Talon cusp is a rare developmental anomaly that occurs most commonly on the lingual side of the incisors. Occurrence of the labial talon cusp is rare in the dental literature. Till date only seven cases of isolated nonsyndromic labial talon cusps have been reported in the maxillary permanent dentition. However, a few cases of syndromic labial talon cusps and faciolingual talon cusps have been r...

Os lábios são o ponto de atenção do terço inferior da face, além disso, capazes transmitir beleza e sensualidade. Mesmo com grande impacto visual na os estão vulneráveis ao processo envelhecimento, que torna necessário alternativas para contornar a perda volume as rugas periorais. Com isso, existem diversas técnicas preenchimento escultura labial. O objetivo desse artigo é descrever principais ...

UNLABELLED There has been a paradigm shift within orthodontics in the use of lingual fixed appliances compared with the use of labial fixed appliances on the basis of perceived benefits and acceptance by patients. METHODS A matched case-control prospective longitudinal study of adult patients treated in the Orthodontic Department, Prince Philip Dental Hospital, Hong Kong. Group A consisted of...

? some 4 months ago. A small sore resulted, which, instead of healing, has gone on steadily increasing in size. There is a good deal of shooting pain, difficulty in speaking and swallowing, and much distress generally. On admission into the Medical College Hospital a few days ago a large epithelioma with cracked fungating base and indurated everted edges was seen occupying the right side of ton...

This study was designed to compare labial and sublingual salivary gland biopsies in the diagnosis of Sjögren's syndrome (SS). Fourteen labial and 29 sublingual specimens were considered positive. There was a better correlation between infiltration of the ductal structure and the focus score in the sublingual salivary gland biopsy than in the labial salivary gland biopsy. Use of sublingual saliv...

The most derived fruit-eating bats have small canines, wide palates and molars with a distinctive labial rim. Paracone and metacone have moved from a dilambdodont position in the middle of the tooth to the labial side of the tooth where they form the labial cutting edge. Along with the well-developed and close fi tting labial cutting edges of the premolars and canines, this cutting edge skirts ...

OBJECTIVE To assess the labial and lingual alveolar bone thickness in adults with maxillary central incisors of different inclination by cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT). METHODS Ninety maxillary central incisors from 45 patients were divided into three groups based on the maxillary central incisors to palatal plane angle; lingual-inclined, normal, and labial-inclined. Reformatted CBCT im...

Although toddlers in their 2nd year of life generally have phonologically detailed representations of words, a consistent lack of sensitivity to certain kinds of phonological changes has been reported. The origin of these insensitivities is poorly understood, and uncovering their cause is crucial for obtaining a complete picture of early phonological development. The present study explored the ...

An infant with dense and nearly complete labial fusion had marked hydroureteronephrosis which resolved after incision of the adherent labia. Although this is an unusual consequence of labial fusion, it argues for upper urinary tract screening in these children.