OBLITERATING FORAMINA FOLLOWING PERIPHERAL NEURECTOMIES CAN PROLONG
REMISSION OF NEURALGIA UP TO 10 YEARS
Wei Cheong Ngeow
BDS (Mal), FFDRCS (Ire), FDSRCS (Eng), MDSc (Mal), PhD (Sheffield), FAMM
Professor Dr. Department of Oro-Maxillofacial Surgical and Medical Sciences Surgery
Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya
Professor Dr. Wei Cheong Ngeow is currently a lecturer at the Department of Oro-Maxillofacial
Surgical and Medical Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry of the University of Malaya.
He graduated from the University of Malaya in 1992 and was a private practitioner for 9 months
before he was offered the post of tutorship at his alma matter. Three years later, he went to do a
house job at the Queen Victoria Hospital in East Grinstead, England.
He obtained his Fellowship in Dental Surgery from the Royal College of
Surgeons in Ireland and the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1996.
He subsequently returned to Malaysia and was a pioneer lecturer at the then
newly established Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.
He left for private practice in 1999 but the temptation to return to academic life
was greater, hence he returned to the University of Malaya the subsequent year.
He obtained a master degree in 2008 and a PhD from the University of Sheffield in 2010.
He has published over 160 articles, letters, comments and reports in both local and international
journals, and was the Editor of the Malaysian Dental Journal from 2005-2007 and the Editor of
the MDA Newsletter in 2015.
His research interests are craniofacial anthropometry, variations of the mandibular nerve, and
recovery of peripheral nerves after microsurgical repair.
CV
Questions
Which cranial nerve (CN) is affected in trigeminal neuralgia?
q a.
q b.
q c.
q d.
Fourth CN;
Fifth CN;
Sixth CN;
Seventh CN.
What is the target of action for dilantin and carbamazepine?
q a.
q b.
q c.
q d.
Sodium channel;
Calcium channel;
Potassium channel;
Iodide channel.
Roughly, how many percent of patients suffering from trigeminal neuralgia will
end up needing surgical treatment?
q a.
q b.
q c.
q d.
30%;
35%;
40%;
45%.
Which one of these materials was popularly used by several authors to block peripheral nerve regeneration?
q a.
q b.
q c.
q d.
Gold foil;
Amalgam;
Bone wax;
Metal screw.
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