients (66.7%) in antibiotic group and 20 patients (90.9%) in placebo group had post-operative swelling and pain. the average pain in the antibiotic and placebo groups were (31.04 + 26.29) and (37.73 + 23.69) respectively, and the difference was not statistically significant (p value = 0.37). one patient in each group had probing depth between 5 to 7 mm in six months after sur...

While the world of surgery and medicine is racing towards endoscopic less invasive surgical techniques, we here are still quoting the 19 th century adage " great surgeons make great incisions ". I teach oral and maxillofa-cial surgery at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels and can attest to the fact that minimally invasive procedures can maximize patient comfort by avoiding traumatic inj...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to evaluate the skeletal and dental changes after intraoral vertical ramus osteotomy (IVRO) with and without presurgical orthodontics by using cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT). METHODS This retrospective cohort study included 24 patients (mean age, 22.1 years) with skeletal Class III malocclusion who underwent bimaxillary surgery with IVRO. The patients...

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM Antibiotic resistance is an imminent threat to worldwide public health. Dental professionals must demonstrate judicious use of antibiotics and educate their patients about the risks associated with their overuse. PURPOSE OF THE PAPER: To encourage the dental profession to prescribe responsibly in order to optimise the use of antibiotics in oral surgery. Antibiotic stewa...

The piezosurgery has been used with increasing frequency and applicability by health professionals, especially those who deal with dental implants. The concept of piezoelectricity has emerged in the nineteenth century, but it was applied in oral surgery from 1988 by Tomaso Vercellotti. It consists of an ultrasonic device able to cut mineralized bone tissue, without injuring the adjacent soft ti...