Background: The maxillary labial frenum is frequently inserted in the mucogingival junction. However, it may show variation attachment. Despite fact that an aberrant has been associated to a range of syndromic and non-syndromic disorders, overlooked during routine intraoral examinations. Objectives: To find prevalence types attachment patients visiting tertiary hospital Nepal. Methods: This ana...

Dişler ark üzerinde yan yana kontaktadır. Diastema dişlerin arasındaki boşluklardır ve farklı sebeplerle oluşabilir. Dişlerin çene yapısına göre daha küçük olması, genetik, anormal labial frenulum ataşmanı, yanlış alışkanlıklar, diş eksikliği gibi durumlar diastemaya neden olabilir. Hastaları kliniğe getiren ana sebep duydukları estetik kaygılardır. kapatılmasında ortodontik, protetik restorati...

Ankyloglossia or tongue-tie is the result of a short and thick lingual frenulum that causes limited tongue movement. Eventually, it may lead to series problems such as difficulties in breastfeeding during infancy, abnormal swallowing pattern, speech impairment, malocclusion, gingival recession. In this case series, three adult patients with ankyloglossia were treated by performing frenectomy us...

ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to demonstrate that frenotomy can help improve breastfeeding, tongue movement, and the mother’s comfort, if assessment criteria are respected infant’s function age observed. Frenotomy performed on two babies with breastfeeding difficulties who came CEPAE - Center for Research Dental Care, in 2018, as part course Early Childhood Interdisciplinary Preventi...

A median cleft lip is a rare central midline deficiency of the upper lip. Multiple surgical techniques are described in the literature to address this defect, though there is little consensus on the preferred surgical technique. We describe an intra-oral approach for repair of the median upper lip cleft using mucosal Z-plasty. This technique provides excellent access to the attenuated orbicular...

Two primary tumours, squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue and multiple bronchioloalveolar carcinomas, were diagnosed in a Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana). Two oral masses were located in the right ventrolateral surface of the tongue, near the frenulum, and the lungs contained multiple, widely distributed, nodular masses. Microscopically, the oral masses were composed of invasive cords ...

This paper reports a series of clinical cases of ankyloglossia in children, which were approached by different techniques: frenotomy and frenectomy with the use of one hemostat, two hemostats, a groove director or laser. Information on the indications, contraindications, advantages and disadvantages of the techniques was also presented. Children diagnosed with ankyloglossia were subjected to di...