PURPOSE This study aimed to review the current state of the techniques and materials used to rehabilitate maxillofacial defects. MATERIALS AND METHODS The MEDLINE and EMBASE databases were searched for articles pertinent to maxillofacial prostheses published from January 1990 to July 2011. The main clinical stages were the subject of analysis. RESULTS A multidisciplinary approach is preferr...

Background and Aim: Maxillofacial traumas are injuries that affect facial structures and have vital consequences, functional or aesthetic, producing emotional distress, disability or long term deformity.The aim of study was to identify the incidence profile and etiological factors associated with oral and maxillofacial trauma reported at a referral emergency Dhiraj Hospital center. Materials an...

introduction: to describe a modified technique for submental intubation in severely traumatized maxillofacial patients and to evaluate complications arising from the procedure.  materials and methods: submental intubation was performed in twelve patients with maxillofacial trauma ,from 2007 – 2012, which were operated under general anesthesia for treatment of facial fractures. results: the pati...

Negative pressure wound therapy has greatly advanced the field of wound healing for nearly two decades, by providing a robust surgical adjunct technique for accelerating wound closure in acute and chronic wounds. However, the application of negative pressure wound therapy in maxillofacial applications has been relatively under utilized as a result of the physical articulations and contours of t...

BACKGROUND To investigate the occupational profile, educational level, marital status and deleterious habits to the health of patients with maxillofacial fractures of a population of northeastern Brazil. MATERIAL AND METHODS A retrospective study of patients records admitted to the Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the Walter Cantidio University Hospital (Fortaleza, Brazil) who su...

Describing an anatomical shape with a landmark points diagram allows the practitioner to use all the tools of geometric morphometry. Using a 14 point trigeminal for maxillofacial morphology, 10 points for basicranial morphology and 6 points for the orbital area, we have been able to identify the specific maxillofacial shapes associated with the major dysplasias (Class II or Class III ‘‘surgical...

We sent questionnaires to 98 maxillofacial laboratories in the United Kingdom and asked about the composition of their staff, the kind of work that they do, and their activities in relation to the treatment of disfigured patients who require facial and body prostheses. We received 59 replies about 193 laboratory staff, most of whom had 10 or more years experience and held basic and advanced qua...

AIMS To examine the nature of maxillofacial injuries that presented to the Birmingham Children's Hospital according to aetiology, incidence and characteristics of patients. METHODS The maxillofacial unit at Diana Princess of Wales Birmingham Children's Hospital serves a catchment area of 5.2 million. We examined all children who presented with maxillofacial trauma from 2002 to 2006. Details i...

OBJECTIVE To determine if patterns of facial injuries differed between those of female assault victims with maxillofacial injuries and those of female patients with maxillofacial injuries from other causes. METHODS We reviewed the medical and dental records of 326 adult female facial trauma patients treated by otolaryngologists and oral/maxillofacial surgeons at the University of Kentucky Med...

The use of eponyms has long been contentious, but many remain in common use, as discussed elsewhere (Editorial: Oral Diseases. 2009: 15; 185). The use of eponyms in diseases of the head and neck is found mainly in specialties dealing with medically compromised individuals (paediatric dentistry, special care dentistry, oral and maxillofacial medicine, oral and maxillofacial pathology, oral and m...