Obiteljski hipoplastični jezični frenulum: prikaz slučaja i rasprava o diferencijalnoj dijagnozi Familial Hypoplastic Lingual Frenum: Case Report and Discussion of Differential Diagnosis

Acute Speech Impediment due to Abnormal Labial Frenum in a 5 Year Old Girl: A Case Report

Lecturer, Department of Pediatric & Preventive Dentistry, Lecturer, Department of Oral Surgery, * Department of Pediatric & Preventive Dentistry, Sinhgad Dental College & Hospital, Vadgaon, Pune 411 041, Maharashtra, India. email: [email protected] Abstract: Healthy teeth & gingival tissues are important for esthetic appearance & good functional ability of a person's face. Abnormal frenal...

Assessment of lingual frenulum lengths in skeletal malocclusion.

BACKGROUND The orofacial musculature plays a pivotal role in maintaining a balance in positioning of the teeth and any imbalance which occurs in this , results in malocclusion. Lingual frenum is a soft tissue structure which tethers the ventral surface of the tongue to the floor of the mouth. OBJECTIVE This study was performed to analyze the lingual frenal lengths in skeletal class I, class I...

Transplantacija bubrega kao najbolja metoda nadomještanja bubrežne funkcije – prikaz slučaja Kidney transplant as the best method of Renal Replacement Therapy – Case report

Sarcoidosis of the tongue--a case report.

A case of sarcoidosis, unusual in that it was confined to the tongue, is reported in a 50 year-old female. The condition resolved after 1 year of steroid therapy and excision of fibrous tethering bands. Intra-oral sarcoidosis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of lingual swelling and induration.

Riga-Fede disease: report of a case and review.

Self-mutilation of tongue is a type of self-injurious behavior. Ulcers of the lingual frenum in neonates with natal lower incisors are referred to as Riga-Fede disease. In this paper a case of Riga-Fede disease in a ten-month infant male with lower central incisors is reported. The ulcer resolved after the sharp incisal edges were smoothened and topical triameinolone was applied. As this lesion...