Congenital epulis is an uncommon benign lesion that affects the oral cavity of newborns, and presents histological features which are similar to those of granular cell tumor. The origin of this lesion has not been fully elucidated, and many hypotheses are considered due to the large variety of cell types observed in histological sections. Epulis development occurs further in the prenatal period...

Alveolar ridge bone resorption is a biologic phenomenon that occurs following tooth extraction and cannot be prevented. This paper reviews the vertical and horizontal ridge dimensional changes that are associated with tooth extraction. It also provides an overview of the advantages of ridge preservation as well as grafting materials. A Medline search among English language papers was performed ...

congenital epulis is a very rare benign soft-tissue tumor of uncertain histogenesis, which is also known as “gingival granular cell tumor of the newborn”. it occurs almost exclusively as a single tumor along the alveolar ridge of the maxilla in newborn females. although congenital epulis is strikingly similar to the more common adult granular cell tumor histologically, in contrast to the latter...

Abstract Background Severe hypodontia (developmental absence of teeth) can have significant functional and cosmetic impact, causing dietary restrictions, speech delay bullying. Management in childhood is usually with removable dental prostheses, but retention stability are often compromised by hypoplastic dento-alveolar bone ridges the edentulous areas. Presenting problems A 3-year-old child wa...

The aim of the present retrospective chart review was to determine the relationship between nonvascularized osseous graft remodeling and the three-dimensional (3D) features of grafts and recipient sites, the anatomical recipient regions and different graft sources. 32 iliac crest or chin grafts were onlay-positioned in the mandible or maxilla of 14 patients. CT scans, taken before implant posit...

A utogenous bone grafts have been used for many years for alveolar ridge augmentation and are still considered to be the gold standard for jaw reconstruction. 1,2 The use of these grafts with osseointegrated implants was originally discussed by Brånemark et al., who used the iliac crest as the donor site. 3 For repair of most localized alveolar defects, however, bone grafts from the mandible of...