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 dacryocystitis 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 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.