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

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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
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