Published in Journal of stomatology, oral and maxillofacial surgery
Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma (MEC) is the most common malignant salivary gland neoplasm, representing 10 to 15% of all salivary neoplasms. A review of the literature was conducted in order to determine trends in presentation, diagnostic features, treatment, and outcomes. A PubMed, Embase, and Scopus search was carried out. The search process was perfor...
Published in Journal of stomatology, oral and maxillofacial surgery
The management of patients with dento-maxillofacial deformities is based on assessments of the dental occlusion - facial skeleton - soft tissues triad. As societal demands and surgical practices have evolved, facial soft tissues have moved to the forefront of considerations in orthognathic surgery. Techniques are therefore required to analyze facia...
Published in Journal of stomatology, oral and maxillofacial surgery
Face recognition (FR) technology can be used in wide range of applications such as identity authentication, access control, and surveillance. Interests and research activities in face recognition have increased significantly over the past twenty years. Plastic surgery procedures can significantly alter facial appearance, thereby posing a serious ch...
Published in Journal of stomatology, oral and maxillofacial surgery
The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to compare the occurrence of tissue artifacts in punch and scalpel biopsies of oral and maxillofacial lesions. Electronic searches were conducted in four databases (PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science and Ovid). Study selection, data extraction, and quality assessment of the included articles were ...
Published in Journal of stomatology, oral and maxillofacial surgery
Published in Journal of stomatology, oral and maxillofacial surgery
Treacher Collins Syndrome (TCS) is a genetic disorder with predominantly autosomal dominant inheritance, associated with different mutations in specific genes. This review aimed to evaluate the facial, temporomandibular, zygomatic and bucco-dental phenotype in TCS individuals, and describe surgical and non-surgical solutions for each case in order ...
Published in Journal of stomatology, oral and maxillofacial surgery
The aim of the present study was to investigate the number of patients with Multiple Myeloma (MM) treated with intravenous Zoledronic Acid who presented an involvement of the jaws by Myeloma that mimicked an osteonecrosis. A retrospective study was performed in a University Hospital reference for a population of 1.084.000 inhabitants. A 'case' Medi...
Published in Journal of stomatology, oral and maxillofacial surgery
Published in Journal of stomatology, oral and maxillofacial surgery
Salivary duct carcinoma (SDC) is a rare and highly aggressive neoplasm of the salivary glands associated with high rates of local and distant recurrence and poor overall survival. We present a patient with SDC, who relapsed despite extensive multimodal therapy including surgery, postoperative radiochemotherapy, and heavy ion therapy. In the recurre...
Published in Journal of stomatology, oral and maxillofacial surgery
The present study aimed to analyze the early soft tissue healing characteristics and Fractal Dimension (FD) of extraction sockets preserved by Leukocyte-platelet-rich fibrin (L-PRF) and titanium prepared platelet-rich fibrin (T-PRF). 57 single-tooth extraction sockets were included in the study, three groups were prepared: post-extraction sockets f...
