Authors: Sylvio Luiz Costa De Moraes,

In 2018, the Coordination for the Improvement of HigherEducation Personnel (CAPES) initiated actions to improve the assessmentinstruments, with the chief goal to increase the focus onthe quality of training of PhD’s and MSc’s, and on the excellenceof Brazilian postgraduate studies. This...

Authors: Sylvio Luiz Costa De Moraes,

Dear Members,We are starting our board!We are committed to work hard and we know the huge responsibilityahead. Yet it is also an honor for all of us to be able to contribute to thedevelopment of the Brazilian College of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeryand Traumatology and our beautiful specialty.

Authors: Marcelo Marotta Araujo,

The residency consists of a specialty program characterizedby in-service training. In 2002, the Federal DentalCouncil (CFO) regulated Residencies in Oral and MaxillofacialSurgery and Traumatology with a workload of 6,000hours and minimum duration of three years. In 2005, theMinistry of Education...

Authors: Liogi Iwaki Filho,

In this issue of JBCOMS, the Brazilian College ofOral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Traumatology interviewsProf. Dr. Mônica Diuana Calasans Maia, specialistand MSc in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Traumatologyby the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro(UFRJ), PhD in Pathology by...

Authors: Mônica Diuana Calasans Maia,

Dr. Francisco Eugênio Loducca, a redeemed memberof the Brazilian College of Oral and MaxillofacialSurgery and Traumatology, who passed away at the ageof 91, on November 14, 2020, was an exceptional healthprofessional.

Authors: Prof. Dr. Francisco Eugênio Loducca,

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of complications relatedto oral surgery performed by undergraduate students in a dental school. Methods:A retrospective study was carried out with medical records of patients treated atthe dental clinic of the Euro-American...

Authors: Douglas Rangel Goulart, Dyemes Cartegyano Gomes de Souza, Carla Aline Chaves Batista, Allan Vinícius de Camargos Elizário, Nara Linne da Silva Folha,

Objective: To propose a model of dental record for the area of Oral and MaxillofacialSurgery and Traumatology for use in hospital trauma services. Method: This isan experience report on the preparation of dental records, conducted from June toDecember 2019, during a Uniprofessional Residence of...

Authors: Willian Martins Azeredo, Giuliano Teixeira Pacher, Antonio Eugênio Magnabosco Neto,

Introduction: Suture threads are important substrates for microbial adhesion inoral surgeries. It was proposed to compare bacterial adhesion in silk and nylon sutureswhen impregnated or not with an antiseptic ointment based on iodoform andmarigold. Methods: A prospective, randomized,...

Authors: Matheus Furtado De Carvalho, Breno Nogueira Da Silva, Lauane Alves, Ana Barbara Polo, Neuza Maria Souza Picorelli Assis, Ana Carolina Morais Apolônio,

Panfacial fractures are those that affect the upper, middle and lower face, makingthe treatment challenging. In some situations, the patients require multidisciplinarytreatment because they have traumas in other regions of the body that preclude thetreatment of all facial fractures....

Authors: Joel Motta Júnior, Gustavo Cavalcanti De Albuquerque, Valber Barbosa Martins, Marcelo Vinícius De Oliveira, Rafael Saraiva Torres, Ingrid Soani Amaral de Couto Tenório, Denis Esteves Raid,

Osteoid osteoma is a benign tumor characterized by limited growth. It is more commonin long bones and extremely rare in gnatic bones. It is typically presented asan injury that causes pain mainly at night, which can be alleviated with the use ofnon-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs....

Authors: Joel Motta Júnior, Gustavo Cavalcanti De Albuquerque, Valber Barbosa Martins, Marcelo Vinícius De Oliveira, Rafael Saraiva Torres, Paulo Matheus Honda Tavares, Saulo Lobo Chateaubriand do Nascimento,

Liposarcoma is a malignant mesenchymal tumor originating in adipose tissue cells. Itoccurs mainly in the extremities and retroperitoneum, but is rarely found in the headand neck region, including the oropharanyx. Thus, the objective of the present articleis to presented the case report of a...

Authors: Julio Claudio Sousa, Rogerio Costa Tiveron, Renato Queiroz Ramos, Renata Margarida Etchebehere,

Peripheral facial palsy (PFP) is characterized by the interruption of the neuronalstimulus of the branches of the VII cranial pair due to several etiological factors thatacutely affect the total or partial motor information of the facial muscles. PFP may berelated to infectious, traumatic,...

Authors: Renata Amadei Nicolau, Carlos Eduardo Dias Colombo, Matheus Augusto Pereira, Marcello de Souza Silva,