Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Medicine, and Pathology
An oropharyngeal teratoma (epignathus) is a rare malformation composed of cells from all three germinal layers and few papers have been published about it. Epignathus arises from the palate or pharynx and protrudes from the mouth. We present a large skin-covered teratoma that arose from the hard palate in a neonate. A total surgical excision was performed and histology examination showed mature teratoma...
The aim of this study was to investigate the correlation between subjective evaluation of facial asymmetry and cephalometric measurement, and degree of agreement between subjective evaluation by patient and clinician.73 patients subjectively evaluated their facial asymmetry, and eight oral surgeons and eight orthodontists subjectively assessed facial asymmetry in each patient from frontal photographs...
In our previous study, we successfully induced bone formation in rat skeletal muscle using a gene-transfer system, in which a non-viral BMP-2 expression vector was applied to the muscle by in vivo electroporation at 100V. With the ultimate goal of applying this method to maxillofacial bone regeneration therapy, we sought to establish a safer system in which the gene is transferred into the target...
Necrotizing fasciitis (NF) is rapidly progressing bacterial infection spreading along the deep fascial planes. One of NF's characteristic features is the presence of subcutaneous gas. NF is associated with systemic toxicity and high mortality rate. The prognosis of NF depends on early recognition and aggressive treatment. A 23-year-old female was admitted with painful neck and upper chest swelling...
The Varicella Zoster virus persists in sensory nerve ganglion cells after chicken pox and gets reactivated to cause herpes zoster after variable periods of time as a result of waning of specific cellular immunity. Susceptible contacts of herpes zoster can develop chicken pox and very rarely herpes zoster. We report an interesting case of two brothers and wife of an elder developed herpes zoster simultaneously...
This study evaluates the outcome of superficial musculoaponeurotic system (SMAS) and allograft dermal matrix (ADM) preventing facial deformity and Frey's syndrome following total parotidectomy. Forty-six patients with benign parotid tumors, who underwent a total parotidectomy, were randomly assigned to four groups. Control group consisted of 12 patients; AMD group consisted of 10 patients underwent...
Cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) has developed as a newly computerized radiographic technique in dentistry and this offers non-distorted computer aided imaging of maxillofacial region. This new technique was applied for the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) imaging with encouraging results. CBCT showed high radiological performance to detect intra-articular lesion of the TMJ, providing significant...
Salivary duct carcinoma (SDC) is a rare and highly aggressive malignancy of the salivary glands. It occurs almost exclusively in the major salivary glands, particularly the parotid, while in much less frequency in the minor salivary glands and the case showing exophytic growth in the oral cavity like the present case is extremely rare. This report is of an 82-year old man with SDC of the palate. A...
Bullous pemphigoid is an autoimmune bullous disease occurring primarily in the skin, and initial onset in the oral mucosa is quite rare. A case of bullous pemphigoid with initial onset in the gingiva is reported. The patient was a 42-year-old female who presented with a primary complaint of recurrent gingival bullae that had appeared 9 months earlier. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) analysis...
To evaluate the relation between health-related quality of life (QOL), in a large representative group of adolescents with non-syndromic orofacial clefts.724 non-syndromic patients with an orofacial cleft who had finished their surgical treatment were included in this prospective study. Mean age of the patients was 16.8 years (SD=1.9). Patients were divided into two groups: cleft lip (CL), and cleft...
Bizarre parosteal osteochondromatous proliferation lesions in the head and neck region are very rare. Clinically, these lesions present as protrusions of bone, usually in the small bones of the hands and feet. This report is of a 9-year-old girl with a bizarre parosteal osteochondromatous proliferation lesion in the mandibular mental region, a site that has not been described previously. Based on...
Fetuin is an α 2 -Heremans–Schmid glycoprotein (α 2 -HS), a non-collagenous serum protein in human blood and calcified tissue. Fetuins form highly specific complexes, and fetuin matrix γ-glutamic acid (Gla) protein complex prevents the growth, aggregation and precipitation of calcified components. Fetuin binds to TGF-β/BMP, and the binding order is BMP-2>BMP-4>BMP-6>FGF-β1>TGF-β2...
The buccal fat pad has been frequently used for the closure of oroantral and oronasal communications. There are a few studies in the literature reporting its use in defects secondary to cyst and tumoral resections. In this paper we consider both the anatomical basis and the surgical technique. We also review 35 cases treated using BFP; 18 patients with oroantral communications, 10 with residual cystic...
To test the hypothesis that there is no long-term stability of soft tissue changes following maxillary advancement with distraction osteogenesis in adult subjects of cleft lip and palate.Oral Health Sciences Centre at PGIMER, Chandigarh; 15 consecutively treated adult subjects in the age range of 17–34 years with cleft lip and palate who underwent advancement of maxilla by distraction osteogenesis...