OBJECTIVES To conduct a systematic review of epidemiological literature to determine the incidence of bisphosphonate related osteonecrosis of the jaw occurring either spontaneously or after dental surgery, in children and adolescents diagnosed with osteogenesis imperfecta. MATERIAL AND METHODS MEDLINE, HMIC and EMBASE were used to search for English-language articles published from 1946 - 201...

Objective: To assess the postoperative stability and complications following orthognathic surgeries for patients with skeletal class III deformity with/without cleft lip and palate (CLP). Subjects and methods: The subjects were 34 patients with CLP who underwent orthognathic surgeries, including sagittal split ramus osteotomy in 11 patients, Le Fort I osteotomy in 9 patients, and two-jaw surger...

Medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw (MRONJ) is a rare but serious disease that can affect person's upper or lower jaw.1Feng Z Ann J Zhang Y Factors influencing severity medication-related jaw: retrospective study.J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2021; 79: 1684-1689Abstract Full Text PDF Scopus (4) Google Scholar First described in 2002, it progressive death jawbone person exposed to medication k...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to determine the long-term objective and subjective outcomes of temporomandibular joint (TMJ) implant surgery for the treatment of painful TMJ disc displacement using temporary Silastic (Dow Corning Corporation, Midland, MI), permanent Silastic, or Proplast (Vitek, Houston, TX) implants to replace the disc. These cases were compared with other cases of the ...

In maxillofacial surgery, the generally accepted method of treating ameloblastoma (malignancy 1.5-4%) is a radical removal formation with resection lower jaw within healthy tissues. However, given relatively favorable clinical course first and second groups AB, we believe that radicalism should be reasonably sufficient in order not to disable patient.

OBJECTIVE This study aimed to investigate the current data regarding age, sex, and Angle Classification of Korean orthodontic patients and influence of these factors on the tendency to undergo extraction and orthognathic surgery. METHODS The recent trends of Korean orthodontic patients were assessed using questionnaire survey. The questionnaires were e-mailed to orthodontists who met the stud...

The mandibular ramus bilateral sagittal split osteotomy (BSSO) is the common approach in orthognathic surgery; however, this design has some limitations to achieve a good definition angle of jaw Class II patients with decreased posterior facial height. This paper aims show novel modification and its technic description conventional BSSO which increases vertical length angle, two similar diagnos...

Osteonecrosis of the jaw has been described in patients taking bisphosphonates after oral surgery procedures, including the placement of dental implants. This review is an update of the relationship between bisphosphonates and dental implants. Results obtained by different authors are compared, contrasting earlier studies where an improvement in implant osseointegration using bisphosphonates wa...