OBJECTIVE Evaluation of the effect of infant orthopedics on maxillary arch dimensions in the deciduous dentition in patients with unilateral cleft lip and palate. DESIGN Prospective two-arm randomized controlled clinical trial with three participating cleft palate centers. SETTING Cleft palate centers of the Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Academic Center of Dentistry Amsterdam,...

Periodontal diseases in children and adolescents comprise mainly of gingivitis. Gingivitis is an inflammation involving the gingival tissues next to the teeth. Marginal gingivitis is the most common form of periodontal disease and starts in early childhood. However, severe gingivitis is relatively uncommon in children, although a large population has a mild, reversible type of gingivitis. The m...

BACKGROUND This study aimed to explore the association between feeding habits, non-nutritive sucking habits, and malocclusions in deciduous dentition. METHODS A cross-sectional observational survey was carried out in 275 children aged 3 to 6 years and included clinical evaluations of malocclusions and structured interviews. Statistical significance for the association between feeding habits a...

The purpose of the study was to assess the prevalence and pattern of dental caries in the deciduous dentition among 5 year old children. The area of study was Rawalpindi and Islamabad and the study population consisted of 504 school children of both sexes (263 males and 241 females). A simple random sampling method was used to select the schools. Dental caries was assessed by the Dentition stat...

The lack of a protuberance in the basal antennal article in the holotype of Pinnotheres orcutti Rathbun, 1918, allows its removal from Pinnotheres Bosc, 1802 [type species, P. pisumn (Linnaeus, 1767)]. The species is instead included in Tumidotheres Campos, 1989, because of the presence of a thick, tumid and firm carapace, and its surface covered with a short, dense, and deciduous tomentum; the...

Periodontal diseases in children and adolescents comprise mainly of gingivitis. Gingivitis is an inflammation involving the gingival tissues next to the teeth. Marginal gingivitis is the most common form of periodontal disease and starts in early childhood. However, severe gingivitis is relatively uncommon in children, although a large population has a mild, reversible type of gingivitis. The m...

LEARNING OBJECTIVES After studying this article, the participant should be able to: 1. Describe embryonic and fetal mandibular development. 2. Summarize the aggregate changes in mandibular form from birth to puberty. 3. Describe the eruption and maturation of the deciduous and permanent mandibular dentition. BACKGROUND In this, the first of two articles addressing the surgical management of p...

Papillion-Lefèvre Syndrome is a very rare disorder of autosomal recessive inheritance distinguished by palmar plantar hyperkeratosis and early onset of periodontitis affecting the dentition. Genetic studies have identified a mutation in the major gene locus of chromosome 11q14 with loss of function. Cathepsin C gene is to be responsible for Papillion-Lefèvre Syndrome. The present case report de...

Although maxillary central incisors impaction is not a high frequent clinical condition, it is responsible for some undesirable aspects of patients smile from esthetic and functional points of view. There are some etiologic factors associated to this dental disturbance but the scientific literature is consensual on determining the importance of the early diagnosis and proper intervention. This ...

To understand developmental mechanisms of evolutionary change, we must first know how different morphologies form. The vast majority of our knowledge on the developmental genetics of tooth formation derives from studies in mice, which have relatively derived mammalian dentitions. The marsupial Monodelphis domestica has a more plesiomorphic heterodont dentition with incisors, canines, premolars,...