The aim of the study is to observe retrospectively the correlation between Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma (OSCC) and risk factors; including tobacco, alcohol and Family History of Cancer (FHC). A total of 478 patients were included retrospectively from the database of the Department of Oral Sciences and Maxillofacial Surgery, Sapienza University of Rome. A Test Group (TG) consisted of 239 patients with a confirmed diagnosis of OSCC. A Control Group (CG) consisted of 239 patients without history and/or diagnosis of oral cancer. The logistic regression models were used to calculate the adjusted Odd Ratios (ORs) associated with alcohol, tobacco and FHC; including the General Family History of Cancer (GFHC) and Family History of Head and Neck Cancer (FHHNC) and their 95% Confidence Intervals (CI). The high rate of tobacco consumption was associated with an OR of 1.035 (95% CI 1.001–1.070) and a statistical significance (p = 0.041). Drinker patients showed a significant risk of developing OSCC (p = 0.05) and the OR was 1.035 (95% CI 1.010–1.061). The GFHC was associated with a marginal risk of OSCC with an OR of 1.095 (95% CI 0.953–1.259), without significance (p = 0.199). The FHHNC showed a notable risk increase with an OR of 1.871 (95% CI 0.902–3.882), without significance (p = 0.092). Alcohol and tobacco may be associated with an increase in the risk of OSCC.

Objective.The acronym MRONJ has been created in order to identify “Medication-Related Osteonecrosis of the Jaw,” observed after the use of Bisphosphonates, RANK ligand inhibitor, and antiangiogenic medications. Only a case of osteonecrosis of the jaw in a Chron’s disease patient following a course of Bisphosphonate and Adalimumab therapy has been recently described, so that it has been supposed that also this medication could promote manifestation of osteonecrosis.Clinical Case. On August, 2014, a 63-year-old female with a history of idiopathic arthritis treated with medical treatment with Adalimumab from 2010 to 2013 presented referring pain in the right mandible.Results. This patient presented with nonexposed osteonecrosis of the jaw after placement, on September, 2010, of four titanium fixtures in the mandible.Conclusions. The authors suggest that the biologic therapy with an anti-TNF-αantibody might promote the manifestation of osteonecrosis and compromise oral healing capacity of the bone.

Background: Head and neck infections are commonly caused by affections with an odontogenic origin. Untreated or non-responsive to treatment odontogenic infections can cause severe consequences such as localized abscesses, deep neck infections (DNI), and mediastinitis, conditions where emergency procedures such as tracheostomy or cervicotomy could be needed. Methods: An epidemiological retrospective observational study was performed, and the objective of the investigation was to present a single-center 5-years retrospective analysis of all patients admitted to the emergency department of the hospital Policlinico Umberto I “Sapienza” with a diagnosis of odontogenic related head and neck infection, observing the epidemiological patterns, the management and the type of surgical procedure adopted to treat the affections. Results: Over a 5-year period, 376,940 patients entered the emergency room of Policlinico Umberto I, “Sapienza” University of Rome, for a total of 63,632 hospitalizations. A total of 6607 patients were registered with a diagnosis of odontogenic abscess (10.38%), 151 of the patients were hospitalized, 116 of them were surgically treated (76.8%), and 6 of them (3.9%) manifested critical conditions such as sepsis and mediastinitis. Conclusions: Even today, despite the improvement of dental health education, dental affections can certainly lead to acute conditions, necessitating immediate surgical intervention.

Nonostante la chirurgia rimanga l’opzione di scelta nel trattamento della displasia cranio-facciale (CFD) una volta che l’osservazione clinica sia stata esclusa, resta controverso il tipo di intervento (rimodellamento contro resezione radicale). Lo scopo di questo lavoro è di rivedere criticamente la nostra esperienza fino al 2013 confrontando la gestione CFD tra il 1980 e il 2002 e tra il 2003 e il 2013 e di proporre il nostro algoritmo chirurgico. Dal gennaio 2003 al dicembre 2013, 41 nuovi pazienti (18 maschi e 23 femmine) con diagnosi di CFD sono stati considerati. I dati sono stati confrontati con quelli di 95 pazienti che sono stati osservati e / o trattati tra il 1980 e il 2002. Considerando l’ultimo periodo abbiamo notato che l’osservazione clinica (26/41 pzt) è stato il metodo più utilizzato; una resezione radicale è stata eseguita in molti casi (8/15 pzt), ma in proporzione il numero di pazienti sottoposti a rimodellamento è aumentato (6% vs 15%), mentre è stato osservato una diminuzione del numero di pzt sottoposti escissione (63% vs 19%). Su queste basi, riteniamo che la resezione radicale rimanga l’unica tecnica per ottenere la risoluzione della displasia fibrosa. L’osservazione clinica è indicata in caso di lesioni stabili. Le moderne tecniche ricostruttive consentono di ottenere adeguati risultati estetici e funzionali in caso di resezione radicale; tuttavia, nella maggior parte dei casi si rendono necessarie ulteriori procedure ed i tempi di recupero sono superiori, cosicchè la maggior parte dei pazienti preferiscono eseguire il rimodellamento. Nonostante tutto, in caso di lesioni aggressive la resezione radicale è mandatoria, tranne che in pazienti pediatrici in cui tale intervento comporterebbe estesi difetti residui: in tali casi può essere accettabile effettuare un rimodellamento riservando trattamenti più demolitivi in caso di recidiva o dopo la maturità scheletrica.

Objective: Fascia lata (FL) is a worldwide adopted source of autologous grafts. In our Department, the endoscopic endonasal transphenoidal surgery (EETS) has been performed regularly for anterior and middle cranial fossa lesions, and FL graft has commonly been a practical resource in repairing tissue defects after EETS. Enough, we used routinely harvesting FL to restore symmetry in facial palsy. To our known, this is the biggest case series about FL harvesting to repare tissue defects after EET. The purpose of our study was to evaluate our experience with the harvesting of FL, in particularly the donor site morbidity. Study design: This is a prospective study case series, which evaluated by questionnaire the morbidity of FL donr site. Methods: The details of 44 patients were analyzed from 2011 to 2016. Thirty-eight patients needed cranial base reconstruction and 6 patients needed facial reanimation. Results: Adequate length of FL was harvested in all our patients. There were no intraoperative complications. We did not use drain in any case. We analyzed 18 women (40%) and 26 men (59.9%). The estimated median age at presentation was 51.53. Conclusion: For little FL's gap, diameter until 3 × 6 cm, it's possible to suture FL's margin with Nylon, but for bigger gap it's necessary to reconstruct with allograft to avoid muscle bulge or compartmental syndrome.