Vinod Patel
Consultant (Oral Surgery), Oral Surgery Department, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London
Oral surgery: what challenges and opportunities are there on the horizon?
Tara RentonHealthcare has been undergoing transformation for years, if not decades. However, in a matter of months, the pandemic broke down long-standing barriers and accelerated digital health at a pace few...
A Difficult Diagnosis of Spontaneous Lower Lip Numbness
Nisma PatelA healthy 22-year-old male was referred to the oral surgery department at Guy's Dental Hospital by his general dental practitioner (GDP) in April 2019 after developing daily, intermittent, spontaneous...
Dentigerous cyst: a rapidly expanding swelling in a young patient
Aisling CantA 4-year-old boy attended the paediatric dental emergency clinic with his father, who was concerned about a left-sided facial swelling that had been present for at least 1 month..
Osteoradionecrosis in the Current Era of Radiation Treatment
Vinod PatelAlthough ORN is a well-recognized condition, no international agreed definition exists. In the UK, the most commonly accepted ORN description is ‘an area of exposed bone present for longer than 2...
Cemento-Osseous dysplasia-related jaw necrosis − a case report and literature review
Tasnim AtieaA 68-year-old female patient of Arabic descent had been referred by her GDP regarding an area of exposed bone in the mandible. She attended the Oral Surgery department in February 2017 with a one-year...
Primary extranodal non-hodgkin lymphoma in the infra-orbital region – a diagnostic challenge
Naren ThanabalanA 75-year-old female was referred by her general medical practitioner (GMP) to the Oral Surgery department in August 2012, with a unilateral swelling bounded by the lateral border of the nose and the...
Spontaneous osteonecrosis of the maxilla
Marianne HenienA 94-year-old-male was referred by his general dental practitioner to the Head and Neck clinic at Guy's Hospital due to exfoliation of his upper central incisors and exposed non-healing bone in the...
To retrieve or not to retrieve the coronectomy root – the clinical dilemma
Vinod PatelCoronectomy is slowly emerging as a realistic alternative to mandibular third molar extraction in those patients judged at risk of IDN injury. The elective retention of the root remains a source of...