Dentigerous cysts are developmental odontogenic cysts associated with the crown of an unerupted tooth most commonly located at permanent Mandibular 3rd Molars and the Maxillary Canines. They rarely involve deciduous teeth and supernumerary teeth [5%]. We report successful management of two rare cases of maxillary labial swelling due to a dentigerous cyst associated with an impacted mesiodens. T...

Background: Traumatic injuries to the primary dentition are a frequent occurrence in children during the preschool ages of 1 to 4 years and are primarily due to falls. Developmental disturbances to the permanent teeth can occur from trauma to the primary dentition, resulting in hypoplastic defects and disruptions in eruption. The aim of this clinical case report was to demonstrate that developm...

BACKGROUND Tooth replacement service is generally available in our environment. However, its utilization by the elderly has not been extensively studied. AIM To determine the utilization of tooth replacement services among the elderly. MATERIALS AND METHODS This was a retrospective study of 440 patients aged 60 years and above attending the prosthetic out-patient clinics of Lagos University...

Objective. Recently, some authors reported that maxillary teeth could be extracted without using palatal anesthesia, but they did not clearly specify the extracted teeth. This is important, because apparently the local anesthetic solution infiltrates the maxilla and achieves a sufficient anesthesia in the palatal side. Thus, thickness of the bone may affect the depth of anesthesia. The aim of t...

The orthodontic treatment of an adult patient with a skeletal Class III malocclusion, increased anterior facial height, negative overjet, and bilateral posterior crossbite is presented. Treatment options included mandibular first premolar or third molar extractions with dentoalveolar compensation or combined surgical-orthodontic treatment. Mandibular third molar extraction with dentoalveolar co...

Oligodontia is agenesis of numerous teeth (> 6), excluding the third molars. Its prevalence in permanent teeth has been estimated to be 0.14%. It is one of the most common anomaly affecting the permanent dentition but equally infrequent in the primary dentition. Presented here is a case report of 7 year old child with congenitally missing 10 primary anteriors in both maxillary and mandibular de...

introduction: analysis of smile is one of the esthetic evaluations in dentistry. in the present study, gla, lid, the long axis position and the oblique axial angle of each tooth were evaluated. materials and methods: in this cross-sectional analytical study, 80 subjects with properly-aligned teeth and healthy periodontium were selected. a digital camera was to take photos of lip areas in unifor...

OBJECTIVES Caries and dental trauma are common reasons for primary anterior teeth restorations in children. This non-control clinical trial was designed to evaluate crown restorations reinforced with a sectioned file post for the restoration of severely damaged primary maxillary incisors. MATERIALS AND METHODS Thirty-eight primary maxillary incisors of 12 children (3-5 years old) with early c...

BACKGROUND Dentigerous cysts associated with supernumerary teeth are rare with most of them developing around a mesiodens in the anterior maxilla. Dentigerous cysts from multiple supernumerary teeth, especially with inverted tooth, are rare in other regions of the maxilla. CASE REPORT We report a unique case of a dentigerous cyst in a child associated with multiple inverted supernumerary teet...

Missing anterior teeth is still a common problem affecting the patient's psychological and social life. Fiber Reinforced Composite (FRC) bridge promising alternative treatment to replace missing teeth. The indirect FRC method can be solution reduce chairside time optimize aesthetics. Patients with maxillary central incisors were planned for treatment. Reduction of palatal abutment area (maxilla...