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Omar Abubaker, D.M.D., Ph.D.

Present position:
Professor and Chairman

Address:
Private Practice (Patient Office)
520 North 12th Street
Lyons Building, Room 239, Richmond VA 23298
Phone (804) 628-6637, (804-MCV-OMFS)
Fax (804) 827-1040

Academic office:
P.O.Box 980566, Richmond, VA 23298
Fax: (804) 828-0056
E-mail: abubaker@vcu.edu

Licensure:
VA
PA

Board certification:
American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
National Dental Board of Anesthesiology

Clinical specialties:
Dentoalveolar Surgery including extraction of teeth
    and wisdom teeth
Dental Implants
Orthognathic Surgery
Reconstruction (bony and soft tissue) of the jaws and face
Facial Trauma

Education and training:
University of Alexandria, Egypt, BDS
University of Pittsburgh, DMD
University of Pittsburgh, PhD
Presbyterian University Hospital of Pittsburgh, Residency in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Residency- Certificate
Presbyterian University Hospital, Fellowship in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (sponsored by OMFS Research Foundation)- Certificate

Selected publications:

Abubaker, A.O.: Management of post-traumatic oral and maxillofacial soft tissue infections. Oral Maxillofac Clinics of North America 15(2003) 139-146

Abubaker A.O., Abouzgia MB: Temporalis muscle flap for reconstruction of oral and maxillofacial defects: description and appraisal of the technique. Oral Surgery Oral Medicine Oral Diagnosis 75: 24, 2002

Abubaker A.O., Rollert M: Postoperative antibiotics prophylaxis in mandibular fractures: A preliminary randomized, double-blind, and placebo controlled clinical study. J Oral Maxillofac Surgery 59:1415-1419, 2001

Abubaker, A.O. and Strauss, R.A.: Osteoplastic genioplasty: Technique and comparison with allogenic genioplsty. Hellenic Arch Oral Maxillofac Surg 1:83-88, 2001.

Strauss, R.A. and Abubaker, A.O.: Current Controversies in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. Genioplaty: Osteotomy versus Alloplastic. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 58: 783, 2000.

Abubaker, A.O.: Applied anatomy of the maxillary sinus. Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinic North America 11:1,1999
Abubaker, A.O. and Lynam, G.: Changes in the cost of treatment of mandibular fractures between 1991 and 1993. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 56:161, 1998

Abubaker A.O., Hebda, P, Gonsolley, J.: Effects of sex hormones on protein and collagen contents of the temporomandibular disc of the rat. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 54:721-727, 1996

Abubaker, A.O. and Laskin, D.M.: Nonsurgical management of arthritis of the temporomandibular joint. Oral Maxillofac Clinics North America 7:51-61, 1995

Abubaker, A.O., Raslan, W. and Sotereanos, G.C.: Estrogen and progesterone receptors in Temporomandibular joint of symptomatic and asymptomatic TMJ Individuals. J. Oral Maxillofac Surg 51:1096-1100, 1993

Abubaker, A.O., Sotereanos, G.C.: Modified LeFort (Maxillary-Zygomatic) osteotomy: basis, rational and surgical technique. J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 49:1089-1097, 1991

Abubaker, A.O., Sotereanos, G.C., and Patterson, G.T.: Use of coronal surgical incision for reconstruction of severe craniofacial injuries. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 48:579-586

Abubaker, A.O., Bontempo, F. and Braun, T.W.: Deamino-8-D Arginine Vasopressin (DDAVP): A useful alternative to blood components in moderate hemophilia and Von Willebrand's disease in oral surgical procedures: A Case Report. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 45:728, 1987.

Abubaker, A.O., Braun, T.W., and Sotereanos, G.C.: Osteosarcoma of the mandibular condyle, Clinical Pathological Conference. J Oral and Maxillofac Surg 44:126, 1986.

Abubaker, A.O., Bontempo, F. and Braun, T.W.: Deamino-8-D Arginine Vasopressin (DDAVP): A useful alternative to blood components in moderate hemophilia and Von Willebrand's disease in oral surgical procedures: A Case Report. J Oral Maxillofac

 



Virginia Commonwealth University
Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center

School of Dentistry | School of Medicine
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Wood Memorial Building | 521 North 11th Street, Room 311
P.O. Box 980566
Richmond, Virginia 23298-0566
Phone: (804) 628-6637 | E-mail: jmwooten@vcu.edu
Updated: 02/22/2008