To cite: Kanumuri PK, Gantha SN, Animireddy D, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2016216326 DESCRIPTION Foreign bodies inside teeth are diagnosed accidentally on clinical or radiographic examination of teeth. These may be associated with infection, pain, swelling, and recurrent abscesses as a sequel to the pulpal exposure and lodgement of the ...

Talon cusp occurs as a result of disturbances during the morpho-differentiation stage of tooth development. It is more common on the palatal surface of the permanent maxillary incisors. It can be unilateral/bilateral, but can also occur on the same tooth. Only 2 published reports exist documenting talons on both labial and lingual surfaces of the same tooth in permanent incisors. The purpose of...

Tooth loss is considered to be a public health problem. Time-series studies that assess the influence of social conditions and access to health services on tooth loss are scarce.This study aimed to examine the time-series of permanent tooth extraction in Brazil between 1998 and 2012 and to compare these series in municipalities with different Human Development Index (HDI) scores and with differ...

Tooth avulsion is referred as complete displacement of tooth from the alveolar socket. It may involve both primary and permanent tooth as well. The management and outcome of such avulsion depends on speedy location of avulsed tooth and immediate replantation within the socket as the chances of periodontal ligament (PDL) cells survival decreases with increase in extra-oral dry time. The delayed ...

Mesiodens is a midline supernumerary tooth commonly seen in the maxillary arch, and incidence of molariform mesiodens in the maxillary midline is rare in permanent dentition and extremely uncommon in primary dentition. A midline supernumerary tooth in the primary dentition can cause ectopic or delayed eruption of permanent central incisors which will further alter occlusion and may compromise e...

Tooth ankylosis is a clinical condition, which may be an aetiological factor in the development of malocclusion. Though of unknown aetiology, it is most prevalent in the primary dentition. Its occurrence in the permanent dentition though less frequent than in the primary dentition is usually associated with trauma. Diagnosis is usually based on clinical findings and the most definitive diagnost...

objective: the goal of this study was to evaluate primary school teachers' knowledge regarding emergency management of avulsed permanent incisors. materials and methods: the study was conducted in fifty randomly chosen primary schools from casablanca, morocco. all teachers of the selected schools were included in the study. the data were collected by self administered questionnaires. the questi...