Oral and maxillofacial surgery, trauma, pathology resection and reconstruction.
60 articles
Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) ankylosis is a debilitating condition characterised by the fusion of bony or fibrous tissues in the TMJ. Childhood TMJ ankylosis frequently has a detrimental…
Dr. Monika Parmar
Multiple impacted supernumerary teeth are often rare and usually associated with uncommon syndromes like cleidocranial dysplasia; familial adenomatous polyposis; trichorhinophalangeal…
Dr. Varsha Achuthan
Mucoceles are asymptomatic, benign salivary gland lesions present in the oral cavity. They are mostly associated with the lower lip and the major etiologic factor is trauma due to lip…
Dr. Monika Nandan
The displaced third molar is one of the infrequent but potentially serious complications of extraction. The dental surgeon should localise the tooth fragment by appropriate imaging and…
Dr. Gaurav Gupta
Impaction of permanent teeth is not uncommon, but impaction of permanent teeth are like mandibular first molars are rare. In deeply impacted mandibular first molars case, it requires…
Dr. Gaurav Gupta
Giant cell tumor (GCT) of bone is a distinctive neoplasm characterized by abundance of multinucleated giant cells scattered throughout the stroma of mononuclear cells. Its importance lies…
Dr. Gaurav Gupta
Odontogenic cysts are classified by the World Health Organization as inflammatory and developmental according to their epithelial lining. Lateral periodontal cysts (LPC) have been regarded…
Dr. Vivek Munjal
Globally, mucormycosis represents the third most common angioinvasive fungal infection. Successful management of this invasive infection requires early diagnosis and aggressive surgical…
Dr. A. Emmanuel D.S.
Odontomes are common benign tumors which arise from odontogenic tissues. They are classified into two types – Compound odotomes and Complex Odontomes absed on its morphology. Usually they…
Dr. Eldhose K.G.
Background: To describe a novel case of peritonsillar abscess extending to the masticator space initially diagnosed as Temporomandibular Disorder (TMD). Methods: The method includes…
Dr. Monika Parmar
Management of impacted mandibular third molars with surgical removal is very common procedure in day today practice;which is time consuming procedure and struggle for visibility by the…
Dr. Nikam Vishwaraj Hanumant
An epidermoid cyst or epidermal inclusion cyst is a benign cyst usually found on the skin. The slow growing benign cysts develop out of ectodermal tissue. Epidermoid cyst may have no…
Dr. Soumendu Karak
Transmigration of mandibular canine is a rare phenomenon. Transmigration and impaction appear to be more common. Most of the patients do not have any symptoms, and these canines are often…
Dr. Mihir Dani
Oral mucocele is an very common entity of the minor salivary gland usually caused due to trauma or obstruction of the minor salivary gland. They are classified either as retention or…
Dr. Omkar Shetye
Oral submucous fibrosis (OSMF) is a potentially malignant disease or condition that results in progressive intraepithelial & juxta fibrosis of the oral soft tissues, and an eventual…
Dr. Surej Kumar LK
Confidence always breeds beauty. Aging is a natural phenomenon that we cannot resist. But the demand for the youthful look is always on high demand. Here comes the remarkable achievement in…
Dr. Nikhil M Kurien
Odontomas account for the most common odontogenic tumours which are often asymptomatic and discovered on routine radiography. They are also known to cause eruption disturbances…
Dr. Neelam N. Andrade Dean
Background: Neurilemmoma’, also termed as Schwannoma is a benign, solitary, slow growing, well encapsulated tumor arising from the Schwann cells of the neural sheath of the peripheral…
Dr. Neelam N. Andrade
