Dental esthetics refers to the many scientific and artistic principles that considered collectively can create a beautiful smile. It deals with maintaining the harmony of the teeth and gingiva in relation to the face. Gingival health and appearance are the primary components for an attractive smile. Large numbers of young patients are concerned with disproportionally small teeth and gingival hy...

PURPOSE The aim of this study was to determine the dental esthetic perception of the smile of patients with maxillary lateral incisor agenesis (MLIA); the perceptions were examined pre- and post-treatment. Esthetic determinations were made with regard to the gingival exposure in the patients' smile by orthodontists, general dentists, and laypersons. MATERIALS AND METHODS Three hundred eighty ...

BACKGROUND Cockayne Syndrome CS (Type A - CSA; or CS Type I OMIM #216400) (Type B - CSB; or CS Type II OMIM #133540) is a rare autosomal recessive neurological disease caused by defects in DNA repair characterized by progressive cachectic dwarfism, progressive intellectual disability with cerebral leukodystrophy, microcephaly, progressive pigmentary retinopathy, sensorineural deafness photosens...

To cite: Madhan B, Arunprasad G, Krishnan B. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/ bcr-2014-204438 DESCRIPTION A 26-year-old man reported with the chief complaints of dry mouth, facial swelling and difficulty opening his mouth. His medical records indicated that he had been treated for nasopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma when he was 10 years old. He had ...

Background: Panoramic radiography is a two-dimensional dental x-ray examination that captures the entire mouth in a single image, including the teeth, upper and lower jaws, surrounding structures and tissues. The study was conducted to report the incidental findings on panoramic radiographs. Materials & Methods: This study was conducted in the department of Oral Medicine & Radiology in year 201...

introduction: many epidemiological studies have been conducted to determine the prevalence of the various types of the dental anomalies. the aim of the present study was determination of developmental and acquired dental anomalies in patients attending the faculty of dentistry in rasht, iran. materials and methods: in this retrospective cross-sectional study, 1224 digital panoramic ra-diographs...

Numerous cases of enamel renal syndrome have been previously reported. Various terms, such as enamel renal syndrome, amelogenesis imperfecta and gingival fibromatosis syndrome, and enamel-renal-gingival syndrome, have been used for patients presenting with the dental phenotype characteristic of this condition, nephrocalcinosis or nephrolithiasis, and gingival findings. This report describes a c...

In Brazil, the family Ocypodidae presents ten representatives of the genus Uca: U. burgersi Holthuis, 1967; U. cumulanta Crane, 1943; U. leptodactyla Rathbun,1898; U. maracoani (Latreille,1802-1803); U. mordax (Smith, 1870); U. rapax (Smith,1870); U. thayeri Rathbun,1900; U. uruguayensis Nobili, 1901; U. victoriana, von Hagen, 1987 and U. vocator (Herbst, 1804). From these, only U. victoriana w...

We describe two new, closely related species of toothed Brachyhypopomus (Hypopomidae: Gymnotiformes: Teleostei) from the central Amazon basin and create a new subgenus for them. Odontohypopomus, new subgenus of Brachyhypopomus, is diagnosed by (1) small teeth present on premaxillae; (2) medialmost two branchiostegal rays thin with blades oriented more vertically than remaining three rays; (3) b...

Tooth structure is described for adult male, female, and juvenile Oryzias latipes (Temminck & Schlegel), the Medaka. Adult males have enlarged, unicuspid teeth posteriorly on the premaxilla and dentary. Oral teeth are smaller and more numerous in females, in which no tooth is notably larger than the others. Juveniles have numerous small teeth from about 3 mm SL (standard length) onwards. By abo...