Emeka Danielson OdaiUniversity of Benin · Departments of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery and Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics
Emeka Danielson Odai
MSc FMCDS PhD
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Introduction
Associate Professor and Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon.
Clinician, teacher (undergraduate and postgraduate) and researcher in areas of orofacial emergencies, including infections and all aspects of trauma and the rational use of medicines in clinical practice.
Expert in Clinical Pharmacology, Therapeutics and Toxicology. Special interest in pain management.
Known humanitarian.
Additional affiliations
May 2015 - present
Position
- Consultant
Description
- a. Surgical Procedures: Correcting facial deformities and defects Reconstructing damaged or missing tissues, treating facial trauma, such as broken jaws and facial bones, and conducting cosmetic surgeries, like facelifts and rhinoplasty. b. Diagnostic and Treatment Planning. c. Patient Care: Providing pre- and post-operative care, including anaesthesia and pain management, educating patients, monitoring patients' progress and adjusting treatment plans. d. Research and Education.
March 2012 - July 2023
Position
- Professor (Associate)
Description
- Undergraduate teaching, clinical demonstrations, didactic teaching (Junior residents, house officers, clinical auxillaries) and clinical research.
March 2012 - December 2018
Education
October 2019 - April 2023
University of Benin
Field of study
- Pharmacology and Toxicology
January 2017 - March 2023
Field of study
- Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery and Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics
April 2008 - May 2015
Publications
Publications (75)
To determine the prevalence of orofacial injuries among basketball players in Benin City, Nigeria and to survey the athletes' awareness, attitude and use of mouthguards.
A cross-sectional survey of basketball players in the standard basketball arena in Benin City was conducted between November 2009 and January 2010. A self-administered questionnair...
Pain is considered a key symptom associated with possible impairment of oral-health-related quality of life and its assessment is important for the planning and evaluation of preventive and treatment effort. The tools for assessing pain must therefore be valid and consistent. The objective of this study was to assess dental patients' level of pain...
Pain is a problem of global proportions with an increasing acceptance as the fifth vital sign at the same level of significance with blood pressure, pulse and respiration. It is a subjective oral health indicator and one of the most common reason patients seek dental treatment. Pain poses an important ethical and financial concern resulting in unne...
Background: Healthcare cannot achieve net-zero carbon without addressing operating theatres. The aim of this study was to prioritize feasible interventions to reduce the environmental impact of operating theatres.
Methods: This study adopted a four-phase Delphi consensus co-prioritization methodology. In phase 1, a systematic review of published i...
It is about Dentist satisfaction about Noma awareness creation and elimination activities in Nigeria
It is on Knowledge and attitude towards Noma preventive strategies in Nigeria
Background The 2015 Lancet Commission on global surgery identified surgery and anaesthesia as indispensable parts of holistic health-care systems. However, COVID-19 exposed the fragility of planned surgical services around the world, which have also been neglected in pandemic recovery planning. This study aimed to develop and validate a novel index...
Background The 2015 Lancet Commission on global surgery identified surgery and anaesthesia as indispensable parts of holistic health-care systems. However, COVID-19 exposed the fragility of planned surgical services around the world, which have also been neglected in pandemic recovery planning. This study aimed to develop and validate a novel index...
Background The 2015 Lancet Commission on global surgery identified surgery and anaesthesia as indispensable parts of holistic health-care systems. However, COVID-19 exposed the fragility of planned surgical services around the world, which have also been neglected in pandemic recovery planning. This study aimed to develop and validate a novel index...
Background The 2015 Lancet Commission on global surgery identified surgery and anaesthesia as indispensable parts of holistic health-care systems. However, COVID-19 exposed the fragility of planned surgical services around the world, which have also been neglected in pandemic recovery planning. This study aimed to develop and validate a novel index...
Background
The 2015 Lancet Commission on global surgery identified surgery and anaesthesia as indispensable parts of holistic health-care systems. However, COVID-19 exposed the fragility of planned surgical services around the world, which have also been neglected in pandemic recovery planning. This study aimed to develop and validate a novel index...
Background
The 2015 Lancet Commission on global surgery identified surgery and anaesthesia as indispensable parts of holistic health-care systems. However, COVID-19 exposed the fragility of planned surgical services around the world, which have also been neglected in pandemic recovery planning. This study aimed to develop and validate a novel index...
