Introduction: The most common surgical procedure performed in the oral cavity is extraction of mandibular third molar, and it has also some complications which include postoperative neurosensory deficits. incidence various deficits after lower molar removal been reported from studies countries. For example, inferior alveolar nerve (IAN) injury, manifests itself as paresthesia or complete loss s...

Aims: Condylar region of the mandible is the most vulnerable site to fracture due to its anatomical weakness. It has been noted that mandibular third molars may reduce the occurrence of condylar fractures. This study was conducted to verify this hypothesis. Materials and methods: This retrospective study of records of 147 mandibular fracture patients treated during 5 year period during 2008 to ...

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...

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...