Background: Mandibular fracture osteosynthesis comes with mechanical and thermal assaults to surrounding tissues resulting in the sequelae of pain, trismus, oedema. Dexamethasone is known reduce these sequelae; swelling varying outcomes, lack a standardized regimen for its optimal effect maxillofacial surgery remains cause concern researchers.
 Objective: To compare two dexamethasone inter...

Tetanus is a life-threatening infection that is rare in the developed world. Trismus and dysphagia are the most common presenting symptoms, and thus oral and maxillofacial surgeons may be involved in the early stages of evaluation of the patient. Early diagnosis helps initiate prompt management and referral for intensive therapy. This article is a case report of severe generalized tetanus with ...

DESCRIPTION A 20-year-old man with a previous gunshot to the left mandible presented with left facial swelling and trismus after being assaulted in the face with a closed fist. Mouth opening from maxillary to mandibular central incisors was limited to 3 cm. Dedicated maxillomandibular computed tomographic (CT) scan demonstrated an isolated left zygomatic arch fracture impinging the coronoid of ...