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Chawket MANNAI, DDS,Ph.D Diplomate ABOMS

France
On Vacation
returns 06/15/2012
Expertise

I am a US board certified Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon trained at UCLA and Parkland Memorial Hospital (Dallas) with more than 25 years of experience and will provide answers to all questions pertaining to the Oral& Maxillofacial Surgery region including Orthognathic Surgery, Trauma,TMJ, Implantology, tumour surgery (excluding cancer),reconstructive surgery...

Experience in the area

Extensive in all fields for the past 25 years hospital and office based.

Organizations

American Association of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons American College of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons British Association of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons

Publications

2006: Mannai Chawket Early implant loading in severely resorbed maxilla using xenograft, autograft, and platelet-rich plasma in 97 patients. Journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery : official journal of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons 2006;64(9):1420-6. Bayonne, France. c.mannai@surgical.net 1998: Bell W H; Mannai C [An interview with Dr. W.H. Bell and Dr. C. Mannai. Interview by Colette Orival-Demange.] L' Orthodontie française 1998;69(1):225-9. 1988: Abemayor E; Zemplenyi J; Mannai C; Webb D J; Canalis R F The fixation of malar fractures with the transnasal Kirschner wire. The Journal of otolaryngology 1988;17(4):179-82. Division of Head and Neck Surgery, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance 90509. 1988: Wald R M; Abemayor E; Zemplenyi J; Mannai C; Lesavoy M A The transoral treatment of mandibular fractures using noncompression miniplates: a prospective study. Annals of plastic surgery 1988;20(5):409-13. Division of Plastic Surgery, Harbor/UCLA Medical Center. 1988: Di S; Bell W H; Mannai C; Seale N S; Hurt W C; Taylor J; Waite D E Long-term evaluation of human teeth after Le Fort I osteotomy: a histologic and developmental study. Oral surgery, oral medicine, and oral pathology 1988;65(4):379-86. Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Texas Health Science Center, Dallas. 1988: Bell W H; Mannai C; Luhr H G Art and science of the Le Fort I down fracture. The International journal of adult orthodontics and orthognathic surgery 1988;3(1):23-52. 1986: Mannai C; Schwartz H C Juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma presenting as a facial swelling. A case report. Journal of maxillofacial surgery 1986;14(6):329-31. 1986: Mannai C; Leake D; Pizzoferrato A; Ciapetti G; Sangiorgi C Histologic evaluation of purified bovine tendon collagen sponge in tooth extraction sites in dogs. Oral surgery, oral medicine, and oral pathology 1986;61(4):315-23.

Education/Credentials

DDS,Ph.D Fellow and Diplomate American Board of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Residency training:Harbor-UCLA MedicalCenter 1982-1985 Fellow OMFS Parkland Memorial Hospital Dallas Texas with William H.BELL

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Recent Answers from Chawket MANNAI, DDS,Ph.D Diplomate ABOMS

2012-04-05 Exposed bone growth under lower right jaw:

Hello,    It is difficult what it is without seeing the X-ray or CT scan. It is not  a torus and usually when it's a fast growing bony lesion, it should not be something bad. I wonder why they did not

2012-04-04 Removal of Torus Palatinus:

Removal of a torus is a very easy procedure that can be done under local or general anesthesia with an experienced oral surgeon. You will ahve to ask your health insurance for coverage and coumadin is

2012-02-14 Sinus drainage into mouth:

Hello Deb,    We have to make sure where the drainage is coming from and if you have a chronic sinusitis then it should appear on a CT scan which I would recommend first. Except the salivary glands, there

2012-01-22 mandible augmentation:

Hello Doug,    Depending on the size of the defect and therefore the access, customized implants can be placed extraorally or intraorally.  I understand your concern about infection but unless technically

2012-01-20 Jaw pain more than a week after wisdom teeth extraction:

Hello,    I doubt if this is muscle spasm according to the kind of pain you are describing. I am not sure why they irrigated the socket and put any pain meds in it. This sounds more like a dry socket where

 

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