INTRODUCTION Secondary bone grafting consists in a routine procedure on the treatment of patients with alveolar cleft. Usually, it is performed by the end of the mixed dentition, when the permanent canine is erupting, with autogenous cancellous bone from the iliac crest. OBJECTIVE The present article discusses the alternative of autogenous bone grafting with allogeneic bone, obtained from hum...

Since 2003, nine squirrels were presented at a South African veterinary dental practice with lesions in the maxilla consistent with the clinical, radiological and histological features of odontomas as described in prairie dogs, rats and mice. These odontoma-like masses have not previously been described in squirrels. This report describes the clinico-pathological features and possible pathogene...

BACKGROUND The recommendations regarding the management of keratocystic odontogenic tumour (KCOT) vary widely in the literature. The authors highlight that conservative surgical management should still be considered in some cases. CASE REPORT A young patient with Gorlin-Goltz Syndrome and two large mandibular KCOTs is presented. The case demonstrates conservative treatment with enucleation of...