Background The 2015 Lancet Commission on global surgery identified surgery and anaesthesia as indispensable parts of holistic health-care systems. However, COVID-19 exposed the fragility of planned surgical services around the world, which have also been neglected in pandemic recovery planning. This study aimed to develop and validate a novel index...
Background The 2015 Lancet Commission on global surgery identified surgery and anaesthesia as indispensable parts of holistic health-care systems. However, COVID-19 exposed the fragility of planned surgical services around the world, which have also been neglected in pandemic recovery planning. This study aimed to develop and validate a novel index...
Background The 2015 Lancet Commission on global surgery identified surgery and anaesthesia as indispensable parts of holistic health-care systems. However, COVID-19 exposed the fragility of planned surgical services around the world, which have also been neglected in pandemic recovery planning. This study aimed to develop and validate a novel index...
SARS-CoV-2 has been associated with an increased rate of venous thromboembolism in critically ill patients.Since surgical patients are already at higher risk of venous thromboembolism than general populations, thisstudy aimed to determine if patients with peri-operative or prior SARS-CoV-2 were at further increased risk ofvenous thromboembolism. We...
Peri-operative SARS-CoV-2 infection increases postoperative mortality. The aim of this study was to determinethe optimal duration of planned delay before surgery in patients who have had SARS-CoV-2 infection. Thisinternational, multicentre, prospective cohort study included patients undergoing elective or emergencysurgery during October 2020. Surgi...
Background: Preoperative SARS-CoV-2 vaccination could support safer elective surgery. Vaccine numbers are limited so this study aimed to inform their prioritization by modelling.
Peri-operative SARS-CoV-2 infection increases postoperative mortality. The aim of this study was to determine the optimal duration of planned delay before surgery in patients who have had SARS-CoV-2 infection. This international, multicentre, prospective cohort study included patients undergoing elective or emergency surgery during October 2020. Su...
Objective: To determine the perception of dental patients towards people with Noma.
This review dealt only with trauma that can result from thermal, chemical or mechanical assault to the soft tissues of the periodontium, namely the gingiva and the periodontal ligaments. These forms of trauma may be accidental, iatrogenic or self-inflicted (factitious). When trauma is accidental and iatrogenic, the nature of the damage to the tissu...
Objective: To report a rare case of craniofacial necrotising fasciitis and to review the aetiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, complications, treatment and outcome.
Case Report: We report a 62-year old Nigerian female with craniofacial necrotising fasciitis of dental origin. A comprehensive review of the current data regarding craniofacial necrotisin...
Gram negative microorganisms produce volatile sulphur compounds widely implicated in the production of malodour and destruction of various human tissues. However, the volatile sulphur compounds have also been found to be beneficial in regulation of many processes in the human system. It is important to have a good knowledge of the effect the volati...
Objective
This study’s objective was to explore the disaster management knowledge, attitude, behavior, willingness, and assistance among Nigerian dentists.
Methods
This cross-sectional, questionnaire-based study was conducted in Edo State (Nigeria) among selected Nigerian dentists that attended the Annual Scientific Conference of School of Dentist...
Introduction: Giving the importance of radiographs in management of traumatic dental injuries, this study was designed to evaluate the periapical radiographic findings associated with traumatized anterior teeth in adults.
Methodology: This was a cross-sectional study of adult patients with traumatic dental injuries. The data collection instrument w...
Objective: Retained foreign bodies in soft tissue wounds are common phenomena with an incidence of 38%; they are usually missed on initial evaluation. In the orofacial region, retained foreign body within the masseter muscle is a relatively rare occurrence. The objective of this article was to report a case of symptomatic retained foreign body with...
ABSTRACT
NIGERIAN JOURNAL OF OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY Vol. 15 2018 29
Background: Hormonal and physiological changes Results: There were 317 pregnant mothers. Mean age
that occur during pregnancy affect the ear nose and was30.3(±3.5) years. 84.8% were within 26-35 years.
throat. The effect may be transient but sometimes can Over half of the pregnant wom...
Ludwig's angina is a potentially life-threatening diffuse cellulitis involving the submandibular, sublingual and submental regions bilaterally and causing progressive airway obstruction (Ugboko et. al., 2005). It is a form of severe diffuse cellulitis that presents as an acute onset and spreads rapidly, bilaterally affecting the submandibular, subl...
This study assessed some of the commonly implicated risk factors for head and neck cancers with a view to obtaining evidence for advocacy, enlightenment, and teaching as well as information for further research in the subject area. This study was a prospective clinical study involving all consecutive and consenting patients presenting with symptoms...
