High-flow arteriovenous malformations (AVMS) of the mandible, though rare, may cause death from intractable bleeding, usually following a dental extraction [1-3]. Treatment is difficult, as evidenced by the large range of therapies that have been proposed. These include repetitive embolization, embolization andjor surgical resection, and curettage [1 , 4-6). Nevertheless, some authors have desc...

PURPOSE In this article, the mandibular bone height in edentulous patients previously treated with a transmandibular implant was evaluated after the dentures were modified according to the latest prosthetic protocol. PATIENTS AND METHODS The bone height of 36 patients was measured on three radiographs; the first at the time of insertion of the implant, the second just before using the latest ...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this article is to describe the diagnostic evaluation and surgical approaches to parapharyngeal space tumors in a tertiary referral center. STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING The study is a retrospective review of 47 patients diagnosed with tumors of the parapharyngeal space (12 with malignant diseases and 35 with benign lesions) and surgically treated during a 10-year period. ...

We analysed the effect of three portion sizes Optocal Plus (small, medium and large) on swallowing thresholds in subjects with either conventional complete dentures or mandibular implant-retained overdentures (transmandibular and permucosal cylindric implants). Tests were carried out in 52 women and 15 men (mean age 59 years) 4 years after treatment in a randomised controlled clinical trial. Th...

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BACKGROUND Fibro-osseous lesions of the jaws, including juvenile ossifying fibroma, pose diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties due to their clinical, radiological and histological variability. The aim of this study was to report the outcome of a 9 years old girl with diagnosed juvenile ossifying fibroma treatment. METHODS A 9 years old girl presented with a 6 x 8 cm sized hard fixed tumour ...

OBJECTIVE To assess the efficacy of salvage surgery for patients with recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) at the primary site after radiotherapy. DESIGN Retrospective analysis of 24 patients treated by transpalatal, transmaxillary, or transmandibular approach to resect the recurrent tumor, with maximum follow-up of 50 months. SETTING Academic tertiary referral center. RESULTS Radioth...