AIMS AND OBJECTIVES This study was conducted to compare the clinical assessment of impacted third molars of mandible with panaromic radiograph (OPG) and intraoral periapical radiograph (IOPA) and to assess the efficacy of IOPA and. Moreover, we corroborated the OPG and IOPA findings of impacted mandiblar third molar root apex to inferior alveolar canal. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 200 pa...

AIM: This study aims to investigate effect of mandibular third molars on angulation second and canines.
 MATERIAL AND METHOD: A total 16 patients (10 female, 6 male) were included. All had two panoramic radiographs. available in the first radiograph. The radiograph was taken approximately 124.81 ± 21.63 weeks after one-sided molar extraction. angulations canines measured These evaluated ex...

The Journal of Clinical Pediatric Dentistry Volume 26, Number 3/2002 279 INTRODUCTION Facial growth tends to proceed along a vector composed of variable amounts of horizontal and vertical growth, as a result of osseous development at facial sutures, alveolar processes, mandibular condyles, and tooth eruption. Schudy reported that growth of the mandible was a principle-determining factor of faci...

Fibromyxoma of the jaw is a rare benign mesenchymal odontogenic tumor with locally aggressive behavior. In the present report, a 13-year-old female patient presented to our university hospital with delayed eruption of some of her teeth. A panoramic radiograph taken at the initial examination revealed four pericoronal radiolucencies related to the four third molars. Thereafter, a magnetic resona...