An effective and safe anaesthesia is one of the most important essentials for present day's oral and maxillofacial surgery. Local anesthetic agents (LAAs) play the fundamental role of ensuring pain-free surgeries. A plethora of LAAs are available commercially. The rational use of a particular type will presuppose that the potency, latency, duration...
Aims and Objectives: To study the prevalence of jaw swellings among maxillofacial surgery patients, the demographics of the patients with jaw swellings and the radiological characteristics of these jaw swellings seen over a period of fifteen years.
Methods: Descriptive retrospective-prospective study. (A retrospective review of cases seen in a ten...
Objective: Maximum mouth opening is a simple clinical sign for the evaluation of acute conditions such as orofacial infections and trauma, as well as chronic condition such as disorders of the temporomandibular joint and tumours. The objective was to estimate maximal mouth opening of healthy adults in Benin-City.
Methods: This study was descriptive...
Questionnaires were given to randomly selected group of consenting dentists in order to obtain data on demographics of the practitioners, level of expertise, knowledge of available treatment options and the determinants of the treatment options they adopt for non-vital discoloured teeth. The data were analysed using SPSS version 17. Descriptive sta...
Questionnaires were given to randomly selected group of consenting dentists in order to obtain data on demographics of the practitioners, level of expertise, knowledge of available treatment options and the determinants of the treatment options they adopt for non-vital discoloured teeth. The data were analysed using SPSS version 17. Descriptive sta...
Background: The mandible is the bone of the
lower third of the face. The mobility of the
mandible, presence of teeth and its prominence
makes it prone to fracture. Despite abundant
reports about the incidence, diagnosis, and
treatment of mandibular fracture in literature,
there is limited knowledge about the specific
type or pattern of mandibular f...
Aim: To investigate the indications for disimpaction of mandibular third molars and to determine the frequency and types of complications following third mandibular molar surgery.
Patients and Methods: Prospective study over a five year period (2007-2011, inclusive). Data was collected with questionnaire, by interview and following clinical examina...
ABSTRACT
Background: Ameloblastoma is the commonest odontogenic tumour afflicting our populace. Furthermore, its management has been engulfed in controversy. As a tertiary institution serving as a referral center to neighboring states, no evaluation of demographics, clinical, radiological and pathological picture of ameloblastoma has been done in t...
ABSTRACT
Background: Ameloblastoma is the commonest odontogenic tumour afflicting our populace. Furthermore, its management has been engulfed in controversy. As a tertiary institution serving as a referral center to neighboring states, no evaluation of demographics, clinical, radiological and pathological picture of ameloblastoma has been done in t...
Background: Maxillofacial trauma has continued to present a public health nuisance with attendant psychosocial, financial and physical challenges to the individuals affected and the society at large. Aim: This paper aims to review the aetiologies, pattern, and types of treatment and outcome of
treatment of patients with maxillofacial injuries with...
ABSTRACT
Isolated zygomatic arch fracture is rare. It is associated with facial disfigurement and limitation in mouth opening which is the reason why most patients seek treatment. Approach to treatment of isolated zygomatic arch fractures vary and could utilize intra-oral or extra-oral protocols, depending on patients’ preference, extent of injury,...
Objectives: The study investigated the demography, reason(s) for seeking treatment and outcome of treatment of prosthodontic patients after receiving prosthesis of missing anterior elements among patients with missing posterior teeth.
Materials and Methods: A four-year prospective study involving interview and clinical examination
of prosthetic pa...
Background: Rational use of drugs stipulates that patients receive medications appropriate to their clinical needs, in doses that meet their own individual requirements for an adequate period of time, and the lowest cost to them and their community.
Objectives: To assess the contribution of the factors responsible for irrational use of drugs; that...
POSTER NO: 897
Efficacy of NSAIDS Post-Third Molar Surgery: Diclofenac versus Ibuprofen
INTRODUCTION:
Alleviating pain is of utmost importance when treating dental patients because pain is prevalent and has far reaching effects for both the patient and the clinician alike. Surveys show consistently that pain is not well treated. Inappropriate anal...
This study seeks to investigate to what extent are students conversant with global oral health initiatives and policies, students' willingness to volunteer service at international setting or developing countries and the need for global oral health course in Nigeria.
Final year dental students in two Nigerian Universities were surveyed for this stu...
