The aims of this study were to investigate dental crowding from the Copper Age and examine the extent and patterns of wear. Crowding was estimated in 43 adult mandibles using Little's irregularity index. Dental wear, dental diameters, arch width and the presence of third molars were also studied as possible aetiological factors for crowding. The remains were found at the archaeological site of ...

The occurrence impacted teeth, single or multiple is very common. But, phenomenon of kissing molars is an extremely rare phenomenon. Mandibular third molars are the most common impacted teeth. Mandibular first or second molars does not share the same frequency of occurrence. But, there are rare cases in which the occlusal surfaces of impacted molars are united by the same follicular space and t...

Introduction : Tooth auto-transplantation has a high success rate therapy when limiting the extra-oral time of graft. In this way, printing 3D model germ can be useful tool in order to prepare receiving site. Observation We treated case post extractional oro-sinusal communication closure using pattern adapt alveolar socket wisdom tooth auto-transplantation. Comment Extra-oral spent by graft was...

A 29-year-old healthy patient was submitted for exploration of intraosseous, unicystic lesions of the mandibular angle distal to the wisdom tooth of both sides. Histological investigation of the enucleated cystic lesions revealed bilaterally developed lymphoepithelial cysts (LEC). Healing was uneventful and re-ossification of the bone complete. LEC are rarely diagnosed in oral tissues and usual...

The occurrence of supernumerary teeth is a relatively uncommon dental anomaly and it's rare for patients to have impacted fourth molars in all quadrant. Aim of this work is to describe the presence of bilateral fourth molars in the maxilla and the mandible in a young male patient aged 22 years came to our hospital with acute pericoronal infection around unerupted third inferior molars. Routine ...

A 35year-old Chinese man came to the dental clinic with a painful, nonulcerative, and fast-growing swelling over the right mandibular body. Clinical examination revealed that the well-defined swelling was bony hard and tender, and measured about 3 X 3 cm. Panoramic (Fig. 1) and lateral oblique (Fig. 2) radiographs demonstrated an ill-defined radiopaque shadow extending from the apical area of t...

Tooth crown dimensions are reasonably accurate predictors of sex and are useful adjuncts in sex assessment. This study explores the utility of buccolingual (BL) and mesiodistal (MD) measurements in sex differentiation when used independently. BL and MD measurements of 28 teeth (third molars excluded) were obtained from a group of 53 Nepalese subjects (22 women and 31 men) aged 19-28 years. Step...