Oral surgery

Oral surgery     11 November 2025

Antibiotic prophylaxis in dentistry and oral surgery: use and misuse

Antibiotic prophylaxis (AP) still represents a common but often misused procedure in dental practice, thus aggravating the risk for antimicrobial resistance and adverse effects occurrence.

Oral surgery     27 October 2025

Risk factors for bleeding after oral surgery in patients who continued using oral anticoagulant therapy

The authors assessed the incidence of postoperative bleeding in patients who were highly anticoagulated and in patients who underwent extensive oral surgical procedures and who continued using oral...

Oral surgery     07 October 2025

The Impact of Technological Innovation on Dentistry

Technology has revolutionized the way dentists are able to treat their patients. 

Oral surgery     22 September 2025

Minor oral surgical procedures in patients on oral anticoagulants—a controlled study

Patients on therapeutic anticoagulation are at risk of bleeding from minor oral surgical sites.

Oral surgery     05 September 2025

Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of intranasal versus intravenous fentanyl in patients with pain after oral surgery

Fentanyl, a short-acting synthetic opioid, has a pharmacokinetic profile suited to fast relief of brief episodic pain.

Oral surgery     22 August 2025

Thiel embalming technique: a valuable method for teaching oral surgery and implantology

Because of its high requirements on surgical experience and the need of complete understanding of the anatomy, oral surgery and especially implantology belong to the most demanding procedures in...

Oral surgery     06 August 2025

Current trends and innovations in oral and maxillofacial surgery

This manuscript reviews advancements in oral and maxillofacial surgery, encompassing minimally invasive techniques, innovations in implant dentistry, regenerative medicine, innovations in...

Oral surgery     15 July 2025

The influence of patients' decisions on treatment planning in restorative dentistry

As part of treatment planning, options are presented to patients by dentists. An informal discussion takes place involving a cost-benefit analysis and a treatment plan is agreed.

Oral surgery     24 June 2025

Electrosurgical Management of Soft Tissues and Restorative Dentistry

Proper use of oral electrosurgery permits rapid, full management of soft-tissue problems related to mouth preparation for fixed and removable prosthodontics. 

Oral surgery     09 June 2025

Efficacy of fibrin sealant in patients on various levels of oral anticoagulant undergoing oral surgery

The purpose of this study was to investigate the efficacy of fibrin sealant in patients on oral anticoagulant therapy undergoing oral surgery with varying degrees of surgical trauma and various...

Oral surgery     23 May 2025

Apicomarginal defects in periradicular surgery: Classification and diagnostic aspects

The prognosis of periradicular surgery is affected by the amount and location of bone loss.

Oral surgery     08 May 2025

New Biomaterials and Regenerative Medicine Strategies in Periodontology, Oral Surgery, Esthetic and Implant Dentistry 2016

Biomaterial sciences are major fields of research in the current era of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine strategies, and these new developments define the new Frontier in many medical...

Oral surgery     23 April 2025

Emerging Perspectives in Scaffold for Tissue Engineering in Oral Surgery

Bone regeneration is currently one of the most important and challenging tissue engineering approaches in regenerative medicine.

Oral surgery     01 April 2025

High Incidence of Blood Exposure Due to Imperceptible Contaminated Splatters During Oral Surgery

To evaluate the incidence of blood exposure during outpatient oral surgery from splattering caused by use of high-speed rotary instruments at the Referral and Teaching Center, University Dental...

Oral surgery     11 March 2025

The ten innovative events in a century of the development of the Taiwan dental history

The modern medical system was first introduced to Taiwan during the Japanese colonial period (1895–1945).

Oral surgery     18 February 2025

Hemostatic Effect of Tranexamic Acid Mouthwash in Anticoagulant-Treated Patients Undergoing Oral Surgery

We carried out a placebo-controlled, double-blind, randomized study of the hemostatic effect of tranexamic acid mouthwash after oral surgery in 39 patients receiving anticoagulant agents because of...

Oral surgery     03 February 2025

Medical Additive Manufacturing in Surgery: Translating Innovation to the Point of Care

Alongside computed tomography, additive manufacturing (also known as three-dimensional or 3D printing) is a significant MedTech innovation that allows the fabrication of anatomical biomodels,...

Oral surgery     17 January 2025

Antifibrinolytic therapy for preventing oral bleeding in patients with haemophilia or Von Willebrand disease undergoing minor oral surgery or dental extractions

Minor oral surgery or dental extractions (oral or dental procedures) are widely performed and can be complicated by hazardous oral bleeding, especially in people with an inherited bleeding disorder...

Oral surgery     27 December 2024

Platelet-rich fibrin in oral surgical procedures: a systematic review and meta-analysis

The effect of platelet-rich fibrin (PRF) in enhancing the healing after oral surgical interventions is still a matter of debate. 

Oral surgery     21 November 2024

Opinions and attitudes of the UK's GDPs and specialists in oral surgery, oral medicine and surgical dentistry on oral cancer screening

To survey two broad areas of oral cancer awareness and management of patients at risk of oral cancer by specialists in oral surgery, oral medicine, surgical dentistry and general dental practitioners...