Mark McGurk

Consultant, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Guy's, King's and St Thomas' Dental Institute, SE1 9RT, UK

Osteoradionecrosis in the Current Era of Radiation Treatment

Although 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...

Primary extranodal non-hodgkin lymphoma in the infra-orbital region – a diagnostic challenge

A 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

A 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

Coronectomy 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...