Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology, oral radiology, and endodontics
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Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod · Aug 2009
Body mass index and the risk of postoperative complications with dentoalveolar surgery: a prospective study.
Obesity is a disease that affects millions of Americans. Sixty-nine million Americans are considered to be overweight including at least 1 in 5 children. Overweight and obesity as risk factors for complications associated with dentoalveolar surgery have not been extensively studied. The purpose of this study was to prospectively investigate the frequency and the nature of postoperative complications in obese patients receiving ambulatory dentoalveolar surgery. ⋯ The BMI is not statistically correlated to higher postoperative complication rates or increased number of postoperative visits. Obesity remains an important risk factor for dentoalveolar ambulatory outpatient anesthesia; however, it is not associated with poorer postoperative complication rates.
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Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod · Aug 2009
Case ReportsDyskeratosis congenita: a case report.
Dyskeratosis congenita (DC) is a rare inherited condition, first described in 1960 as Zinsser-Engmann-Cole syndrome. The condition presents with a classic triad: nail dystrophy, reticulate skin pigmentation over the trunk and neck, and white plaques typically in the oral cavity. White plaques may also affect, although less frequently, the mucosal surfaces of the urethra and vagina. ⋯ The disease progression did not follow the "classic triad" typically seen in the condition. Longstanding nail dystrophy and oral ulceration were the sole presenting features. The details of the challenges encountered during diagnosis and treatment are further discussed.