Missing a canine is of serious concern in social life of a patient in most of societies. While conventional fixed partial dentures and implant-supported restorations may often be the treatment of choice, fiber-reinforced composite (FRC) resins offer a conservative, fast and cost-effective alternative for single and multiple teeth replacement. This clinical report presents two cases where FRC te...

Radicular cysts in the primary dentition are rare, whereas they are most commonly occurring in the permanent dentition. We present a rare case of a radicular cyst associated with a non vital deciduous maxillary canine tooth with a history of trauma. The permanent canine was impacted due to the cyst. After the enucleation of the cyst, we observed a spontaneous eruption of the permanent canine. O...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to evaluate the movement of impacted canines away from the roots of neighboring teeth before full-mouth bracket placement, performed by means of TADs to decrease undesired side effects on adjacent teeth. METHODS The study sample consisted of 34 palatally impacted canines, being 19 in the experimental group and 15 in the control group. In the experimental gr...

The present article describes a new product for long-term retention of the lower dental arch. The LingLock is a fixed bonded retainer from canine to canine in the lower front made up of separate, but co-working retention elements in the ceramic material aluminium oxide (Al2O3). The LingLock retainer enables the patient to floss the teeth in a regular manner in the actual retention area.

Objectives: The prevalence of impacted teeth fluctuates across various ethnicities and geographical regions. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the prevalence and patterns of impacted teeth among patients living in the central part of Iran. Methods: This retrospective study was conducted on 3632 patients within the age group of 17-30 years. The frequency and pattern of the impaction w...

Craniofacial growth occurs throughout adulthood for both orthodontically treated and untreated patients.1,2 One aspect of skeletal change is a decrease of the intercanine dimension with an increase in anterior tooth irregularity.3,4 Other factors may contribute to this misalignment, such as the anterior component of force—a vertical occlusal force on posterior teeth creating a horizontal vector...

Stimmler, L., Snodgrass, G. J. A. I., and Jaffe, E. (1973). Archives of Disease in Childhood, 48, 217. Dental defects associated with neonatal symptomatic hypocalcaemia. 12 children who had had hypocalcaemic convulsions between the 5th and 10th day of life were followed for 2 to 5 years. All 12 children had serious abnormalities of enamel of the canine and molar teeth resulting in progressive d...