BACKGROUND Bleeding can be one of the severe complications during implant placement or other surgeries. Presurgical assessment of the area should be performed precisely. Thus, we examined lingual vascular canals of the mandible using dental computerized tomography (CT); define the anatomical characteristics of canals and the relationship with mandibular bone. METHODS One thousand sixty-one fo...

It is a commonly held misconception among Irish dentists that only minor malocclusions can be treated with lingual appliances. This article demonstrates the use of contemporary completely customised lingual orthodontic appliances to treat a diverse range of malocclusions, to a satisfactory level, and thereby may disabuse clinicians of the belief that only minor malocclusions can be treated with...

Lingual duplication cysts are rare in the pediatric population and exceedingly rare in adults. Imaging is an important part of the evaluation of lingual lesions and is helpful in defining the location and extent for surgical planning. We present a lingual duplication cyst and discuss the imaging findings and radiologic differential diagnosis.

Hamartoma es una masa desorganizada, benigna, compuesta por tejidos y células nativas de sitio anatómico afectado. El hamartoma lingual infantil un tumor benigno e infrecuente que generalmente se descubre en la niñez. No conoce patogenia, pero parece estar relacionada a persistencia restos embrionarios mesenquimales. Se presenta el caso paciente con patología región lingual.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of body mass index (BMI, calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared) and medical comorbidities on outcomes after lingual tonsillectomy and supraglottoplasty performed for obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) caused by lingual tonsillar hypertrophy and occult laryngomalacia. DESIGN Retrospective case review series SETTING Academi...

The mouse incisor has two unusual features: it grows continuously and it is covered by enamel exclusively on the labial side. The continuous growth is driven in part by epithelial stem cells in the cervical loop region that can both self-renew and give rise to ameloblasts. We have previously reported that ectopic enamel is found on the lingual side of the incisor in mice with loss-of-function o...

To the Editor: Goyal et al recently published an anatomic study about the surgical anatomy of the supraglottic larynx using the da Vinci robot. In this publication, the course of lingual artery has been described as lateral to hyoglossus muscle, which separates the artery from the lingual nerve. The authors exposed the lingual artery while describing the endoscopic anatomy of the supraglottic l...

It is difficult to visualize the lingual surfaces of the all tooth, in order to assess the exact Facial axis of the clinical crown (FACC point) . So no matter how accurately brackets are positioned on set-up models, it would be meaningless if these positions were lost during intraoral bracket placement. It is no exaggeration to say that incorrect bracket positioning leads to treatment failure. ...