BACKGROUND Severe maxillary hypoplasia in cleft patients is caused by a combination of pathogenic and iatrogenic factors. In this work, the authors investigated anatomical deficiencies in dentition for predicting Le Fort I maxillary advancement surgery for severe maxillary hypoplasia in cleft patients. METHODS Cleft lip-cleft palate and cleft palate patients older than 14 years of age were re...

BACKGROUND The objective of this retrospective case-control study was to measure the maxillary lateral incisor root dimensions and quantify the labial and palatal bone in patients with unilateral maxillary lateral incisor agenesis (MLIA) after orthodontic treatment and compare them to non-agenesis controls using cone beam computed tomography. METHODS The labiopalatal and mesiodistal root dime...

UNLABELLED The purpose of this research was to examine the distribution of the tooth size in a large sample. The objective teeth were the left upper and lower fourteen teeth except the third molar. The tooth size of 1,000 dental casts from the Japanese female orthodontic patients was measured. On each of them, a histogram and a set of statistics (mean, standard deviation, coefficient of variati...

This article reports the case of a Brazilian child diagnosed with Kabuki make-up syndrome (KMS), addressing the clinical features observed, with emphasis on the disease-specific oral and craniofacial manifestations. The patient had the distinctive KMS craniofacial appearance, mild delayed mental development, fingers with prominent fingertip pads and visual deficit. The dental findings included ...

Introduction: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of dental anomalies in a subpopulation of orthodontic patients with agenesis of maxillary lateral incisors (MLI). Methods: The material of the present study included the records of the 1964 orthodontic patients. Panoramic radiographs and dental casts were used to analyze other associated eight dental anomalies, including a...

dens invaginatus is a rare developmental anomaly of teeth with complex root canal system morphology. the present case describes a peg shape maxillary lateral incisor with dens invaginatus (oehlers type ii), necrotic pulp, and an associated large periradicular lesion. nonsurgical endodontic treatment was performed with the aim of removing the blind sac with diamond bur under the use of operating...

The aim of this study was to assess the influence of maxillary lateral incisor agenesis (MLIA) on the position of other teeth in the dental arch. The sample consisted of 147 individuals (66 males and 81 females) divided into two age groups: a growth phase group (A) comprising 43 individuals (18 males and 25 females, ages ranging from 9 to 16 years) and an adult group (B) (with females older tha...

The anatomic anomalies detection is important for an attentive clinician. Asuccessful treatment of an endodontically involved tooth should make itfunctional and aesthetically acceptable for the patient. The following articlepresented a case of gemination and the endodontic, prosthetic and periodontaltreatments which were done to keep a complicated tooth in aesthetic zone

F ollowing extraction of a natal or neonatal tooth, continued growth of the dental papilla may occur and a tooth-like form may develop.'^ This report describes an atypical tooth form (probably the result of continued growth of the retained dental papilla) that abscessed and may have caused delayed eruption of the adjacent primary lateral incisor. A 13-month-old white male presented to the autho...

Purpose: To establish a new coordinate system using the incisive canal and incisive foramen in cases confirmed to have root resorption in the maxillary incisor region by cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) to investigate the positions of the central and lateral incisor roots and erupting maxillary canine tooth crowns in the horizontal plane. Methods: Nine patients (two males; mean age: 10.5 ye...