Most orthodontists are familiar with the difficulties associated with the treatment of Class III malocclusion, particularly when this condition is identified in patients in the late deciduous or early mixed dentition period. Such patients frequently present with maxillary skeletal retrusion, mandibular skeletal protrusion, or some combination of the two conditions. These patients also often exh...

Double or fusion of the teeth is a primary developmental anomaly union of two independently developing primary or permanent teeth. The tooth fusion may contribute to various significant problems such as crowding, caries and periodontal diseases and they may be associated with anomalies in the succeeding permanent dentition which necessitate careful examination & proper treatment planning becaus...

BACKGROUND The Hyrax rapid palatal expander is useful for patients in mixed dentition with premature exfoliation of some deciduous teeth and maxillary hypoplasia. This appliance, which is provided of a vestibular arm for correcting maxillary asymmetric transverse discrepancies, represents an interceptive treatment able to reduce the duration of the orthodontic therapy with fixed appliances. C...

The dental agenesis is a congenital disease that gives rise to the absence of one or more teeth and this can affect the deciduous dentition as the permanent too. This alteration is the result of a disorder of the dental lamina during the training process. These patients need a multidisciplinary treatment by the orthodontist, the periodontist, the oral surgeon and the prosthodontist. In this way...

Objective: To evaluate the effect of deciduous teeth grinding during mixed dentition, by the control of permanent molars eruption, using contemporary MEA appliance and palatal grid for anterior open-bite treatment. Materials and Methods: The sample consisted of 31 patients with a pre-treatment mean age of 9.09 years. At the time of drawing up this manuscript, 14 patients of the entire sample re...

Introduction: Dental caries is common health condition affecting billions of people in the world. may be linked to obesity, while on other hand, it underweight/stunting; both are kinds malnutrition. This study aims find dental primary and permanent dentition nutritional status children aged between 5-14 years. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional was conducted among years who attended Departm...

Oligodontia, a form of hypodontia, is commonly seen in permanent than in deciduous dentition. It is defined as the congenital absence of six or more teeth, excluding third molars. It is relatively a rare condition which occurs as an isolated finding or as part of a syndrome. The present paper shows a rare case of oligodontia with ectodermal dysplasia in 2 siblings (boys). Both the cases were as...

A supernumerary tooth is a tooth that is additional to the normal series of teeth. These can occur anywhere in the primary or permanent dentition and are most commonly found in the anterior maxilla. Supernumerary canines are rare with little available literature and case reports in this area. This case presents a patient with a unilateral maxillary supernumerary deciduous and permanent canine a...

Objectives: The objectives of this study were two-fold: (1) to determine (by surfometry) loss of deciduous and permanent enamel and dentine following consumption of a single low pH orange drink for 15 days; and (2) to determine (by surfometry) loss of deciduous and permanent enamel and dentine following consumption of the product 2 versus 4 times per day for 15 days. Methods: Sixteen healthy vo...