Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery

2024 must-know dental technique

Could this dental technique become part of everyday dentistry in 2024?

November 28, 2023

The mock 3TBA handpiece inserted into a full-arch 3TBA guide as part of a pilot human trial. Image courtesy of TriAgenics.

Theradaptive awarded $7.4M for dental repair product trial

Theradaptive was awarded $7.4 million to conduct a clinical trial for a regenerative bone and tissue repair for orthopedic, craniomaxillofacial, and dental injuries.

September 27, 2023

2nd patient dies from TB-tainted bone graft, lawmaker wants answers

A second patient has died after receiving a bone graft infected with tuberculosis (TB), prompting a legislator to call for tougher standards.

August 24, 2023

Hands Dental Surgeon Instruments

Survey finds the right angles for a perfect jaw

Belgian researchers have identified angles that may help guide procedures that give women the ideal jaw shape.

August 22, 2023

Female Jaw Beauty

Antifibrinolytic drug may benefit jaw surgery patients

Using tranexamic acid during orthognathic surgery may reduce blood loss and more.

August 10, 2023

Surgery Female Surgeon

Tuberculosis-tainted bone graft causes deadly infection in patient

Bone graft materials contaminated with tuberculosis were used in three dozen dental and medical procedures, causing infections in five people.

August 8, 2023

FDA OKs human trial of RevBio’s bone adhesive biomaterial

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved RevBio's human trial to study its bone adhesive biomaterial, Tetranite.

August 2, 2023

Dental Implants

Researchers develop novel bone regeneration technique

Research in rats may reveal how proteins involved in bone repair can improve bone regeneration over large areas.

July 26, 2023

Bone regeneration was enhanced by administering mRNAs encoding Runx2 and VEGF into the bone defect of a rat mandible bone. Image courtesy of the Department of Research, Toyko Medical and Dental University.

3rd-molar surgery may put patients at risk of developing TMDs

Patients who experience trauma such as wisdom teeth extractions may develop temporomandibular disorders (TMDs).

July 25, 2023

Jaw Pain Woman Resized

Lower lip sensation loss after mandibulectomy may not be irreversible

The loss of sensation in the lower lip caused by damage to the inferior alveolar nerve during mandibulectomy may no longer be irreversible.

July 17, 2023

The sensation of the lower lip gradually recovered after inferior alveolar nerve sacrifice. (a) Sensory disturbance area diagram of the lower lip one month after operation. (b) Sensory disturbance area diagram of the lower lip three months after operation. (c) Sensory disturbance area diagram of the lower lip six months after operation. (d) Sensory disturbance area diagram of the lower lip one year after operation. (e) The proportion of lower lip sensory recovery area at three, six, and 12 months after surgery based on the area with lower lip sensory disturbance at one month after surgery. Licensed by CC BY-NC-ND. Image courtesy of the International Journal of Oral Science.

Jaw surgery may leave 4 in 10 patients with deviated septums

Nasal septum deviation may occur in about 4 in 10 patients after undergoing orthognathic surgeries, according to a study.

July 11, 2023

Surgery-free 3rd-molar treatment expected in 2024

Oral health and development firm TriAgenics hopes to bring its 3D-guided microwave third-molar tooth bud ablation treatment to market in 2024.

July 7, 2023

Xray Third Molars

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