Background: Teeth extraction is a common therapeutic practice in dentistry. Clinics for management a variety of pathological, traumatic, or congenital conditions. The prevalence of teeth extraction is related to the dental hygiene of the participants. Aim: This study aimed to demonstrate the distribution of the site and type of extracted teeth according to the age and sex of the participants. Methods: This retrospective study was conducted in teaching dentistry clinics in the Al-Rafidain College University throughout 2019. The data of participants were extracted from case sheet archives of patients who attended the clinics during 2017-2019. The outcome measures extracted from these case sheets include age, gender, site, and type of the extracted tooth.Results: A total number of 3,417 males and 2,377 females (with a ratio of 1.44:1) participated in this study.Patients aged 30-50 years constituted the highest frequency of those who attended the clinics for tooth extraction.Maxillary teeth extraction makes up 60.1% of tooth extractions in males compared to 55% in females. Females had a lower percentage (40.8%) of molar accused teeth, which is significantly different (P=0.019) from the rate reported in males (43.5%).

Background: Oral cancer is one of the most common type of head and neck cancer, with a 5 year survival rate of < 50%. One of the major problems of oral cancer include the late stage of disease at the time of diagnosis. Mirror image biopsy is a new technique that can be used for detection of early changes in the oral mucosa. Aim of the study: To histologically assess the reflect copy biopsy occupied from clinically usual observing mucosa at consistent contralateral  anatomical place to the main lesion in patients identified with tongue squamous cell carcinoma to notice any indication of arena alteration in oral mucosa. Materials and methods: Seven patients diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue underwent reflect copy biopsy from clinically usual observing mucosa at consistent contralateral anatomical place to the main lesion. The reflect copy biopsy example were exposed to histopathological check. Results: of the seven patients included, four were male and three were female, with an age range from 45 years to 64 years (median 54.5 years). One of the biopsies revealed severe dysplasia and six-revealed hyperplasia of the epithelium. Conclusion: Mirror image biopsy is a useful tool to detect the early field changes in oral mucosa in order to prevent further progression to oral cancer.

War injuries are the cornerstone of maxillofacial surgery, and it led to the initiation and development of this specialty, and each case represents a challenge to the surgeon who deals with it. In this article, we present a 39 year old male patient who was referred to our emergency department complaining of penetrating gunshot wound.Preoperative imaging showed a bullet with a very long path lodged in the posterior part of the maxilla. According to our experience there are different approaches for bullet extraction in this site, for each one of them specific indications, so in this case report we share the most suitable approach according to our experience.