tooth transplantation from one individual to another is a method of replacing missing teeth. this method can be used as an applicable clinical treatment technique due to its numerous advantages .there are different methods of tooth transplantation. among those, the safest and healthiest is transplantation of non-vital teeth or allostatic transplantation. in this method, the risk of antigenicity...

Smokeless tobacco is one of that cause of oral disease and especially in Pakistan and India.1 Objective this study was to determine the prevalence of smokeless tobacco use and the association with tooth loss and oral health in patients coming Dow University of Health Sciences Karachi, Pakistan. 256 patients of age above 18 years were studied in outpatient department of oral diagnosis at Dow Uni...

BACKGROUND Like any other drug abuse, opium use is known to have detrimental effects on oral health. Oral hygiene neglect in opium users can lead to tooth loss resulting in further functional, esthetic, and dieting problems. Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess the association between tooth loss and opium addiction in a large-scale population. MATERIALS AND METHODS This study was pa...

BACKGROUND The rehabilitation of an anterior tooth space presents a confronting situation. Several modalities are presently available to address the challenge of an immediate replacement of a missing anterior tooth. These include a removable temporary acrylic prosthesis or resin-bonded bridges. Fibre-Reinforced Composite (FRC) bridges are preferable if they are fixed and if a cost-effective too...

Tooth agenesis in the reduction of tooth number which includes hypodontia, oligodontia and anodontia is caused by disturbances and gene mutations that occur during odontogenesis. To date, several genetic mutations that unlock the causes of non-syndromic tooth agenesis are being discovered; these have been associated with certain illnesses because tooth development involves the interaction of se...

Tooth loss has been associated with an increased risk of vascular diseases such as coronary heart disease and cerebrovascular disease. Little is known whether hypertension is an important factor linking 2 phenomena in postmenopausal women. We compared an incidence of hypertension and traditional risk factors for vascular diseases between 2 age-matched groups: 67 postmenopausal women with missin...

Dental anomalies of number and forms may occur in the primary and permanent dentition. Various terms have been used to describe dental twinning anomalies: Germination, fusion, concrescence, double teeth, conjoined teeth, twinned teeth, geminifusion, and vicinifusion. Fused tooth is a developmental anomaly that is seen more frequently in the primary than the permanent dentition. Double tooth inv...

Aim This was to determine the prevalence of congenitally missing teeth in the permanent dentition among a population of disabled schoolchildren in Kuwait. Methods The study involved 702 subjects (383 males and 319 females) with sensory, physical or developmental disabilities attending the special needs schools and ranging in age from 8-29 years (mean = 13.3 years). Diagnosis and recordings were...

developmental disturbances of the tongue (aglossia, macroglossia, microglossia, and ankyloglossia) can adversely affect the development of the surrounding structures including the palate, alveolar process, and teeth. these developmental disturbances impair functions such as mastication, speech, and swallowing. ankyloglossia is of various types and may be associated with other syndromic features...

AIM The aim of this report is to present a clinical case of impaction of a maxillary left central incisor in a mixed dentition caused by the presence of an odontoma as well as a review of the pertinent dental literature. BACKGROUND Knowledge of the normal tooth eruption patterns is essential for the identification and appropriate treatment of deviations in eruption that may endanger physiolog...