Antibiotic prophylaxis in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery aims the prevention of the infection of the surgical wounds. Discovery of antibiotics was one of the most important health advances in human history and regarded as miracle drugs as they are our most effective weapons against infectious diseases brought about by microorganisms like bacteria, fungi and parasites. Antibiotics have a well-docu...

i ntroduction: the incidence and etiology of maxillofacial fractures vary widely between different countries. understanding the cause and pattern of these injuries can assist in establishing clinical and research priorities for more effective treatment and prevention of maxillofacial injuries. the study aimed to  evaluate  the  etiology  and  pattern  of  maxillofacial  fractures  in  trauma pa...

BACKGROUND Maxillofacial injuries pose a therapeutic challenges to trauma, maxillofacial and plastic surgeons practicing in developing countries. This study was carried out to determine the etiology, injury characteristics and management outcome of maxillofacial injuries at our teaching hospital. PATIENTS AND METHODS A prospective hospital based study of maxillofacial injury patients was carr...

thrombocytopenia in surgical patients is a potentially serious condition, faced by surgeons. a close relationship between sepsis and thrombocytopenia has been suggested. thrombocytopenia has even been suggested to be indicative of an acute infection. platelet count in a septicemic patient may also serve as a prognostic tool. there are many reports of thrombocytopenia due to septicemia in the li...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of the study was to establish the role of ultrasonography in determining the involvement of specific fascial spaces in maxillofacial region and the stage of infection, in indicating the appropriate time for surgical intervention and to compare clinical and ultrasonographic findings. MATERIAL AND METHODS Twenty five patients with fascial space infection in maxillofacial ...

Detection of cfxA and cfxA2, the -Lactamase Genes of Prevotella spp., in Clinical Samples from Dentoalveolar Infection by Real-Time PCR Kaori Iwahara, Tomoari Kuriyama,* Satoshi Shimura, David W. Williams, Maki Yanagisawa, Kiyomasa Nakagawa, and Tadahiro Karasawa Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Science, Department of Oral and Maxillof...

This study was a retrospective chart review of the cases operated for maxillofacial trauma with plate osteosynthesis in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Unit of Khyber College of Dentistry Peshawar, Pakistan, and was designed to evaluate the frequency and various reasons for the removal of the stainless steel plates in maxillofacial trauma patients. It was conducted on patients who were treated w...

Objective: To compare patients' demographic characteristics and their reasons for visiting 2 months prior to after the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) outbreak. Material Methods: An electronic search of Hacettepe University Faculty Dentistry was undertaken identify patients treated at Department Oral Maxillofacial Surgery between 16 January 2020 May 2020. The ages genders, procedures perfor...

Multiple nodal calcifications in the maxillofacial region are very rare. This case report described a 49-year-old female patient diagnosed with calcified lymph nodes due to chronic inflammation of the lymphatic nodes, including the parotid lymphatic nodes, the posterior auricular lymphatic nodes and submandibular lymphatic nodes in the right maxillofacial region. In clinical practice, we conduc...