Twenty-four patients with maxillofacial pathology were examined with computed tomography (CT) using thin (1.5-5.0 mm) sections allowing computer reformation of images in multiple planes. Eight patients also had pluridirectional tomography. The patients included 14 with facial trauma, four with acute paranasal sinus infections, and six with suspected neoplasms. High resolution CT with reformatio...

BACKGROUND Speciality training in oral and maxillofacial pathology (OMFP) across the world would be aided by guidance on a generic curriculum and training programme that all countries could use as a template. In order to facilitate this, we require an understanding of the various forms which OMFP training takes across the world. METHODS We sent a questionnaire to OMF pathologists in the 42 co...

OBJECTIVES To investigate which treatment of maxillofacial fractures is more effective and what type of complications is the most common after observed treatment. The second aim is to explore relationship between treated facial bone fractures and temporomandibular joint (TMJ) pathology. MATERIAL AND METHODS Cases with TMJ pathology in Lithuanian University of Health Sciences (LUHS) in the Dep...

Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) is an extremely rare lesion found in the maxillofacial region. Its frequency diminishes further when found in the bone. Although classification has varied throughout its history, the histologic features are often diagnostic, particularly with its strong association with anaplastic lymphoma kinase-1 (ALK-1) staining. The current mode of treatment for such...

1Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China 2School of Stomatology, Central South University, Changsha, China 3Cancer Research Institute, Central South University, Changsha, China 4The Gade Laboratory for Pathology, Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Bergen, 5021 Bergen, Norway 5Centre ...

1DDS, MSc, PhD, Postdoctoral Student, School of Dentistry, Federal University of Uberlândia, Uberlândia, MG, Brazil 2DDS, MSc, PhD student, Piracicaba Dental School, UNICAMP – University of Campinas, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil 3MSc, PhD student in Pathology, Department of General Pathology, Federal University of Triângulo Mineiro, Uberaba, MG, Brazil 4MSc, PhD, Researcher, Department of Applied Imm...

34 JAYPEE Role of Imaging in Dental Implants 1Divya Kalra, 2Geetika Jain, 3Abhijeet Deoghare, 4Pravin Lambade 1Associate Professor, Department of Prosthodontics, Government Dental College, Rohtak, Haryana, India 2Postgraduate Student, Department of Prosthodontics, Government Dental College, Rohtak, Haryana, India 3Lecturer, Department of Oral Medicine, Chhattisgarh Dental College and Research I...

(1) Undergraduate student from the Speech Language Pathology course at the Federal University of Bahia – UFBA, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. (2) Speech Language Pathologist; Adjunct Professor of the Department of Speech Language Pathology at the Federal University of Bahia – UFBA, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil; PhD in Public Health at the Public Health Institute of the Federal University of Bahia. (3) Und...