The American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Foundation, and the International Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons sponsored the fifth research summit, which convened on May 2 and 3 in Rosemont, Illinois. The Research Summits are convened biennially to facilitate the discussion and collaboration of oral and maxillofacial surgeons wit...

Introduction Severity and complexity of combined maxillofacial trauma require not only multidisciplinary approach, but prevention of trauma is also of extreme importance, as this may reduce direct and indirect social economic losses. Understanding the trauma etiology, types, and severity may support clinical priorities determination, increase treatment effectiveness, and also may achieve certai...

OBJECTIVE To know the prevalence and etiology of oral and maxillofacial trauma in elders. METHODS Analytical quantitative cross-sectional study conducted at a public trauma hospital located in Fortaleza-Ceará, Brazil. The study population comprised patients with trauma who were hospitalized from April to August 2014. Of these patients, patients with oral and maxillofacial trauma were chosen t...

nitrogen containing bisphosphonate (n-bp) therapy is used extensively to treat osteoporosis and osteolytic bone lesions. recently, a special form of osteonecrosis limited to the maxillofacial skeleton has been discovered especially within those patients who are receiving either long-term n-bp therapy alone and/or associated with invasive dental procedure. bisphosphonates accumulate almost exclu...

Ai Usami1, Naoya Kakimoto2, Tomonao Aikawa3, Sosuke Takahata3, Mitsunobu Kishino4, Ryoko Okahata1, Tomomi Tsujimoto1, Yuka Uchiyama1, Tadashi Sasai1, Shumei Murakami1 1Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry. 2Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Applied Life Sciences, Institute of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima Universit...

Historical Milestones in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Available online 13 October 2016. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0278239116307686) To the Editor: Dr Hupp's editorial1 stimulated reflection on my career in oral and maxillofacial surgery (OMS), beginning in 1963 and continuing to the present,2 and a review of the history of OM...

Anil Managutti1, Michael Prakasam2, Sunita Managutti3, Harsh Patel4 1Professor and Head, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Narsinhbhai Patel Dental College and Hospital, Visnagar, Gujarat, India, 2Reader, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Modern Dental College and Research Centre, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India, 3Senior Lecturer, Department of Oral Pathology, Narsinhbhai Pate...

1Departament of Oral Diagnosis, Piracicaba Dental School, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Piracicaba, SP, Brazil 2 Area of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Bahia Foundation for Developement of Science (FBDC) /SESAB, Salvador, BA, Brazil 3 Area of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon, Roberto Santos General Hospital and Child Hospital, Salvador and Feira de Santana, Bahia, BA, Brazil 4 Areas of Oral ...

background: oral and maxillofacial pathology is one of the major courses in basic sciences relating dentistry to medicine and is the basis of learning many clinical sciences. since the periodic evaluation is important in identifying issues and solving them, in this study, students’ opinions were used to gather useful information for better planning in this course. the purpose of this study is t...

STATEMENT OF PROBLEM Information about the etiology and incidence of maxillofacial trauma is important for prevention and appropriate treatments of such injuries. PURPOSE The purpose of this retrospective study was to conduct an analysis of maxillofacial injuries transferred and/or referred to the department of maxillofacial Surgery at Chamran emergency hospital, Shiraz, over a 6-year period ...