Videos Related to Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

For those who are contemplating having oral and maxillofacial surgery or are in urgent need of health treatment they may want to consider viewing some educational videos. The American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (AAOMS) has recently uploaded many of their videos to their YouTube page over at http://www.youtube.com/user/aaomsvideo. They also have a Vimeo page that contains many of the same videos over at http://vimeo.com/aaoms/videos. I have previously commented on a video on Anesthesia in the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons Office. I was critical of the video as I pointed out in my prior blog post. A newer video on third molars (wisdom teeth) has been made available. This video is made in partnership with the American Association of Orthodontists.  The video describes how a wisdom tooth can be impacted and how surgery can be performed to remove a … Read more

Lessons from Medical litigation in oral surgery practice

I have previously touched on, such as in the post How to Improve Your Chances to Win a Dental Malpractice Lawsuit, some of the issues surrounding medical litigation from a dental and oral surgery standpoint. In the article “Medical litigation in oral surgery practice: Lessons learned from 20 lawsuits,” by Hesham F. Marei, currently in Press at the time I have reviewed this, Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, 2012, an investigation into lawsuits occurring in an oral surgery setting over three years (2009-2012) in Saudi Arabia is explored. Over 100 lawsuits were looked at with 20 fitting in the inclusion criteria. Marei states: “The most common cause for litigation was oro-antral communication, followed by neurological deficit associated with the surgical removal of wisdom teeth and placement of dental implants. Bleeding after extraction was the third most common cause for … Read more