Treating healthy but unaesthetic teeth has been a major challenge for dental practitioner. Maxillary midline diastemas are one such aberration in the smile zone. Although diastema can be transient developing dentition, management of adulthood requires detailed examination and appropriate care successful outcome. Majority specialty dentists prefer conservative or minimally invasive treatments, a...

INTRODUCTION: External apical root resorption is a common iatrogenic side effect of orthodontic treatment and has been reported particularly in anterior teeth. The etiology multifactorial, complex individual susceptibility to depends on various factors.MATERIALS AND METHOD: degree during was evaluated the post-treatment RVGs maxillary mandibular central lateral incisors 28 skeletal Class II pat...

Compound odontomas are the commonest benign odontogenic tumours of jaws affecting mostly children and adolescents. These developmental malformations display many tooth-like structures or denticles that consist well-defined dental tissues with diverse morphologies. Majority these lesions occur as intraosseous masses in maxillary anterior region incidental radiographic findings. primarily associa...

This case report intends to highlight the space closure with tear drop loop mechanics for bimaxillary protrusion. Loops can be fabricated in a sectional or full arch wire, and closing loops are usually used in loop mechanics for extraction space closure. The major advantage of loop mechanics is the lack of friction between the bracket and arch wire during space closure. An adult patient with bi...

Neonatal laryngoscopy and endotracheal intubation often are required for prematurely born, low birthweight children. Previous studies have shown that these procedures are associated with a high prevalence of enamel hypoplasia of the maxillary anterior teeth. The present case report, which describes dilaceration of a left maxillary primary central incisor probably resulting from laryngoscopy, st...

A talon cusp is a dental anomaly commonly occurring in the permanent dentition compared to the primary dentition. It commonly affects the maxillary anterior teeth. In primary dentition, the most commonly affected tooth is the maxillary central incisors. This is a rare case report of a 5-year-old male patient with a talon cusp affecting the mandibular primary lateral incisor. Recognition and tre...

background and aims. various methods are used to measure the size and form of the teeth, including the golden proportion, and the width-to-length ratio of central teeth, referred to as the golden standard. the aim of this study was to evaluate the occurrence of golden standard values and golden proportion in the anterior teeth. materials and methods. photographs of 100 dentistry students (50 ma...