Authors: Gabriela Granja Porto,

There are many doubts, especially for those who are starting an academic career, about what QUALIS means, its purpose or how it is done. QUALIS is a Brazilian system for evaluation of journals maintained by CAPES (Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel). It is used in the...

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The Brazilian society has been going through a debugging process, inwhich the ethics and transparency have been placed in first priority in all segments.It is not possible to move on without these principles. Therefore, ina work that lasted three boards and is now concluded, the Brazilian...

Authors: José Rodrigues Laureano Filho,

Although Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Traumatology has different names across Latin America, including Cirurgia Bucomaxilofacial, Cirurgia Oral e Maxilofacial, Cirurgia Bucal e Maxilofacial, Cirurgia Bucomaxilofacial, Cirurgia e Traumatologia Bucomaxilofacial or Cirurgia e Traumatologia...

Authors: Adrian Carlos Bencini,

Introduction: Recently, a surgical procedure has been causing controversy as to its applicability, its prognosis and which professional is able to perform it. This is the bichectomy, a technique that aims to remove the adipose body from the cheek, which seems to be feasible for aesthetic and...

Authors: Beatriz Sobrinho Sangalette, Larissa Vargas Vieira, Juliana De Almeida Nascimento, Vanessa Interlichia Capelari, André Luís Shinohara, Clóvis Marzola, João Lopes Toledo Filho, Gustavo Lopes Toledo, Marcos Mauricio Capelari,

Introduction: Identification of risk factors for facial trauma can help in the designof accident prevention programs. The present study aimed to evaluate the use of helmetand alcohol among motorcyclists with facial trauma in Agreste and Sertão of thestate of Pernambuco. Methods: A...

Authors: Antonio Azoubel Antunes, José Rodrigues Laureano Filho, Gabriela Granja Porto, Rafael De Sousa Carvalho Saboia, Ilky Pollansky Silva E Farias, Evelyne Pessoa Soriano,

Objective: To quantify the frequency of different types of surgeries in patients withcleft lip and palate, from September 2008 to July 2015 in the Centrinho Imperatriz.Methods: A retrospective study was conducted, based on 226 surgical descriptionsof medical records of patients undergoing...

Authors: Lêonilson Gaião, Thainá Barroso Pinheiro De Souza, Raurício Vital Mendes, Patrícia Figueiredo De Macêdo,

Introduction: Facial trauma can be considered one of the worst injuries found inpublic hospitals, due to its emotional and functional repercussions, the possibilityof deformity and dissatisfaction with aesthetics, work withdrawal and the economicimpact they cause in the public health system....

Authors: Gabriela Mayrink, Natália Gonçalves Amaral Avila, Jessika Barcelos Belonia,

Orthognathic surgery is the surgical procedure that aims at treating dentoskeletal ordentofacial deformities such as prognathism, retrognathism and other alterations inthe position of the maxilla and/or mandible, searching for function and aesthetics.The facial asymmetry represents an imbalance...

Authors: Tatiana Wannmacher Lepper, João Carlos Birnfeld Wagner, Mauricio Roth Volkweis, Luciana Zaffari, João Ricardo Koch Brandalise, Rodrigo Andrighetti Zamboni,

Brain abscess is a rare and life-threatening infection to the patient. It can be causedby trauma, neurosurgical complications or metastatic infections originated fromother tissues or organs, such as odontogenic infections. The present article reportsthe case of a patient that developed a severe...

Authors: Isabela Potratz Auler, Luccas Lavareze, Ana Luiza Leal, Ramon Gavassoni, Vinicius Antunes, Martha Alayde Alcantara Salim,

The orbit is a short structure of the face really important, not only esthetically but alsofunctionally, which is highly involved in facial trauma. This study presents a report of apatient traumatized by a physical aggression in the orbital region, presenting a blowouttype fracture, which was...

Authors: Silvia Provasi, Douglas Baitelo Marinho, Stephanie Anasenko Correa Borges, Walter Paulesini Junior, Gabriel Baitelo Marinho,

Objective: The objective of this study is to report a case of pleomorphic adenoma inthe upper lip, treated by surgical excision of the lesion under local anesthesia. Methods:The patient was treated by surgical excision of the lesion and follows in postoperativefollow-up of 1 year without...

Authors: Ana Cláudia Amorim Gomes, Emanuel Dias De Oliveira E Silva, Allancardi Dos Santos Siqueira, Jiordanne Araújo Diniz, Luiz Henrique Soares Torres,

Living on the network involves the exposure to criticism and judgments, confronting the state of the art and the specialized opinion of specialists. In this field, the discussion is even more interesting because there are plenty of different opinions concerning the professional behavior in...

Authors: Gustavo Barbalho Guedes Emiliano,