OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study is to estimate the overall frequency of complications associated with third molars (M3) removal and to identify the risk factors associated with these complications. STUDY DESIGN To the transversal analysis, a researcher confidentially reviewed the records of all M3 surgery patients. The predictor variables were demographic (i.e. age and gender), localizat...

A 5 year old female child from a well-monitored, full term pregnancy with no specific history of ataxia, hypotonia and global developmental delay.

Background: To evaluate the prevalence of dental ankylosis in primary molar. Materials & Methods: A total 50 molars were enrolled. The age patients was 6 to 10 years. 18 girls and boys. Radiographic examination done. diagnosis informed by presence different degrees infraocclusion appearance adjacent bone (The loss periodontal space). ankylosed tooth compared with corresponding molar opposite qu...

The removal of impacted maxillary third molars is one of the most common procedures performed in oral and maxillofacial surgery units with low rates of complications and morbidity. A few cases of accidental displacement of third molars into adjacent anatomical spaces, such as the infratemporal fossa, the pterygomandibular space, the maxillary sinus, buccal space, or the lateral pharyngeal space...

Precise localization of the third molars in relation to the inferior alveolar nerve canal is critical from a clinical point of view and strongly affects the surgical treatment outcome. Recently, by using threedimensional modeling software, the relationship of third molar root apices and inferior alveolar nerve canal can be better understood. In this study, the spatial relationship of two surgic...

Two hundred and ninety years ago Nathaniel Highmore described the earliest recorded case of oro-maxillary fistula in the following terms:-"A gentlewoman who had the dens caninus (Irawn on account of an inveterate (lefluction of sharp humor, on thrusting a silver bodkin into the alveolus was exceedingly frightened to find(it pass as it (lid almost to her eyes. Upon further trial with a small fea...

Ectopic tooth eruption in a non-dental area is a rare entity, whereas in oral cavity it is most common. The ectopic development of teeth in non-dental localizations have been reported in the nasal cavity, chin, maxillary sinus, mandibular bone, palate and orbital cavity. Ectopic tooth eruptions in maxillay sinus are usually asymptomatic and found incidentally during routine clinical or radiolog...

Surgical removal of the mandibular third molars is one of the most common procedures performed by dentists, as well as by oral and maxillofacial surgeons. Accidental displacement of teeth or roots into the fascial spaces, during surgical removal of the mandibular third molars, is a rare, but serious complication. Herein, we present 2 cases of iatrogenically displaced mandibular third molar root...

Anomalies and variation in the dental formula of bats of the genus Artibeus Leach (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae). This paper describes and analyzes the causes of dental formula anomalies in the bats Artibeus lituratus (Olfers, 1818) and Artibeus fimbriatus Gray, 1838 (Phyllostomidae) belonging to populations inhabiting the southernmost Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. Based on material exami...