Children with cerebral palsy are at greater risk of a whole range of oral conditions than their peers. These include bruxism (tooth grinding), oral skill dysfunction, gross malocclusion due to effects of the abnormal orofacial muscle tone on tooth eruption, drooling of saliva, and poor oral hygiene. A challenging case of a painful buccal lesion in a 2 year old girl with cerebral palsy (CP) that...

Treatment of facial nerve injuries depends upon a detailed understanding of its anatomic course, accurate clinical examination, and timely and appropriate diagnostic studies. Reconstruction depends upon the extent of injury, the availability of the proximal stump. and the time since injury and duration of muscle denervation. Although no alternative is perfect, these techniques, in combination w...

Moebius syndrome (MS) is a rare disorder mainly characterized by bi- or unilateral palsy of the facial and abducens nerves. Among the various orofacial characteristics related to this syndrome, the following are pointed out, difficulty with sucking, tongue malformation, mandibular hypoplasia, saliva drooling, arched palate and micrognathia. In spite of the diversity of oral features described f...

Awareness of nonmotor symptoms of Parkinson's disease is growing during the last decade. Among these, oral cavity disorders are, although prevalent, often neglected by the patients, their caregivers, and physicians. Some of these disorders include increased prevalence of caries and periodontal disease, sialorrhea and drooling, xerostomia, orofacial pain, bruxism, and taste impairment. Though ma...

A 50 year female presented with dysphagia for 2 months and retrosternal pain, drooling of saliva, nasal regurgitation, cough, breathlessness, hoarseness of voice, abdominal pain, vomiting, loss of weight or loss of appetite. Upper gastrointestinal ( revealed a web at 17 cm from incisors. abdomen which worsened during swallowing and breathing. Because of rapid development of these symptoms we su...

To report on two patients with COVID-19 after presenting unilateral isolated peripheral facial palsy; both had previously double doses of vaccination against coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. Two female presented symptoms progressive labial deviation, lagophthalmos, and drooling. Both prophylactic vaccine, Pfizer-BioNTech 6 months, Sinovac/CoronaVac 12 months previously. The diagnosis paral...