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| Wei Cheong NgeowSummaryAffiliation: University of Malaya Country: Malaysia Publications
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Managing complications of radiation therapy in head and neck cancer patients: Part III. Provision of denturesRoslan Abdul Rahman
Faculty of Dentistry, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Singapore Dent J 28:7-10. 2006..In this article, the management of difficulty with dentures, another sequelae of xerostomia following radiation therapy is reviewed...
Scar less: a review of methods of scar reduction at sites of peripheral nerve repairWei Cheong Ngeow
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine and Surgery, School of Clinical Dentistry, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, England
Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 109:357-66. 2010..This article reviews the events that occur after peripheral nerve transection and the challenges that need to be addressed to reduce scarring in order to improve nerve regeneration...
Craniofacial anthropometric norms of MalaysW C Ngeow
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia
Singapore Med J 50:525-8. 2009..This study was undertaken to establish the craniofacial anthropometric norms of young adult Malaysian Malays...
Injection of botulinum toxin type A (BOTOX) into trigger zone of trigeminal neuralgia as a means to control painWei Cheong Ngeow
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 109:e47-50. 2010..The patient was pain free with a maintenance dose of 200 mg carbamazepine daily for about 1 year, after which she elected to undergo stereotactic gamma knife radiosurgery when pain recurred at the external nasal region...
Craniofacial anthropometric norms of Malaysian IndiansW C Ngeow
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Indian J Dent Res 20:313-9. 2009..This study was done to establish the craniofacial anthropometric norms of the young adult (18- 25 years) Malaysian Indian...
Numbness of the ear following inferior alveolar nerve block: the forgotten complicationW C Ngeow
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Br Dent J 207:19-21. 2009..The patient experienced profound numbness of the auricle on the ipsilateral side of the injection that lasted for about an hour following unintended injection to the auriculotemporal nerve...
A radiographic study on the visualization of the anterior loop in dentate subjects of different age groupsWei Cheong Ngeow
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
J Oral Sci 51:231-7. 2009..1%) of subjects aged 20-29 years exhibited at least one anterior loop; this gradually reduced to only 15 percent of subjects aged 50 and older. There was no association between visualization of the anterior loop and subject gender...
Managing complications of radiation therapy in head and neck cancer patients: Part VI. Management of opportunistic infectionsWei Cheong Ngeow
Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Singapore Dent J 28:19-21. 2006..Because of this, they succumb to complicated oral adverse effects after radiation therapy. The last part of this series reviews the opportunistic infections that can occur to the perioral structure. Their management is briefly discussed...
Managing complications of radiation therapy in head and neck cancer patients: Part V. Management of mucositisWei Cheong Ngeow
Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Singapore Dent J 28:16-8. 2006..Because of this, they succumb to complicated oral adverse effects after radiation therapy. The second last part of this series reviews and discusses the management of complication that commonly occur to the oral mucosa, i.e. mucositis...
Managing complications of radiation therapy in head and neck cancer patients: Part I. Management of xerostomiaWei Cheong Ngeow
Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Singapore Dent J 28:1-3. 2006..Part I of this series reviews the management of xerostomia. The management of the effect of xerostomia to the dentition/oral cavity is discussed in Part II...
Transient loss of power of accommodation in 1 eye following inferior alveolar nerve block: report of 2 casesWei Cheong Ngeow
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
J Can Dent Assoc 72:927-31. 2006..This resulted in paralysis of a branch of cranial nerve III, the short ciliary nerves that innervate the ciliary muscle, which controls accommodation...
The location of the mental foramen in a selected Malay populationWei Cheong Ngeow
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
J Oral Sci 45:171-5. 2003..6%). The right and left foramina were bilaterally symmetrical in three of six recorded positions in 67.7% patients. The mental foramen was most often in line with the second premolar...
Histomorphometric changes in repaired mouse sciatic nerves are unaffected by the application of a scar-reducing agentWei Cheong Ngeow
Unit of Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine and Surgery, School of Clinical Dentistry, University of Sheffield, Claremont Crescent, Sheffield, UK
J Anat 219:638-45. 2011..However, there were more Remak bundles distal to the repair site, and fewer non-myelinated axons per Remak bundle. Application of M6P did not affect any of these parameters...
Managing complications of radiation therapy in head and neck cancer patients: Part II. Management of radiation-induced cariesWen Lin Chai
Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Singapore Dent J 28:4-6. 2006..The management of xerostomia has been reviewed in Part I of this series. In this article, the management of dental caries, a sequalae of xerostomia following radiation therapy is reviewed...
Managing complications of radiation therapy in head and neck cancer patients: Part IV. Management of osteoradionecrosisRoszalina Ramli
Faculty of Dentistry, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Singapore Dent J 28:11-5. 2006..This article reviews methods of treatment used to treat ORN such as antibiotics, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, therapeutic ultrasound, surgery, and other modalities...
Malignancy in oral lichen planus: a review of a group from the Malaysian populationHashim B Yaacob
Department of Oral Pathology, Oral Medicine and Periodontology, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur
J Oral Sci 44:65-71. 2002..Only 19 patients returned for further follow-up. One adult Indian female with a six-year history of lichenoid reaction showed the presence of malignancy...
The effect of Mannose-6-Phosphate on recovery after sciatic nerve repairWei Cheong Ngeow
Unit of Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine and Surgery, School of Clinical Dentistry, University of Sheffield, Claremont Crescent, Sheffield S102TA, UK
Brain Res 1394:40-8. 2011..Administration of 600 mM M6P to the nerve repair site enhances nerve regeneration and functional recovery in the early stages, and may lead to improved outcomes...
The safety zone for mini-implant maxillary anchorage in MongoloidsMang Chek Wey
Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Aust Orthod J 28:17-21. 2012..This study aimed to establish a safety zone for the placement of mini-implants in the buccal surface between the second maxillary premolar (PM2) and first maxillary molar (M1) of Mongoloids...
