Made available in DSpace on 2022-04-28T19:47:46Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2021-06-01; Craniofacial harpoon injuries are extremely rare, especially when caused by attempted suicide. The approach to surgical removal becomes dependent on the characteristics of the device, with or without barbs on the spear, and its path, which presents with significant changes between accidents and suicide ...
Oral mucocele is considered the most common benign lesion of the minor salivary glands, corresponding to a phenomenon of retention or extravasation of mucus. Oral mucoceles originate through mechanical trauma, and most often affect the lower lip, as it is a region more prone to trauma. This article aims to present a clinical case of a 21-year-old patient complaining of volumetric increase in the lower lip, with...
Sialolithiasis is a common disease that affects the major salivary glands and can occur at any age. Parotid glands are rarely involved and, even rarer are the cases of sialoliths larger than 10 mm. This report presents the rare case of a giant parotid sialolith associated with facial cellulitis in a 75-year-old man. The treatment involved initially non-surgical approach followed by a minimally invasive surgery ...
The oroantral communication is considered one of the most frequent complications in oral surgery, especially in extractions of posterior teeth in the maxilla, treatment of cystic lesions, neoplasms, osteomyelitis and trauma in the region of the maxillary sinus, forming fistulas. However, ectopic third molar and lesions such as odontomas are rarely found simultaneously in the maxillary sinus. This report shows a...
Impacted teeth are those that didn’t erupt in the oral cavity and are located totally or partially inside the bone. This anomaly is multifactorial and occurs due to local and systemic factors. Mandibular second premolars are the class of teeth most affected by impactions, excluding the upper canines and third molars, which in most cases are asymptomatic and are diagnosed by imaging exams. The objective of this ...
Dentigerous cyst infection is a rare condition that can lead to life-threatening situations. A situation unusual is the development of osteomyelitis with proliferative periostitis from infection of this cyst, with only one possible case published in the literature. The purpose of this article is to relate a rare association of a dentigerous cyst with osteomyelitis and proliferative periostitis. An 11-year-old p...