the oromandibular-limb hypogenesis syndrome comprises a group of anomalies which simultaneously affect the mandible, tongue, and maxilla with or without reductive limb anomalies. it is characterized by failure of development of the intraoral region and distal extremities. multiple and variable deformities of the mandible, maxilla and tongue may occur in combination with a variety of limb defect...

Patient. A 68-year-old man was operated on for squamous cell carcinoma (T3N3M0) of the maxilla creating the hemimaxillary surgical defect on right side. The remaining arch was completely edentulous. There was remarkable limitation in the oral opening with reduced perimeter of the oral cavity due to radiation and surgical scar contracture. This article describes prosthetic rehabilitation by modi...

Laryngeal oedema, giving rise to stridor, is a recognized although rare complication following extubation of the trachea in children. It was our clinical impression that children with Down's syndrome, in particular, had a tendency to develop obstruction of the airway following operation. In Down's syndrome there are many abnormalities which affect the face and skull: those affect' ing the airwa...

A restricted mouth opening in hemimaxillectomy patient can create a significant problem with the insertion and the removal of the obturator prosthesis. Even it poses a problem in impression making due to small oral opening. A modification of the standard impression procedure is often necessary to accomplish an acceptable impression in the fabrication of a successful prosthesis. Sectional trays ...

Objetivos: Apresentar uma série de casos retrospetiva, indivíduos com diagnóstico epidermólise bolhosa atendidos em um hospital universitário. Métodos: Foram avaliados dados socioeconómicos, frequência comorbidades sistémicas e condição saúde bucal pacientes sob acompanhamento médico odontológico, no período 2014 a 2019, universitário da rede pública Salvador, Bahia, Brasil. Resultados: A amost...

80 participants from 14 countries (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, France, Germany, Italy, Macedonia, Mexico, Montenegro, Romania, Slovenia, and United Kingdom). There were seven invited speakers from Austria, France, Germany, Great Britain and Mexico. During the Symposium, emphasis was put on the-state-of-the-art on EB, along with historical aspects that were prese...

OBJECTIVE   To provide the users with information on the current best practices for managing the oral health care of people living with EB. METHODS   A systematic literature search, in which the main topic is dental care in patients with Epidermolysis Bullosa, was performed. Consulted sources, ranging from 1970 to 2010, included MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, The Cochrane Library, DARE, and the Coc...