BACKGROUND The etiology of maxillofacial injuries varies from one country to another and even within the same country depending on the prevailing socioeconomic, cultural and environmental factors. Periodic verification of the etiology of maxillofacial injuries helps to recommend ways in which maxillofacial injuries can be averted. The aim of the present study is therefore to analyse the charact...

An explosion of technological advances has influnced the present and future treatment of virtually all rthognathic surgery and orthodontic patients. The fficiency, duration, affordability, and convenience of uch treatment will be changed forever. This JOMS ssue describes how a paradigm shift will take place y a global revolution of surgical education by virtual maging technology and robotic sur...

Through this 20-year statistical analysis, we try to explain the changes in data during our results, taking into consideration the local characteristics in the pattern of casualties, etiology and treatment modalities [1, 2]. The findings of this study, compared with other studies, support the view that the causes and incidence of maxillofacial injuries vary from one study to another according t...

1 Swapnil Moghe, 2 Nitin Saini, 3 Ajay Pillai, 4 Anjali Moghe, 5 Kavita Pillai 1 (Assistant Professor, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Peoples Dental Academy, Bhopal, India) 2 (Assistant Professor, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology, D.A.V (C) Dental college, Yamunanagar, India) 3 (Associate Professor, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Peoples Dental Academy, Bho...

1Department of Consulting and Diagnostics, Central Research Institute of Dentistry and Maxillofacial Surgery, Russia 2Department of oral & maxillofacial surgery, Russian Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education Studies, Russia 3Department of Oral Maxillofacial Head Neck Oncology, Ninth People’s Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Stomatology, ...

Osteoma cutis (OC) is a rare benign disorder where osseous nodules form in the reticular layer of normal skin. These nodules are formed by the deposition of lamellar bone and are characterized by osteocytes in the core and osteoclasts around the periphery. Interpretation of osteoma cutis cases has always been challenging especially using conventional two-dimensional (2D) radiographs, owing to d...

Penetrating head injury causes complex injuries and high mortality. A 47-year-old man presented after a fall from a 4-meter-high construction scaffold with a twisted steel bar in his head (figure, A and B). The only focal neurologic deficit was a fixed and dilated left pupil. CT imaging revealed interruption of left optic canal (figure, C) without involvement of left internal carotid artery (fi...

Nuclear medicine studies often play a significant role in the diagnosis and treatment of oral and maxillofacial diseases. While not commonly used in everyday dental practice, the dental provider should have a conversational knowledge of these imaging modalities and understand the indications and limitations of these studies. The purpose of this review is to discuss the nuclear medicine studies ...