A fully bonded m~dtiloop wire appliance for the correction of ectopically erupting permanent molars is described. The appliance allows control in the anteroposterior, vertical, and transverse planes. Ectopically erupting first permanent molars are seen in about 3% of the population.~,2 Sixty-six per cent of ectopically erupting maxillary first permanent molars self-correct by jumping over the i...

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE Panoramic and periapical radiographs are normally used in impacted third molar teeth surgeries. The aim of the present study was to evaluate and compare the distortion of the erupted third molar teeth on panoramic and periapical radiographs. PATIENTS AND METHODS A total of 44 radiographs were obtained of 22 patients (age range, 18-24 years) referred to the faculty of dent...

Tooth impaction is defined as any tooth that fails to erupt into a normal functional position and remains unerupted beyond the time at which it should normally erupt. Reports of impaction and eruption failure in primary teeth are relatively rare compared to permanent teeth. We report 2 rare cases where the second premolar was located on the occlusal side of the impacted mandibular second primar...

Benign cementoblastoma is a rare lesion representing less than 1% of all odontogenic tumours. It usually affects young people and is located in the posterior jaw. In almost all cases the tumour tends to be associated with an erupted permanent tooth, most often the first molar: only rarely has an association with an impacted or deciduous tooth been reported. The authors present a case of a cemen...

BACKGROUND There are controversial opinions about the effect of erupted second molars on distalization of the first molars. Most of the distalizing devices are anchored on the first molars, without including second molars; so, differences between sequentially distalize maxillary molars (second molar followed by the first molar) or distalize second and first molars together are not clear. The ai...