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Oral and dental conditions

This section describes various common oral and dental condition

Facial bone injuries

Facial bone injuries

Facial bone injuries are fractures involving the mandible, maxilla, zygomatic complex, nasal bones, orbital skeleton, or other facial bones. They commonly result from high-energy trauma and may occur in isolation or as part of multiple traumatic injuries.

Dental implants

Dental implants

Dental implants are biocompatible and biofunctional prosthetic devices surgically placed within or on the alveolar bone to support fixed or removable dental prostheses. Modern dental implants are predominantly made of commercially pure titanium or titanium alloys because of their excellent biocompatibility and ability to achieve osseointegration, a direct structural and functional connection between living bone and the implant surface.

Oro-antral communication (OAC)

Oro-antral communication (OAC)

Oro-antral communication (OAC) is an abnormal communication between the oral cavity and the maxillary sinus, most commonly occurring as a complication of extraction of maxillary posterior teeth, particularly the first and second molars.

Pregnancy tumor (pregnancy epulis)

Pregnancy tumor (pregnancy epulis)

Pregnancy tumor , medically known as granuloma gravidarum or pregnancy epulis, is a benign vascular lesion of the oral cavity that occurs during pregnancy due to hormonal and inflammatory changes. Despite the name, it is not a true tumor nor malignant.

Ewing’s tumor

Ewing’s tumor

Ewing’s tumor is a very rare type of cancerous tumor that grows in bones or the soft tissue around bones including cartilage and nerves.

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