Objectives: To audit the clinical outcomes of patients with maxillofacial fractures treated with rigid and non rigid osteosynthesis and to compare the outcomes of both treatment protocols.
Design and Methods: Descriptive, retrospective study. Cases of ‘pure’ maxillofacial fractures treated with plates (rigid) and wires (non rigid) protocols for a t...
Objective: The objective of this study is to evaluate patients' perceptions of changes in health related quality of life (HRQoL) over a twelve week period following third molar surgery.
Methods: Health related quality of life measures, New 15D©, was administered to the study group prior to surgery. Standardized surgical and analgesic protocols wer...
Context: Transmission of infection may occur in laboratory oral healthcare setting with undermined infection control.
Objective: To assess infection control knowledge and confidence in protecting self from occupational acquisition of HIV infection among Nigerian dental technology students.
Methods: This questionnaire-based cross-sectional survey o...
Toxic epidermal necrolysis syndrome (TENS) is a severe idiosyncratic reaction, most commonly triggered by medications, and characterized by fever and mucocutaneous lesions leading to necrosis and sloughing of the epidermis. A case of TENS in a sixteen year old boy following polypharmacy is presented. Complete haematological and biochemical tests we...
Background: Medical emergencies in dental practice are those adverse medical events that may present in the course of dental treatment. Each of those events requires a correct diagnosis for effective and safe management. The contemporary dentist must be prepared to manage expeditiously and effectively those few problems that may arise with specific...
Objective:
To determine the frequency, causes and pattern of tooth extraction in a Nigerian rural health facility.
Materials and method:
This descriptive cross sectional study was conducted in Eden dental clinic of Mount Gilead hospital; Uselu from January 2006 to December 2008. The information collected with questionnaire included demography of...
To evaluate the pattern of medication prescription in an oral surgery outpatient clinic. A questionnaire was distributed to Resident doctord, House Officers and final year dental students treating patients in Oral Surgery clinic of a Teaching Hospital in Southern part of Nigeria. The questionnaure sought answers to clinical and non clinical factors...
Objective: To study the demographic characteristics of orofacial gunshot injury victims in University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Benin City, Nigeria.
Methodology: This 5 year retrospective study was carried out at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital between January 2001 and December 2005. All patients with orofacial gunshot injury were ident...
To investigate the reasons for exodontia in children attending a general dental practice in Uselu, Edo State.
All pediatric patients that had extraction between January 2006 and December 2008 in a general dental practice in Uselu were recruited for this prospective survey. The data collected include age, sex, reason for extraction and tooth extract...
Effective oral care for hospitalized patients is known to improve patient's quality of life, prevent serious infections and promote health and well-being. To assess the type and frequency of oral care delivered to hospitalized patients by nurses and to evaluate possible barriers. A cross-sectional survey of all cadres of nurses caring for hospitali...
To screen for the presence of proteinuria and glycosuria amongst patients attending for routine care in a dental clinic in Benin- City, Edo State, Nigeria. Method: A prospective survey over a period of thirty-six months involving all new consecutive and consenting patients. All consenting patients, yet to have breakfast and with no history of previ...
ABSTRACT: Objective: To investigate the demography, intraoral features and treatment outcome of halitosis in a suburban
clinical setting. Patients and Methods: Prospective observational study, involving consecutive and consenting patients with
complaints of halitosis in Eden dental clinic, Uselu between January 2006 and December 2008. Data of inter...
There has been global concern regarding road traffic injuries. Motorcyclists constitute a high proportion of fatalities in road traffic crashes. Commercial motorcyclists (Okadas) constitute a unique group in this regard. The purpose of this study was to evaluate driver-related risk factors in Okada accidents in Benin City, Nigeria.
This was a prosp...
A prospective questionnaire-based study was carried out at the dental clinic, University of Benin Teaching Hospital. The study was designed to determine the frequency of systemic conditions among dental patients. A total of 1029 patients completed the questionnaire. Febrile illnesses, namely, malaria (14.0%) and typhoid fever (4.8%) were the common...
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The VAS was used to assess pain among a group of patients but a panelist strongly feels that the job was very poor, JUST BECAUSE the visual analogue scale (VAS) was used. Every other thing was okayed, from conception through methodology to presentation...BUT use of VAS for assessing pain was not acceptable to the panel, NO scientific backing was proffered anyway. There is need therefore to seek opinion of the science world on the VAS as an instrument for pain assessment.
How do you read and interpret the scores for the domains?
