tooth transplantation can be considered a valid and predictable treatment option for rehabilitating young patients with permanent teeth loss. this study presents several cases of successful autogenous tooth transplantation with a 6-9 months follow-up. tooth auto-transplantation can be considered a reasonable option for replacing missing teeth when a donor tooth is available. the auto-transplant...

OBJECTIVES This study used cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) images to categorize the relationships between the mandibular canal and the roots and investigated the prevalence of nerve damage. MATERIALS AND METHODS Through CBCT images, contact and three-dimensional positional relationships between the roots of the mandibular third molar and the mandibular canal were investigated. With this ...

Age estimation is not only important for clinical but also for medico-legal purposes. The present study is an attempt to estimate the chronologic age based on the stages of third molar development following the eight stages (A-H) method of Demirjian et al8 and to compare third molar development by sex and age. We examined 250 orthopantomograms of young north Indian subjects of known chronologic...

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of some morphological features of the mandible and mandibular permanent molars on impaction of mandibular third molars with panoramic measurements in a Turkish patient group. Study design: Standardized panoramic radiography variables compiled from 140 patients retrospectively were evaluated. Predictive variables included mesio-distal c...