Delayed reconstruction of large lower lip defects after traumatic avulsion is a challenge in medically compromised patients with concomitant cheek skin burn. Combination of orthograde submental transposition flap and anteriorly based ventral rectangular myomucosal tongue flap is useful. The former reconstructs the body of the defect, and the latter masks the red lip, resembling vermilion. In th...

The risk for complications while providing moderate and deep sedation is greatest when caring for patients already medically compromised. It is reassuring that significant untoward events can generally be prevented by careful preoperative assessment, along with attentive intraoperative monitoring and support. Nevertheless, we must be prepared to manage untoward events should they arise. This co...

Case Report Focuses On Placement Of Immediately Loaded Implants In Posterior Edentulous Mandible Bilaterally. It Is Follow Up Study Of 2 Years. A Total Of 6 Immediately Loaded Mandibular Dental Implants Were Placed In Medically Compromised Patients. All Immediately Loaded Implants Were Torque Tested To More Than 30 Ncm. All Were Provisionally Restored In 24 Hrs. The Survival Rate For Immediatel...

In recent years, dental treatment need in organ transplant candidates and recipients increased proportion to the number of transplantations due advances immunosuppressive drugs medical surgical technology. For recipients, usually requires standard practice procedures that apply management severely medically compromised patient. However, there are no guidelines, clinical trials or outcome assess...

This study compares the practice patterns of general dentists with and without formal advanced training in AGED or GPR programs. The UCLA School of Dentistry surveyed a random selection of dentists from graduating years 1989, 1993, and 1997 as part of a Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA)-supported evaluation of the impact of federal funding on postgraduate general dentistry (PGD) p...

The objective of this research project was to compare alumni perceptions of predoctoral dental education in the care and management of patients with complex needs to alumni practice patterns. Alumni from the University of the Pacific Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry who graduated from 1997 to 2007 were surveyed regarding perceptions of their predoctoral education in the care of patients cat...

PURPOSE To verify whether the diversity of systemic medical conditions and smoking act as biologic associated factors for peri-implantitis. MATERIALS AND METHODS The PICO question was: "In patients with osseointegrated dental implants, does the presence of smoking habits or a compromised medical status influence the occurrence of peri-implantitis compared with the presence of good general hea...