Oral squamous papilloma is a generic term that is used to include papillary and verrucous growths composed of benign epithelium and minor amounts of supporting connective tissue. It is a…
Dr. Vikram Ahuja
Pan facial fracture being the most complicated, as it involves multiple fracture of lower third, middle third and upper third of face and so the management of such fracture is extremely…
Dr. Sumit Malhotra
Salivary glands neoplasms are somewhat uncommon. Majority of salivary gland tumours are seen in parotid gland (70% cases), 5-10 % cases are seen in submandibular salivary gland, 5-15 % in…
Dr. Srinivas Gadipelly
The most complex area of skeleton in a human body is formed by the bones of the skull and face. The middle third of face- It is the area bounded superiorly by a line drawn from…
Dr. Kalpana Sinsinbar
Odontogenic tumours literally meaning neoplasm arising from the tissues of the odontogenic apparatus. These tumours are derived from ectodermal tissue (epithelial tumours) or from…
Dr. Mahesh Kumar R
Keratocystic odontogenic tumor ( according to the 2005 WHO classification of oral cysts and tumors) previously known as the Odontegenic keratocyst ( term coined by Phillipsen in 1956) is a…
Dr. S. Bhuvaneshwari
Sialoliths are calcareous concentrations and most salivary calculi occur in the submandibular glands or ducts (80-95%), whereas 5-20% occur in parotid gland1-4. The sublingual glands are…
Dr. Alberto Benedetti
Tuberculosis is a recognised occupational risk for dentists, as their close proximity to the nasal and oral cavities of the patient. It is a prevalent systemic bacterial infectious disease…
Dr. Monika Parmar
Frenum is a fold of tissue or muscle connecting the lips, cheek, or tongue to the jawbone. It is also known as frenulum,frenulums, frenula, frenums, or frena. Ankyloglossia, commonly known…
Dr. Adil Gandevivala
Sialolithiasis is a disease that is characterized by the presence of sialolith in the different parts of the salivary gland. Sialoliths are hard structures of oval shape with different…
Dr Atul Abhishek
Nasopalatine duct cyst is one of the very rare developmental cysts. The case repot presents a similar such case associated with and odontome and the surgical approach to treat it…
Dr.Parag Kerkar
The article reviews a case of palatally placed lateral incisor and a dentigerous cyst associated with a palatal supernumery tooth .since the size of the cyst was huge a Marsupilization…
Dr. Parag Kerkar
Dental injuries are very common. Avulsion of a tooth is a grievous injury and ranges from 0.5-16% among the traumatic injuries, occurring most commonly in maxillary anterior teeth…
Dr. Prajwalit Prakash Kende
The nasolabial cyst is an uncommon non-odontogenic cyst arising in the maxillofacial tissues. Nasolabial cyst, also known as Klestadt's cyst is an uncommon nonodontogenic cyst. Bilateral…
Dr AtulAbhishek
Patients with pain in pharynx and neck, symptoms can lead to an extensive differential diagnosisof Eagle’s syndrome. Eagle defined “stylalgia” as an autonomous entity related to abnormal…
Dr Anshul Jaidev
Bisphosphonates are frequently used for the treatment of bone metastases, multiple myeloma, osteoporosis and other bone diseases. Generally these drugs are well tolerated, rarely inducing…
Dr. Aruna Tambuwala
Central giant cell granuloma is an uncommon, benign intraosseous proliferative lesion with a female predilection, occurring under 30 years of age. Clinical features vary from a slow growing…
Dr. Balram Garg
Irritation Fibroma is a bening fibrous connective tissue tumor. It is basically reactive proliferation of fibrous tissue. It considered as a second most common non- Odontogenic bening tumor…
Dr. Md. Asdullah
Background : A bilateral sagittal split osteotomy for mandibular prognathism is a very popular and most versatile procedure performed on the mandibular body and ramus. The osteotomy splits…
Dr. Muralee Mohan C.
