Mini titanium plates were used to repair certain fractures of the maxilla and mandible in dogs and cats, under general anaesthesia. The location of the fractures treated were: corpus mandible, one dog; corpus mandible and symphysis, two dogs; caudal mandible, two dogs; rostral mandible, one dog; maxilla, one dog; nasal bone, one dog; corpus mandible and symphysis, one cat; caudal mandible, one ...

A radicular cyst is an inflammatory odontogenic of the jaw commonly found at apices tooth anterior maxilla. It develops as a sequel untreated dental caries with pulp necrosis and periapical infection. Different treatment includes surgical endodontic treatment, extraction involving tooth, marsupialization, enucleation primary closure followed by rehabilitation. We presented case huge midline 52 ...

Mucormycosis is an opportunistic fulminant fungal infection, which has the ability to cause significant morbidity and frequently mortality in the susceptible patient. Common predisposing factors include diabetes mellitus and immunosuppression. The infection begins in the nose and paranasal sinuses due to inhalation of fungal spores. The fungus invades the arteries leading to thrombosis that sub...

Osteomyelitis of the maxilla is a rare condition, about eighty cases having been reported since 1847. It produces a characteristic clinical picture, making recognition easy. Asherson (1939) in England and Lacy and Engel (1939) in the U.S.A. have given detailed accounts of the clinical picture and the differential diagnosis and have discussed the etiology and reviewed the literature. Their views...

The main cause of decreased mouth opening in patients suffered from trauma is bony or fibrous ankylosis of temporomandibular joint, but other causes such as fibrous or bony union of zygoma and / or maxilla to the coronoid process of the mandible must be considered in preoperative management of such cases. Bony union of the mandible to the maxilla and zygoma is rare. In this report, one case,...

The objective of this article was to investigate the perception of esthetic changes in the facial profile of bilateral Class II patients treated with the Modified Thurow Appliance for extraoral treatment. Silhouettes were traced of profiles of patients who initially presented a bilateral Class II molar relationship and who, post-treatment, presented molars in a Class I relationship. Three group...

background & aim: malignant fibrous histiocytoma (mfh), is the most common soft tissue sarcoma in adults and is frequently seen is elderly. this lesion is so rare in bones and if seen, is common in long bones and the incidence of the lesion in maxillofacial bones is uncommon. in addition, maxilla is an unusual site for malignant fibrous histiocytoma (mfh). the aim of this article was to report ...

In the severely atrophied maxilla, implant anchorage in the zygomatic bone is considered a viable alternative to conventional dental implants with preceding bone augmentation procedures. The present microCT-based study compared the trabecular bone quality of the maxilla and zygomatic bone. MicroCT scanning was conducted in 12 halves of cadaver heads (5 male, 7 female) with edentulous, atrophied...

the success of endodontic therapy requires knowledge of the internal and external dental anatomy and its variations in presentation. this case report involves endodontic treatment of a traumatized maxillary central incisor with two separate roots.

amelanotic melanoma is a variant of malignant melanoma comprising 2% to 8% of all malignant melanomas. the amelanotic presentation of melanoma in the oral cavity is extremely rare and has been reported only occasionally in the literature. moreover, the lack of melanin makes these tumors difficult to diagnose than that of pigmented lesions and the prognosis tends to be poorer. herein, we report ...