distraction osteogenesis (do), firstly introduced to the medical world by russian scientist ilizarov for long bone lenghtening in orthopedics can be considered as an appropriate substitute in the treatment of maxillofacial deformities. natural events occuring during the repair of a fractured bone segment not only lead to the desired bone length but also prevent from the undesired disadvantages ...

BACKGROUND Blood group is a genetic characteristic which is associated with some diseases and deformities. Multifactorial characteristics of facial development make it difficult to predict a genetic pattern in a specific maxillofacial deformity, but epidemiological evaluations can reveal relationships between such deformities and some genetic characteristics or accompanied diseases, and this wi...

A review of state-of-the-art maxillofacial imaging is presented. Current imaging techniques include intra-oral radiographs, dental panoramic tomography, multidetector helical computed tomography, cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The commonest conditions encountered in clinical radiological practice are reviewed, including maxillofacial deformities, comp...

Aim: To evaluate 10 years of experience of use of biomodels at the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery of the Piracicaba Dental School, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil, showing the difficulties and importance of using biomodels in a public oral and maxillofacial surgery service. Methods: The records of all patients treated at the referred Department of Oral and Maxillofacial S...

The risks after homogeneous blood transfusion must be minimized in oral and maxillofacial surgery. The risks include infectious diseases such as posttransfusional hepatitis, adult T-cell leukemia (ATL), acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), etc., incompatibility o hemotypes and antibody formation. Autotransfusion is the transfusion of blood of a patient back into himself. We applied autotr...

* MDS, Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon, Advanced Oral and Maxillofacial Trauma Centre, Bihar Sharif, Bihar, India ** MD, Consultant Physician, Jeevan Jyoti Super Speciality Hospital, Bihar Sharif, Bihar, India *** BDS, Private Practitioner, Advanced Oral and Maxillofacial Trauma Centre, Bihar Sharif, Bihar, India † Senior Lecturer, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Sarjug Dental ...