Pleomorphic adenoma is the most common type of all benign and malignant salivary gland tumors, involving more frequently the parotid gland. The pleomorphic adenoma is the most common tumour…
Dr. Dinesh Singh Chauhan
Nosocomial infections are associated with a great deal of morbidity, mortality and increased financial burden. Intensive care is a risk factor for the emergence of antibiotic resistant…
Dr Ashish Vyas
Forty-five percent of trauma to the midface constitutes fractures to the zygomatic complex (ZMC).1 Various approaches and surgical incisions have been described to treat fractures of the…
Dr. Gagan Sabharwal
The majority of minor salivary glands tumors are malignant. Among benign tumors of the minor salivary glands Pleomorphic adenoma is the commonest, found most often in the oral cavity. The…
Dr.Prit Shah
Controversy about the treatment protocol for condylar fracture has a long history in oral and maxillofacial traumatology. Reduction and miniplate osteosynthesis of condylar fractures often…
Dr. Abdul Hameed
Taurodontism is a type of variation in tooth morphology that occurs predominantly in molars and it refers to change in tooth shape caused by the failure of Hertwig’s epithelial sheath…
Dr. K.N.V. Sudhakar Consultant
Intramuscular haemangioma are uncommon benign neoplasms arising most frequently in the masseter and trapezius muscle. Due to its location it is often mistaken for a parotid swelling and…
Dr. P. P. Kende
Ameloblastoma is a true neoplasm of odontogenic epithelial origin. It is the second most common odontogenic neoplasm. Its incidence combined with its clinical behavior, makes ameloblastoma…
Dr. Arti
Inflammatory cysts are most common odontogenic cystic jaw lesions, and are managed either by surgical enculceation or by marsupilization. This article aims to report a clinical condition of…
Dr. Soumi Samuel
Oro Facial Clefts (OFC) is one of the most commonly seen congenital anomaly after congenital cardiac anomalies. Various studies have been conducted and several factors have been attributed…
Dr. Gagan Sabharwal
Segmental procedure, whether they are in the maxilla or in the mandible, have been recognized as being more stable than ramus2 or total maxillary osteotomies. In 1971, Bell wrote about the…
Dr. Bhupendra Harjani
Odontomas are the most common odontogenic tumor. They are considered to be hamartomas rather than neoplasms, and are composed of the tissues native to teeth: enamel, dentin, and cementum…
Dr. Prit Shah
Odontomas, the most common odontogenic tumors, occur more frequently in the maxilla and are rarely larger than a tooth. They are usually found incidentally on routine dental radiographs…
Dr. Mohit Agrawal
In the last 20 years, Nd: YAG laser is used with a wide range of indications in dentistry. Thanks to its thermo-coagulating effect, he was the first laser used in dental practicefor…
Dr. Spirov Vancho
Distant metastasis of malignant tumors to the oral cavity is very rare and account for 1-1.5% of all malignant oral tumors. These oral metastatic tumors are found to be the first sign of…
Dr. Mohammad Akheel
Leukemia is a malignant neoplasm resulting fromproliferation of abnormal haemopoietic stem cells with uncoordinated differentiation, regulation and apoptosis. Acute lymphoblastic leukemia…
Dr. Swapan Kumar Purkait
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Hereby by authors declare that source of case is private and no conflict of interest is there. We would like to thank Dr. Iliev A., and Dr. Popovic D. for immense help and…
Dr. Alberto Benedetti
Many general dentists today are doing more and more surgical procedures. These ambitious colleagues are also providing their patients with more endodontics, periodontics, crown and bridge…
Dr. Lawrence I. Gaum
The pedicled buccal fat pad has been widely used for the repair of intra-oral defects. It is locally available, can be easily harvested with minimal donor site morbidity. This article…
Dr. Asish Kumar Das
Foreign body aspiration can be life threatening clinical situation. Aspiration of foreign body is most common in young children and mentally challenged patients leading to life threatening…
Dr. Mohammad Akheel
Soft tissue oral surgery encompasses a large percentage of surgeries performed by a dentist on a day to day basis. It includes everything from the surgical removal of hyperplastic tissue to…
Dr. Lawrence I. Gaum
Orbital emphysema is a relatively rare complication during routine dental procedures. This occurs following forceful entry of air into the periorbital soft tissue spaces. Its incidence is…
Dr. Abdul Hameed
Odontogenic keratocyst is a specific histological type of developmental odontogenic cyst. OKC is a commonly occurring odontogenic cyst, first described by Philipsen in 1956. In 60% - 80% of…
Dr. Ankush Janardhan
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