This report describes the extraction of a geminated maxillary right permanent central incisor in an 8-year-old white female followed by the autogenous transplantation of a maxillary left supernumerary incisor. A 2-year clinical and radiographic followup revealed no pathologic findings and confirmed continued root development and pulp vitality in the transplanted tooth. This report documents he ...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of the present study was to evaluate mandibular talon cusps distribution from the comprehensive literature search and proposal of new classification Material and Methods: The study was a review of articles published in the English language from January 1960 to December 2013. The PubMed/MEDLINE/Google Scholor databases were searched electronically using 'talon cusp', 'dens...

introduction: because of prevalence of permanent tooth extraction and it’s related complication and due to bether alternative ways of tooth repair, this stady is done in health centers of karaj province to evaluate the etiologies and related risk factors. methods: survey was done by cross-sectional method on 240 patients. after extraction of data/factors like etiology of tooth remoral/ age/ sex...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to assess the associations between dental treatment in the early primary dentition and later treatment in the primary and permanent teeth. METHODS Delta Dental Plan of Michigan insurance claims data on 9,886 children who were born in 1990 and were covered by dental insurance from 1990-1998 were used. Risk ratios (RR), screening test measures of sensitivit...

Introduction Hypoplasia is defined as a quantitative defect of enamel visually and is histomorphologically identified as an external defect involving the surface of the enamel and associated with reduced thickness of enamel (Ozturk et al, 2004).Turner's hypoplasia usually manifests as a portion of missing or diminished enamel, generally affecting one or more permanent teeth in the oral cavity. ...

Childhood has been recognized as high-risk period for dental injuries and intrusion is one of the most common types of trauma to primary dentition. These injuries require the dentist to carefully examine not only the damaged tooth but possible sequelae to the permanent tooth germ and the overall health of the child. The present case report describes the treatment of a 3 years old child with com...

Dentigerous cyst is a type of odontogenic cysts and generally occurs in the ages of twenties or thirties. Dentigerous cyst always includes a tooth which cannot complete the eruption process and occurs around the crown by the fluid accumulation between the layers of enamel organ. In rare cases, dentigerous cyst occurs in the first decade of life and develops in an immature permanent tooth as a r...

A case is presented which demonstrates the incomplete transposition of a posterior tooth. In this case, the path of eruption of an abnormally angulated developing mandibular second premolar was diverted distally following the extraction of the adjacent first

The purpose of this article is to review the principles of case management of impacted mandibular premolars and to illustrate their potential to respond well to treatment. Although the scope of treatment may be influenced by the patient"s age, past dental history, severity of impaction, dentoalveolar development and root form, the 2 case reports demonstrate the inherent potential for good treat...