This advanced and extensive lecture focuses on surgical techniques for treatment of specific maxillary abscesses and empyemas, including:

- the topographic anatomy of the maxilla;

- the abscesses of maxillary incisor teeth;

- the bacterial dacryocistitis and abscesses of the nasolacrimal duct;

- the abscesses of maxillary cheek teeth 1 and 2;

- the empyema of the alveolar bulla;

- the retrobulbar abscesses (including clinical presentation, overview of diagnostic imaging, the intraoral treatment, and a practical session with videos of the step-by-step extraoral approaches and procedures);

- the parabulbar abscesses (infraorbital, retro-orbital);

A specific section will also be dedicated to:

- combined mandibular and maxillary abscesses;

- non-periapical odontogenic abscesses;

- non-odontogenic facial abscesses.

This lecture is focused on the systemic and local medical management of odontogenic abscesses following surgery and marsupialization, including updates about the healing promoting materials.

This advanced lecture visually describes the indications, the step-by-step surgical technique, the postoperative care and the follow-up of the rostral subtotal mandibulectomy for treatment of extensive osteomyelitis.