Introduction: Among different kinds of oral cavity cancers, the frequency of tongue cancer occurrence is more significant. Brachytherapy is the most common method to cure tongue cancers. Long sources are used in different techniques of tongue brachytherapy. The objective of this study is to asses the dose distribution around long sources, comparing different radioisotopes as brachytherapy sourc...

Introduction: The purpose of this study was to determine the accuracy of panoramic radiograph in locating the position of lingula as an index to estimate the location of mandibular foramen. Methods: The distance measurement in this study was carried out on 30 dry mandibles, composed of at least 2 first molars and one canine. Photography and panoramic radiography of the mandible was performed...

The increased incidence of mucormycosis in post covid-19 is due to steroid induced diabetes mellitus. commonest presentation acute invasive fungal sinusitis involving maxillary sinus most commonly followed by invasion local soft tissues and bone structures. It also involves orbit brain extending from sinuses. Mandible has no direct communication with any the para nasal sinuses involvement extre...

Mandibulectomy has traditionally been the mainstay of surgical therapy for oral squamous cell carcinoma adjacent to or invading the mandible, osteoradionecrosis, osteomyelitis of the jaw and is the “gold standard” against which all other operations must be compared. Defects can be restored using mandible bone grafts or grafts from other anatomical spaces like iliac crest, scapula, skull, tibia....

The fibula free tissue transplant has been used in mandibular reconstruction for several decades. Various techniques exist to shape and contour the fibula to restore continuity to the segmental mandible defect. Recently, virtual surgical planning has introduced the ability to use cutting guides to contour and create osteotomies for fibula free tissue reconstruction of the mandible. In this arti...

Adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) is an uncommon malignant tumor of the salivary glands. It generally involves the minor salivary glands, and the hard palate is the most common site. ACC presents as a slow growing mass with mild pain and usually demonstrates perinueral invasion. An intraosseous occurrence of ACC is a very rare and when it occurs the mandible is more commonly involved than the maxi...

First described by James Ewing in 1921, Ewing's sarcoma (ES) or Ewing's tumor is one of the most aggressive bone tumors known. ES is an uncommon intra-osseous malignant tumor of questionable pathogenesis that occurs in children and young adults. Reports indicate that only 2 to 7% of cases involve the maxillofacial region, usually the mandible ramus, and few reported cases have involved the maxi...

Implant placement in the edentulous anterior mandible is relatively considered a routine and safe procedure. The interforaminal area is the usual area in the mandible for implant placement for the support and retention of a fixed partial denture or removable overdenture. This region is also the usual donor site of bone grafts. However, implant placement, like any other surgical procedure, is no...

OBJECTIVE Metastatic tumors of the mandible are rare and usually present clinically as growths. The prognosis of lung cancer patients with bone metastases is poor. CASE REPORT This article shows a metastasis from adenocarcinoma of the lung affecting the mandible of a 75-year-old female patient where the metastatic lesion was detected before primary tumor. The patient were treated with radiati...