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Introduction: The aim of this study was to determine the sociodemographic, therapeutic, pathological and clinical aspects of patients with maxillary ameloblastoma at the University Hospital of Odonto-Stomatology (CHU OS) of Bamako., Materials and Method: We performed a retrospective and prospective study over three years (January 2007 - December 2010), examining cases of maxillary ameloblastoma, as confirmed by clinical, associated with radiology or anatomic pathology. Data was collected from medical records, then entered and analyzed using Epiinfo., Results: Tumor lesions were found in 55 men and 43 women with a sex ratio of 1.27. Housewives represented the majority of cases with 35.7%. Maxillary radiography was performed on 96% of patients and biopsy in 66.3% of cases. The most common anatomical location was mandibular in 89.80% of cases, with the preferred area being the mandibular symphysis in 34.7% of cases. Conservative surgery was performed in 50% of patients and radical surgery in 26.5% of cases., Conclusion: This study has shown a high frequency of maxillary ameloblastoma, and the fundamental benefits of early treatment, in order to minimize recidivism., (Le comitée de rédaction se réserve le droit de revoyer aux auteurs avant toute soumission à l'avis des lecteurs les manuscrits qui ne seraient pas conformes à ces modalités de présentation. En outre il leur conseille de sonserver un examplaire du manuscrit, des figures et des tableaux.)

Aims: The aim of this study was to determine sociodemographics, clinical and therapeutic aspects in patients with isolated mandibular fractures in the Bamako dentistry teaching hospital (CHU-OS)., Materials and Methods: We carried out restrospective study over a period of four months involving isolated mandibular fracture cases, confirmed by a clinical and radiological examination in 2006. The data were collected from medical records, entered and analyzed using Epiinfo.fr 6.0 software., Results: The lesions involved 42 men and 13 women with a sex ratio of 3.23. The age group of 21-30 was the most affected. The main cause was found to be road traffic accidents with 72.72 % of the total cases. The fractures of the mandible at the level of horizontal branch were the most frequent with 34.54 %. The orthopedic treatment was used in 72.72 % of the cases, with a good and very good results., Conclusion: This study shows the high frequency of isolated fractures of the mandible mainly from road traffic accidents, as well as their occurrence among young adults., (Le comitée de rédaction se réserve le droit de revoyer aux auteurs avant toute soumission à l'avis des lecteurs les manuscrits qui ne seraient pas conformes à ces modalités de présentation. En outre il leur conseille de sonserver un examplaire du manuscrit, des figures et des tableaux.)