An experimental protocol model for frenulum evaluation was first designed, and administered to ten infants in 2010. After obtaining the data and statistical analysis, the protocol was re-designed and administered to 100 infants. The aim of this study is to present an efficient and effective lingual frenulum protocol with scores for infants. From the experimental protocol model, a new protocol w...

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In Peninsular Ibero-Romance varieties that retain postnuclear lingual fricatives before non-rhotic consonants, loss of the fricative before trills is the norm in colloquial speech. The data in (1a-c) exemplify fricative deletion in Castilian Spanish, Catalan, and Portuguese, respectively, although impressionistic descriptions in the literature often suggest concomitant lengthening of the trill,...

The reduction index of deciduous teeth was investigated statistically. Materials used were plaster casts of the deciduous dentition taken from Chinese children living in Taiwan. The reduction indices showed no sexual differences. In the maxillary teeth, reduction indices of the bucco-lingual diameters (BL) had the largest values, followed by those of the mesio-distal diameters (MD), and those o...

A punch biopsy of one of the lingual papules revealed wellcircumscribed nodular lesions in the dermis, consisting of hyperplastic nerve fibers that were positive for neurofilament and S100 staining (Fig. 2). Based on these histological finding magnetic resonance imaging of the adrenal glands was performed, and levels of urine catecholamines and blood calcitonin were determined. All test results...

The common carotid arteries provide the major source of blood to the head and neck. The right common carotid artery originates from the brachiocephalic trunk in the neck while the left arises in the thorax from the aortic arch. Normally, it gives two terminal branches, external and internal carotid arteries at the level of superior border of thyroid cartilage in carotid triangle. The anatomic u...

M inocycline hydrochloride is an important and effective treatment for acne vulgaris. While relatively few adverse effects have been documented, minocycline has been associated with cutaneous and mucosal hyperpigmentation in addition to hyperpigmentation of the teeth, sclera, bone, heart, and thyroid. We report a case of a woman who, while taking minocycline, developed discrete hyperpigmentatio...

A punch biopsy of one of the lingual papules revealed wellcircumscribed nodular lesions in the dermis, consisting of hyperplastic nerve fibers that were positive for neurofilament and S100 staining (Fig. 2). Based on these histological finding magnetic resonance imaging of the adrenal glands was performed, and levels of urine catecholamines and blood calcitonin were determined. All test results...