The aim of this thesis was to present the history of dental surgery and oral and maxillofacial surgery in Western Pomerania after World War II. It was shown that these related fields developed dynamically at the Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin resulting in the transformation of the Chair and Department of Dental Surgery into two independent units: Chair and Department of Oral and Maxi...

A substantial part of the maxillofacial surgery practice deals with maxillofacial bone healing. In the past decades, low-intensity ultrasound treatment has been shown to reduce the healing time of fresh fractures of the extremities up to 38%, and to heal delayed and non-unions up to 90% and 83%, respectively. Based on the assumption that the process of bone healing in the bones of the extremiti...

Significant vital functions take place in the oral cavity and oropharynx, primarily mastication, as initial function of gastrointestinal system, swallowing, respiration speech. All these biological can be endangered, ie aggravated, even disabled by appearance neoplasms that anatomical space. In maxillofacial region, originate from a variety tissues, mucous membranes to jaws, salivary glands, tu...

INTRODUCTION Maxillofacial injuries are common among polytraumatized patients, and in Nigeria, the incidence seems to be on the increase. This probably is related to the drive of industrialization and the increase in the number of road traffic accidents. Delays in attending to severe maxillofacial injuries can be grave because of concomitant injuries that can be life threatening. METHODS This...

Valfrido A. Pereira-Filho1, Marisa Aparecida Cabrini Gabrielli1, Eduardo Hochulli-Vieira1, Mario Francisco Real Gabrielli2, Leandro Eduardo Klüppel3 and Fernando Antonini4* 1Associate Professor, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department, Araraquara Dental School Sao Paulo State University, Brazil 2Professor and Chairman, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department, Araraquara Dental School Sao Pa...

PURPOSE Maxillofacial injuries are frequently associated with multiple trauma and can determine functional and aesthetic bad outcomes. The severity of maxillofacial injuries may be considerable and can divert clinicians' attention from other concomitant injuries which is less evident but potentially life-threatening. The aim of this study was to find out the concomitant injuries in patients ref...

Temporomandibular disorders (TMD) are a group of orofacial pain conditions which the most common non-dental complaint in maxillofacial region. Due to complexity etiology, diagnosis and management TMD remain challenge where consensus is still lacking many aspects. While clinical examination considered important process TMD, imaging may serve as valuable adjunct selected cases. Depending on type ...

objective: to evaluate sensorimotor nerve damage in patients with maxillofacial trauma referring to taleghani hospital, tehran, iran methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted during a 2-year period from 2014 to 2012 in taleghani hospital of tehran. we included a total number of 495 patients with maxillofacial trauma referring to our center during the study period. the demographic inform...

results there were no significant differences between the two groups with respect to age, gender, nausea and vomiting, sleep quality, blood pressure, and heart rate. no significant differences were observed between the two groups in pain scores (p = 0.39) and analgesic consumption (p = 0.78). conclusions the results suggest that a single dose of preoperative oral amantadine did not reduce acute...