To cite: Shah KM, Mistry JD. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2013008998 DESCRIPTION An 18-year-old patient came to the Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, to get a replacement for the missing mandibular front tooth. The patient gave a history of trauma to the anterior region a few years ago. Intraoral examination revealed missing mandibular ...

The dentin structure of non-erupted human deciduous mandibular and maxillary central and lateral incisor teeth was studied employing light and scanning electron microscopy. For light microscopy, nitric-acid-demineralized and ground sections were used. The sections were stained by hematoxylin-eosin, picrosirius and azo-carmine methods, and ground specimens were prepared using a carborundum disk ...

Dilacerations generally involve central incisors; most often maxillary incisors rather than their mandibular counterparts. The clinical features of dilaceration include non-eruption the responsible tooth or prolonged retention deciduous predecessor tooth. In Case 1, showed a at boundary between crown and root, more laterally labiolingually. 2, dilacerated with relatively normal orientation dent...

OBJECTIVES To present 17 natal/neonatal teeth in 15 patients and describe their clinical characteristics, associated disorders, complications and treatment. METHODS A retrospective study of neonates who visited the Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, College of Dental Sciences, Davangere, India, between 2003 and 2006 was carried out. It was a study of clinical data, such as th...

This case report aimed to present the long-term clinical performance of mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) pulpotomies in immature permanent teeth. Four patients with complicated crown fractures of five maxillary immature central incisor teeth were treated with pulpotomy using gray MTA. An immature mandibular first molar showing signs of reversible pulpitis that was exposed mechanically during ca...

An 18-month-old Japanese boy with multiple natal teeth was examined. Fourteen hard structures were reported to have been present at birth at the regions of the anterior teeth and first primary molars in both jaws. The structures were excessively mobile and 11 of the structures had exfoliated successively since 5 months of age. The three structures remaining at the regions of the first primary m...

This case report described the endodontic treatment and decompression of an extensive lesion in the anterior region of the mandible, detected during clinical and radiographic examination, in a patient with a complaint of slight tenderness to palpation in the area of mandibular right lateral incisor and canine. These teeth had been accessed without proper clinical evaluation, and their pulp tiss...

INTRODUCTION The purposes of this study were to determine the incidence of open gingival embrasures after a single mandibular incisor extraction and to investigate whether age, sex, interproximal pretreatment and posttreatment contact location, or the type of mandibular incisor were predictors of the incidence and magnitude of open gingival embrasures. METHODS Pretreatment and posttreatment i...

INTRODUCTION Cone-Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) is essential for tridimensional planning of orthognathic surgery, as it allows visualization and evaluation of bone structures and mineralized tissues. Tomographic slices allow evaluation of tooth inclination and individualization of movement performed during preoperative decompensation. The aim of this paper was to assess maxillary and mandibul...

PapillonLefevre syndrome (PLS) is a very rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by palmoplantar hyperkeratosis and severe early onset of destructive periodontitis leading to premature loss of both primary and permanent dentition.PLS is transmitted as an autosomal recessive condition and consanguinity of parents is evident in about one third of cases. Here we report a case of a 13 year ...