Patterns of facial fractures in children

Publication date: Available online 7 September 2019Source: British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial SurgeryAuthor(s): S.R. Khan, Z.A. Khan, S. Hanif, N. Riaz, R.A. WarraichAbstractMorbidity and mortality among children is usually the result of trauma. Because a child’s face is retruded relative to the protecting skull, has a thicker layer of adipose tissue, more elastic bones, flexible sutures lines, the presence of tooth buds within the jaws, and the lack of pneumatisation of the sinuses, the facial...

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Sat Sep 07, 2019 16:07

Postoperative complications after removal of pleomorphic adenoma from the parotid gland: A long-term follow up of 297 patients from 2002 to 2016 and a review of publications

Publication date: Available online 6 September 2019Source: British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial SurgeryAuthor(s): Paola Bonavolontà, Giovanni Dell'Aversana Orabona, Fabio Maglitto, Vincenzo Abbate, Umberto Committeri, Giovanni Salzano, Giovanni Improta, Giorgio Iaconetta, Luigi CalifanoAbstractPleomorphic adenomas are rounded, lumpy, capsulated lesions that are more common in women. They are typically benign, but can be associated with malignancy in a minority of cases (such as carcinoma ex...

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Sat Sep 07, 2019 16:07

Custom-made drill guides to access impacted mandibular premolars

Publication date: Available online 6 September 2019Source: British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial SurgeryAuthor(s): A. Abdelrahman, N. Mahon, L. Devahi, C. Pearce

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Sat Sep 07, 2019 16:07

Re: why do airline cockpits differ from operating theatres? Re: lead article: what has an Airbus A380 Captain got to do with OMFS? Lessons from aviation to improve patient safety

Publication date: Available online 6 September 2019Source: British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial SurgeryAuthor(s): M. Davidson, P.A. Brennan

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Sat Sep 07, 2019 16:07

Conservative management is effective in unicystic ameloblastoma occurring from the neonatal period: about a case report and a literature review.

Publication date: Available online 6 September 2019Source: Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Oral RadiologyAuthor(s): Anne Morice, Cecilia Neiva, Monique Fabre, Paolo Spina, Fanélie Jouenne, Eva Galliani, Marie-Paule Vazquez, Arnaud PicardAbstractUnicystic ameloblastoma (UA) is a benign odontogenic tumor of the jaw, which represents less than a third of all ameloblastomas and seems less aggressive than other types of ameloblastoma.We present herein the first case of UA developed prenatally,...

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology

Sat Sep 07, 2019 12:58

The comparison of the performance of mask ventilation between face masks with and without air cushion.

Publication date: Available online 6 September 2019Source: Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial SurgeryAuthor(s): Masanori Tsukamoto, Shiori Taura, Takashi Hitosugi, Takeshi YokoyamaAbstractObjectivesMask ventilation is a basic technique for induction of anesthesia. In head and neck surgery, we encountered difficulty in ventilation due to facial deformities. Recently, a new type of face mask without air cushion, QuadraLite face mask [QuadraLite], was developed. The aim of this study was to compare the...

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Fri Sep 06, 2019 14:27