Review Article
Pathogenesis and Morphogenesis of Craniofacial Developmental Anomalies
The current explosion of molecular biology encompassing genetics, morphogenesis, teratogenesis and pharmacogenomics for targeted drug therapy is about to have a profound impact upon...
A Review of Common Mucocutaneous Disorders Affecting the Mouth and Lips
Most of the mucocutaneous diseases are confined to the stratified squamous epithelia and thus may involve oral, genital and other mucosae and skin. Most...
Oral Rehabilitation Using Dental Implants and Guided Bone Regeneration
Form follows function and adaptation to physiologic demands dictates skeletal form. In the oro-facial region, tooth loss leads to atrophy of the alveolar arches...
Reconstruction of Cranial Bone Defects Using Alloplastic Implants Produced from a Stereolithographically-generated Cranial Model
Cranial bone defects can be a result of trauma, congenital defects, infection or iatrogenically induced by surgery. Even for patients with sufficient hair to...
Repair of Complex Orbital Fractures: Technical Problems, State-of-the-art Solutions and Future Perspectives
Fractures involving the orbits are frequent among facial injuries, making up to nearly 40% of the total. Within the wide range of severity, the...
Lessons Learnt from the Management of 1500 Complex Facial Fractures
With the advent of regional trauma centres and rapid air transport systems, a larger number of patients with extremely complex craniomaxillofacial trauma are now...
Homocysteine and Atherosclerotic Disease: The Epidemiologic Evidence
Homocysteine is a thiol-containing amino acid formed during the metabolism of methionine. The metabolic fate of homocysteine may be influenced by the alterations in...
Genetically Manipulated Animals and Their Use in Experimental Research
Animals have long served as experimental models for studying human biology and diseases. With the biomolecular revolution in the past three decades, genetically manipulated...
Under-diagnosed Psychiatric Syndrome II: Pathologic Skin Picking
Pathologic skin picking may be defined as the habitual picking of skin lesions, which when chronic and extensive, can lead to significant distress, dysfunction...
Intravital Microscopy for the Study of the Microcirculation in Various Disease States
It is more than 150 years ago when the first detailed description of intravital microscopy was given by Waller, demonstrating in the frog tongue...