Calcaneal ostectomy is the benchmark for definitive surgical treatment in patients with Haglund's syndrome, despite conflicting and unpredictable study results. The current study's hypothesis is that when adequate bone is resected and outcomes are evaluated using validated scores, calcaneal ostectomy can give reliable and predictable results. Thirty six consecutive patients (39 feet) underwent ...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to evaluate different surgical treatment methods for odontogenic keratocysts and the outcome of those treatments over a 25-year period. PATIENTS AND METHODS A retrospective review was performed of 40 patient charts treated at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics (Iowa City, IA) from 1977 to 2002 with the diagnosis of odontogenic keratocyst. Demogr...

INTRODUCTION Accessing the tooth roots in periapical surgery (PS) requires the elimination of periapical bone. OBJECTIVE To compare the postoperative morbidity and prognosis following PS on mandibular molars by ostectomy, or by osteotomy with repositioning of the vestibular cortical. MATERIAL AND METHODS A retrospective clinical study of mandibular molars subjected to PS with ultrasound. Tw...

BACKGROUND Women with elliptical faces are considered to be aesthetically appealing in Asia. Some men prefer this shape for themselves and choose to have their square-shaped face altered to an elliptical shape. To accomplish this, we perform an ostectomy that includes resection of the mandibular angle, splitting of the lateral cortex, and reduction in the width of the chin. METHODS Nineteen m...

Four patients attending for the extraction of an impacted lower third molar are reported. The aim of this paper is was to describe a technical approach, which facilitates impacted lower third molar extraction, minimizing the ostectomy, thus reducing secondary postoperative manifestations and avoiding possible periodontal defects on the distal side of the second mandibular molar. To facilitate t...

PURPOSE The present study investigated the effect of piezoelectric sutural ostectomies on accelerated bone-borne sutural expansion. MATERIALS AND METHODS Sixteen male New Zealand white rabbits (20 to 24 weeks old) were randomly divided into 4 experimental groups (n = 4): group 1, conventional rapid sutural expansion; group 2, accelerated sutural expansion; group 3, accelerated sutural expansi...

The advent of the electronic age has really facilitated immediate, rapid exchange of information. This development revolutionised the exchange of information and networking amongst colleagues in all scientific disciplines including veterinary orthopaedics, as well as between readers, contributors and referees of VCOT. However, some barriers to this easy communication that still remain are forei...

Objective: To evaluate the treatment outcome of enucleation and peripheral ostectomy with use Carnoy’ssolution for management Odontogenic keratocyst. Material Methods: 17 patients OKC who reportedfrom 2011 to 2015 were included. All cases treated by 0.5mmfollowed Carnoy’s solution cauterization 4 minutes. followed up 4-5 years. Results:All followed-up using serial panoramic radiography clinical...

PURPOSE To calculate the frequency of lingual nerve (LN) damage caused by lower third molar extraction and describe the evolution of LN sensitivity as well as the prognosis of LN damage based on preoperative data. PATIENTS AND METHODS A retrospective study of 4,995 lower third molar extractions performed in 3,513 outpatients of the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (University of B...

BACKGROUND In Asian countries, many patients with a prominent mandibular angle desire its correction, because they consider it to be an unappealing feature. Reduction mandibuloplasty has been frequently performed through the intraoral approach, but an invisible mandibular angle forces the surgeon to perform blind ostectomy. In addition, the limited mobility of the oscillating saw leads to semi-...