Albinas Gervickas D.D.S., PhD, assoc.prof., Dept. Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Kaunas Medical University,Lithuania. Ricardas Kubilius D.D.S., PhD, dr.hab.med., professor, Dept.Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Kaunas Medical University, Lithuania. Gintautas Sabalys M.D., PhD, dr.hab.med., professor, Dept.Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Kaunas Medical University, Lithuania. Address corresponden...

More than 30 million pounds of antibiotics are used in the United States per year, more than 90% for nontherapeutic purposes in animals. Environmental contamination by trace amounts of antibiotics and highly resistant bacteria can lead to resistant infections in humans. Oral and maxillofacial infections are largely mediated by biofilms, which are resistant to antibiotics. Primary treatment is s...

1 Oral and maxillofacial surgery and trauma specialist, Hospital da Restauração, Recife, PE. Oral and maxillofacial surgeon. 2 Oral and maxillofacial surgery and trauma specialist, Hospital da Restauração, Recife, PE. Oral and maxillofacial surgeon. 3 Medical resident in oral and maxillofacial surgery, Hospital da Restauração, Recife, PE. Dental surgeon. 4 Doctoral degree in oral biology, Paris...

INTRODUCTION Oral-maxillofacial injuries can lead to deformity and malfunction, greatly diminishing quality of life and worker productivity. Data suggest that over 10% of civilian emergency room visits are due to craniofacial injuries. The size and scope of oral-maxillofacial injuries in the military is not well understood. This study reports U.S. military rates of oral-maxillofacial injuries, ...

congenital vascular lesions occur most often in children. parents of these children take them to maxillofacial surgeons directly or during the treatment of other complications such as infection or jaw bone disorders. various terms now used are unable to describe the pathogenesis and mechanism of the effect of vascular lesions on growth and development of facial bone.  term of hemangioma is used...

Aims and objectives: Intraoperative antibiotics may be effective in elective surgery; there may be an advantage to starting antibiotics preoperatively when there is already an infective focus, such as compound facial fractures. The purpose of this study is to compare preoperative and intraoperative antibiotic prophylaxis in compound facial fractures. Materials and methods: This is a prospective...

Cysticercosis is an infection with the larval stage of Taenia solium. Infestation by Taenia solium is common in area where pig bredding is not controlled and sanitation is inadequate. Latin America, Southern Africa, India, Southeast Asia and Europe are the most frequent locations of occurrence. The larval form of cyst is commonly seen in the brain, meninges and eyes. The remainder are located i...

In the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, patients with trismus can be easily identified. If the cause of trismus is infection of the masticatory space near the pterygoid plexus, the possibility of cavernous sinus thrombosis should be considered. We report the case of a patient who presented with limited mouth opening and progressed to cavernous sinus thrombosis, along with a review ...

Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, Section of Maxillo-facial Surgery at Policlinico S. Orsola-Malpighi, University of Bologna, Bologna, 40138 Italy Department of Oral Medicine, Infection and Immunity, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, 02115 MA, USA Division of Oral Medicine and Dentistry, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, 02115 MA, USA Department of Oral & Maxillofac...