Metastatic tumors to the oro-facial region are uncommon accounting for 1 3% of all malignancies of the jaw and may occur in the oral soft tissues or jawbones. The clinical presentation of metastatic tumors can be variable, which may lead to erroneous diagnosis or may create diagnostic dilemma. We present the case of an 82 year-old man with metastatic adenocarcinoma of the prostate involving the...

ENWEndNote BIBJabRef, Mendeley RISPapers, Reference Manager, RefWorks, Zotero AMA Sohal KS, Owibingire SS, Kalyanyama B, Simon EN. Association between oro-facial soft tissue injuries and oral maxilla-facial fractures. Journal of Stomatology. 2022:176-181. doi:10.5114/jos.2022.119175. APA Sohal, K. S., Owibingire, S. Kalyanyama, B., & Simon, E. N. (2022). Stomatology, 176-181. https://doi.org/10...

Two psychiatric patients developed moderate or severe oro-facial dyskinesia, and limb dyskinesia, at a relatively young age and within a year of starting antipsychotic drug-treatment. This early appearance of tardive dyskinesia was preceded by akathisia that had developed at the beginning of drug therapy and persisted, despite the reduction of their drug doses to maintenance levels. The possibi...

Rubinstein-Taybi Syndrome (RTS) is a rare multiple congenital syndrome characterized by distinctive facial features, mental and growth retardation, broad thumbs and great toes. This case report describes the oro-dental manifestations, as well as, orthodontic evaluation of a 9-year-old male patient who had RTS. The remarkable oro-dental features were talon-like cingulum on maxillary central inci...

Epilepsy is a chronic neurological disease which may result in various oro-facial injuries among which fracture of crown and avulsion of tooth are commonly reported. Challenges come in growing epileptic children where fixed prosthesis could not be delivered and it demands a fixed semi-permanent prosthesis that needs strength along with esthetics. The present paper reports an innovative applianc...