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Dr. David King Lam MD, DDS, PHD
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon | Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
521 Parnassus Ave Room C522 San Francisco CA, 94143About
Dr. David Lam is an oral and maxillofacial surgeon practicing in San Francisco, CA. Dr. Lam specializes in the treatment of problems related to the face, mouth and jaws. As an oral and maxillofacial surgeon, Dr. Lam is a unique dental specialist who can provide emergency medicine, perform general surgery and give anesthesia. These medical doctors are the only type of medical care specialist who can administer anesthesia, besides anesthesiologists. Typical procedures performed by Dr. Lam are tooth extractions, especially wisdom teeth, corrective jaw surgery, cleft palate surgery and reconstructive surgery after an injury. Oral and maxillofacial surgeons can also perform dental work including placing dental implants. These surgeons might also deal with conditions of sleep apnea, oral cancers and more.
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Cranioplasty for midline metopic suture defects in adults with cleidocranial dysplasia.
- A review of bisphosphonate-associated osteonecrosis of the jaws and its management.
- Systemic lupus erythematosus: a review for dentists.
- Small mouths ... Big problems? A review of scleroderma and its oral health implications.
- Marble bone disease: a review of osteopetrosis and its oral health implications for dentists.
- Canadian consensus practice guidelines for bisphosphonate associated osteonecrosis of the jaw.
- Prevention of infective endocarditis: revised guidelines from the American Heart Association and the implications for dentists.
- Bisphosphonate associated osteonecrosis of the jaw.
- The dolognawmeter: a novel instrument and assay to quantify nociception in rodent models of orofacial pain.
- Cannabinoids attenuate cancer pain and proliferation in a mouse model.
- Orofacial pain onset predicts transition to head and neck cancer.
- Re-expression of the methylated EDNRB gene in oral squamous cell carcinoma attenuates cancer-induced pain.
- The use of opioid analgesics in the management of acute and chronic orofacial pain in Canada: the need for further research.
- TMPRSS2, a novel membrane-anchored mediator in cancer pain.
- Novel Technique Using Cyanoacrylate and Local Hemostatic Agents in the Management of High-Risk Exodontia Bleeding in a Patient With a Large Facial Arteriovenous Malformation.
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