Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery: Page 12

Blindness case prompts call to delay oral surgery after COVID-19

By Melissa Busch

A recent case report detailed an incident in which a man went blind after a tooth extraction. The experience led the authors to call for delaying minor dental surgeries such as tooth extractions for patients with diabetes who have recently recovered from COVID-19.

January 11, 2022

Western Dental opens 2 new Southern Calif. offices

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Western Dental & Orthodontics has opened two new offices in Southern California: one in Highland Park and another in Menifee.

January 9, 2022

CBCT may alter dental trauma treatment decisions

By Melissa Busch

Reviewing cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) scans may influence how endodontists approach treatment decisions in dental trauma cases, according to a study published on January 6 in the Journal of Endodontics.

January 9, 2022

USOSM announces partnership, board of director changes

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

U.S. Oral Surgery Management (USOSM) has partnered with Northwest Florida Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and restructured its board of directors in response to the company's growth.

January 6, 2022

Dental x-ray shows man's rare horizontally impacted molars

By Melissa Busch

Clinicians examining a routine dental x-ray discovered a 20-year-old man had rare, identical bilateral horizontally impacted lower molars. Details of the case were published in the Cureus Journal of Medical Science.

January 6, 2022

What to consider before using bone grafts in patients

By Melissa Busch

Clinicians must consider their patients' personal, religious, and humanitarian values to ensure using specific bone grafts does not violate their beliefs, according to an article published in the January issue of the Journal of the American Dental Association.

January 5, 2022

SmartPractice to acquire Save-A-Tooth

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Global health product manufacturer and distributor SmartPractice said it will acquire rights to sell the Save-A-Tooth product line from Phoenix-Lazarus.

January 4, 2022

New device may quickly, cheaply sterilize dental instruments

By Melissa Busch

A radical vapor reactor, which eliminates germs by producing high levels of reactive oxygen species, may offer a quick, low-cost way to sterilize dental instruments, according to findings published in the February issue of Process Biochemistry.

January 4, 2022

Austin Oral Surgery raises awareness of sex trafficking

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Austin Oral Surgery, which has multiple practices in central Texas, has raised awareness about child sex trafficking by training dental teams and fundraising.

December 14, 2021

Snap fix: Clinicians use bra hooks for condylar break

By Melissa Busch

With no typical intermaxillary fixation materials available, clinicians used bra hooks to facilitate the treatment of a woman's condylar fracture, according to a technical note published on December 13 in the British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.

December 14, 2021

Geistlich launches new regenerative materials product

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Geistlich Biomaterials has launched a validated xenogeneic/allogeneic bone substitute for restoring bone with long-term stability.

December 12, 2021

Man's pulled wisdom tooth leads to dangerous lung abscess

By Melissa Busch

A healthy 45-year-old man experienced respiratory failure due to a giant life-threatening lung abscess caused by oral bacteria stemming from a wisdom tooth extraction. The case report was published in the December issue of Chest.

December 7, 2021

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