Alterations in the morphology of permanent teeth following trauma to their predecessors is a challenging task for diagnosis and it may require advanced imaging techniques. Newer imaging modalities have replaced the conventional radiological procedures, as they allow 3D reconstruction images and views which are free of superimposition. Cone Beam CT (CBCT) offers a three-dimensional view, which t...

AIM The purpose of this case report is to describe the combined surgical and orthodontic treatment of two cases with an impacted maxillary central incisor and canine in the same quadrant and to discuss the causal relationship between them. BACKGROUND The most common causes of canine impactions are usually the result of one or more factors such as a long path of eruption, tooth size-arch lengt...

Background: Traumatic injury to primary teeth is a very common phenomenon as kids are often involved in facial trauma, and because the central incisors hold a prominent position in the facial profile. The standard of treatment is to extract the teeth if severely mobile or to leave them if stable. Of interest is the effect of the injury to the developing permanent dentition. These effects can ra...

A 24-year-old man was referred to surgical emergency with abdominal pain after a poly-traumatism caused by a car traffic accident, without abnormalities at physical examination and normal findings at thorax radiography, radiography of the pelvis, ultrasonography and abdominal CT scan. Two days later, a peritoneal lavage was scheduled after an upper gastrointestinal endoscopy for persistent and ...

This case report describes a labially positioned maxillary midline mesiodens in an 8-year-old male. The clinical and radiographic appearance and therapeutic considerations are presented. The purpose of this article is to alert the clinician to the importance of radiographic localization prior to surgical intervention, because in some instances a labial surgical approach is preferred over the tr...