background and aims. predicting the teeth eruption time is a valuable tool in pediatric dentistry since it can affects scheduling dental and orthodontic treatments. this study investigated the relationship between the eruption time of first primary and permanent teeth and the variation in the eruption time considering socioeconomic status (ses) in a 9-year population- based cohort study. materi...

objective : tooth eruption has been a subject of extensive scientific studies; and literature is replete with different mechanisms of migration of a tooth from its bony crypt into the oral cavity. however, there is no common ground on the nature and source of the propelling force among the proponents of these theories. the purpose of this study was to explore the possibility of unifying the cur...

eruption cysts are benign cysts that appear on the mucosa of a tooth shortly befo re its eruption. they may disappear by themselves but if they hurt, bleed or are infected they may require surgical treatment to expose the tooth and drain the contents. here we present 2 case reports of eruption cysts presenting with different chief complaint. the treatment included incising the eruption cyst and...

introdouction:tooth eruption is recognized as an important aspect of human growth and development. it can be influenced by a number of factors, and it may reflect the general development of a child’s body. the purpose of this study was to determine the age at which the first primary tooth erupted and its relationship with height, weight and head circumference in 3-15-month children in the city ...

background: to determine the mean eruption time of permanent teeth of pakistani children and to evaluate the effects of gender, type of schools, height, weight and body mass index on it. methods: this cross sectional study was conducted from september 2007 to april 2008.  4370 children of ‘just erupted' teeth were obtained from 102 randomly selected schools from 18 towns of karachi, using syste...

Eruption hematoma is a macular elevation in the soft tissue of alveolar mucosa seen nearly during the tooth eruption. Commonly, it does not have any clinical symptoms. In most cases, the black dome shape appearance of eruption hematoma worries parents about malignancy. Since the physicians are often the firsts who examine the affected child, this lett...

introduction: complicated crown- root fractures, extended caries and iatrogenic destruction often result in insufficient sound tooth structures and compromise the biologic width. two common options for re-establishing flap with osseous surgery. although some advantages are related to these two options, but coronal movement of gingival and alveolar bone in orthodontic extrusion, esthetic problem...