Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

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    Cleft deformities in adults and children aged over six years in Nigeria: Reasons for late presentation and management challenges.
    (Clin Cosmet Investig Dent, 2009-11-01) Adeyemo, W.L.; Ogunlewe, M.O.; Desalu, I.; Ladeinde, A.L.; Mofikoya, B.O.; Adeyemi, M.O.; Adepoju, A.A.; Hassan, O.O.
    In developing countries, untreated cleft lips and palates are found with increasing frequency and patients often present to the surgeon far past the optimal time for closure of the cleft deformities. A prospective study was conducted between March 2007 and September 2009, to identify the reasons and treatment challenges of delayed presentation of cleft lip and palate deformities at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Nigeria. Out of a total of 150 patients with cleft defects during the period, 43 (28.7%) were adults and children aged over six years. The mean age of these patients at the time of presentation was 17.3 years. The most common reasons for late presentation were lack of money (56.7%), lack of health care services nearby (18.4%), and lack of awareness of treatment availability (13.3%). Common challenges in these patients included surgical, orthodontic, speech, anesthetic, and psychological. Although adult clefts were significantly enlarged in three dimensions the anatomic landmarks were easier to discern than in an infant. However, extensive soft tissue dissection in adult cleft lip repair resulted in significant postoperative edema. Closure of wide palatal cleft often required the use of adjunct intraoral flaps. Despite late presentation, surgical outcome of these patients was satisfactory and comparable to cleft repair in infants.
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    Malignant orofacial neoplasms in children and adolescents: a clinicopathologic review of cases in a Nigerian tertiary hospital.
    (Elsevier, 2007-06-01) Ajayi, O.F.; Adeyemo, W.L.; Ladeinde, A.L.; Ogunlewe, M.O.; Omitola, O.G.; Effiom, O.A.; Arotiba, G.T.
    OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to determine the relative frequency of orofacial malignant neoplasm in children and adolescents. METHODS: A retrospective review of malignant orofacial tumours in children and adolescents
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    Odontogenic tumors in Nigerian children and adolescents- a retrospective study of 92 cases.
    (BMC, 2004-11-01) Ajayi, O.F.; Ladeinde, A.L.; Adeyemo, W.L.; Ogunlewe, M.O.
    BACKGROUND: Tumours arising from odontogenic tissues are rare and constitute a heterogenous group of interesting lesions. The aim of this study was to determine the relative frequency of odontogenic tumors (OT) among Nigerian children and adolescents 19 years or younger. PATIENTS AND METHODS: The histopathology records were retrospectively reviewed for all the tumors and tumor-like lesions of the oral cavity and the jaws seen in children and adolescents