Year 2020 / Volume 42 / Number 4

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Introduction: Restoration of normal orbital volume and globe position following traumatic injury is often difficult. Intraoperative navigation has emerged as a tool to allow the visualization of the implant position intraoperatively, by means of the planification in the preoperative computed-tomographic scan (CT scan).
Objectives: The aim of this study was to compare the postoperative...

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Introduction: The use of external reference points (ERP) like the nasal pin (NP) and eye’s medial canthus (EMC) provides a stable and reproductible landmarks for maxillary repositioning. ERP are widely used, for its practicality to achieve the desired aesthetic result in orthognathic surgery (OS).
Objectives: The purpose of this study is to compare the ERPs: NP and EMC, to define...

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Introduction: Crying in newborns and infants is a functional expression of biological interest. Through, acoustic analysis of crying, results of a primary palatoplasty can be evaluated in patients with cleft palate before development of speech, is objective, non-invasive, quick and simple tool for vocal exploration. The objective is to determine Fundamental Frequency (F0) of spontaneous...

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Background and objective: The age of patients admitted for treatment by Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (OMFS) services is progressively higher, with the associated comorbidity that this entails, and supposes a substantial increase in referrals to the Internal Medicine (IM) services, which do not reach the required effectiveness. An alternative to improve patient care is collaboration...

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Pseudotumoral calcinosis is a rare entity, which is usually located in joints such as hips or elbows and is extremely infrequent in the head and neck. It might be associated to metabolic diseases or renal failure but can also be hereditary or idiopathic. We report a case of pseudotumoral calcinosis in the anterior cranial base and we describe the surgical technique, assisted by intraoperative...

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The clinical presentation of a neck venous aneurysms, implies a diagnostic challenge due to its rarity. They are presented as neck masses that can easily be confused with other clinical neck entities. Doppler ultrasound technique is the gold standard to confirm its diagnosis. Therapeutic approach varies from surgical resection to watch & wait. We report a clinical case of a 79-year-old...

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Necrotizing sialometaplasia is a self-limiting, benign inflammatory condition simulating malignant entities. We expose the case of a 24-year-old smoker and bulimic patient, who presented two ulcerated lesions with an erythematous fundus on the hard palate with spontaneous resolution.

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Blistering diseases of the oral cavity are rare and autoimmune disease. Six types of penis are characterized: vulgar, vegetative, immunoglobulin A, foliaceous, erythematous and paraneoplastic. This type of injury can occur at 50 years of age, with a predilection for females.
The initial manifestation occurs in the oral cavity as multiple ulcerations preceded by blisters that rupture...