Many types of cancers develop in the oral and maxillofacial region. Squamous cell carcinoma is the most common cancer and constitutes over 90 percent of these tumors. Malignant transformation is a genetic process, which later makes a phenotyping change at the cellular level. Some cancers such as oral squamous cell carcinomas (OSCCs) develop from pre-malignant lesions and conditions. Despite adv...

In Great Britain the lip is not a very common site for cancer but in Northern Ireland the condition continues to provide between 6.5 and 8.5 per cent of all new cases treated at the Radiotherapy Centre. Over a twelve year period 990 cases of lip cancer were registered-964 of the lower, and 25 of the upper, i.e., 2.7 per cent of the total-a figure very similar to that reported in other series. C...

BACKGROUND Fordyce spots are heterotopic sebaceous glands that can be located at the lips' vermilion or the oral mucosa. Although this is considered a rather common disorder, a treatment for this condition that sometimes affects patients from only a cosmetic viewpoint has not yet been described. OBJECTIVE To evaluate CO2 superpulsed laser treatment in two subjects with Fordyce spots. METHOD...

Given the shortcomings of current methods to shorten the cutaneous upper lip, the senior authors modified the traditional subnasal lip lift with endonasal flaps, performing 311 such lifts over a 15-year period. Ideal surgical candidates are adults with tall philtra, negligible dental show, and no maxillary abnormalities. Benefits of the procedure include improved scar appearance and pout, absen...

(FT) Raman spectroscopy is used for the first time to identify pigments used in 19 & 20 century Japanese and Vietnamese Lacquerwares. IR spectroscopy is used to assess the Lacquer matrix. Different operative conditions and parameters were experimented with on a limited number of lacquerwares in order to determine the optimal procedure for the identification of pigments/dyes as potential chronol...