The quality of life of patients becomes an essential part of the success of an intervention since it is used as an outcome measure. Mandible resection will cause discontinuities that can degrade the quality of life of patients. Extensive resectionand reconstruction will affect the quality of life of patients after resection and reconstruction surgery as compared with that before the surgery. On this basis, cross-sectional study was conducted among 27 patients suffering from benignmandibular tumors undergoing surgical procedure of marginal resection, segmental resection, or hemimandibulectomy at Dr. Sardjito genral hospital in 2010-2015. Quality of life of patients after mandibular resection and reconstruction was measured with modified oral health impact profile (OHIP-14). An assessment of the quality of life before and after surgery was based on gender and type of reconstruction and it was analyzed using t-test and one-way ANOVA. It was revealed that the quality of life of patients with benign tumors increased significantly (p=0,000), and that gender differences did not significantly affect the improved quality of life (p=0.433). The mean score of patient’s quality of life was highest on the type of marginal resection (mean value =14.50), and the lowest was on segmental resection (mean value=7.50), but the type of resection did not significantly influence the improved quality of life (p=0.152). Resection and reconstruction procedures under taken by Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon at Dr. Sardjito general hospital can improve the quality of life of patients with benign tumors of the lower jaw.
Background: Glaucoma is characterized by optic neuropathy with increased intraocular pressure. The high prevalence of impaction causes some glaucoma patients to require odontectomy. There are no contraindications to odontectomy in glaucoma patients, but special preparation is needed to prevent recurrence during the procedure. Glaucoma recurrence is precipitated by increased intraocular pressure which correlates with elevated systemic blood pressure with increased intraocular pressure and corticosteroid use. Therefore, dentists must be vigilant in choosing an atraumatic odontectomy procedure, anesthetic dose and techniques, as well as administering the type and dose of analgesics. Objective: This paper reports a case of mandibular third molar odontectomy with local anesthesia in a patient with open-angle glaucoma, which is a rare case and in this case there is a high risk of complications. Case: A 26-year-old male patient complained of pain in the left back gum when chewing. Orthopantomographic radiographic examination showed impacted 38. The patient has been diagnosed with open-angle glaucoma for 5 years. An odontectomy was performed under local anesthesia. Durante surgery, bleeding is minimal and does not cause recurrence of glaucoma. Postoperative evaluation gave good results, minimal complications, and no recurrence of glaucoma.Conclusion: Odontontectomy with local anesthesia in glaucoma patients requires special preparation in the form of atraumatic surgical procedures and perioperative pharmacotherapy management in the form of pre-emptive analgesia, selection of a maximum of two ampoules of lidocaine and epinephrine 1:80,000 with the mandibular block anesthetic technique, and using multimodal analgesia in combination with NSAIDs without corticosteroids. Keywords: Complications, Glaucoma, Odontectomy
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