Among clinicians, it is common practice to include parents in treatment, and it has been taken for granted that parents' involvement in their children's treatment is beneficial for therapy outcome, although research on this issue is far from clear. A meta-analysis was carried out in order to investigate whether parent involvement potentiates the outcome for children with anxiety disorders when ...

Systemic sclerosis have several effects on the orofacial region such as widening of the periodontal ligament space, xerostomia and bone resorption of the mandible. We report a case of systemic sclerosis with temporomandibular joint involvement in a 45-year-old female patient accompanied by severe limited mouth opening and pain in the right and left preauricular regions and tenderness in massete...

Dentigerous cyst is the most frequently encountered odontogenic cyst which is epithelial lined and is developmental in origin. It usually affects young males below 30 years of age. Thus, its early diagnosis and treatment with rehabilitation becomes very important. Here a series of three cases with rare involvement of impacted maxillary lateral incisor, maxillary premolar and mandibular canine i...

a long-standing debate among the vocabulary researchers is the depth of processing to learn vocabulary. this paper is a quantitative research which considers a revision in the “involvement load hypothesis” proposed by laufer and hulstijn in 2001. it investigates the role of proficiency and evaluation in this hypothesis in order to better reveal its potential contribution to vocabulary learning....

purpose: the purpose of this research was to determine the prevalence of mandibular first premolar teeth with 2 canals in the population of kerman. methods & materials: a total of 280 extracted first premolar teeth were collected from several health service centers within the province of kerman.extracted teeth were stored in 10% formalin containers. each tooth was initially cleaned with water a...

introduction: reconstruction of the oral cavity witha flap design containing the buccal mucosa and buccinator muscle but excluding the facial artery and vein is the topic of these case reports. case reports: this article uses random pattern vertically oriented partial thickness buccinator myomucosal flap for intraoral reconstruction in two cases. the first was for lining the mandibular anterior...

Mandibular fractures are among the most common facial injuries. This case report demonstrates the efficacy of simultaneous usage of miniscrews and direct bonding techniques without open reduction in an extensive traumatized patient. A 25-year-old girl with multiple injuries in the head and facial region 1 month after a plane crash accident was referred to manage the mandibular fractures. Due to...

Background: Smoking has been associated with periodontal disease severity and is considered a risk factor for its development. The objective of this study was to evaluate the prevalence and severity of periodontal destruction in mandibular molar teeth of adult smokers and non-smokers. Materials and Methods: The study group consisted of 100 subjects (50 smokers & 50 non-smokers) age range (30-60...

Odontogenic infection in immunocompromised patients tends to extend systemically beyond the oral cavity. Our case report presents a patient with sepsis due to a Streptococcus constellatus (S. constellatus) odontogenic infection in a 64-year-old-immunocompromised woman with Cogan's syndrome. She had been suffering from chronic mandibular osteomyelitis which was thought to have been caused by den...

B irooted primary canines have been reported only ia few times,1-5 are considered very rare, and have only been diagnosed following radiographic examination. In every report, the birooted teeth have been bilateral and involve the maxillary primary canines, with one report of additional involvement of the mandibular primary canines. There appears to be no sexual predilection, and all but one cas...