Hypertrophy of the breast (macromastia and gigantomastia) is a rare medical condition of the breast connective tissues. The etiology of this condition is still not clear; rarely, gigantomastia has been reported to develop in the setting of an autoimmune illness. We reported a case of a 37-years-old woman with undifferentiated connective tissue disease of 2-years duration presented with enlargem...

A myriad of orthopaedic injuries require surgical fixation of torn connective tissue to an osseous insertion site with either direct repair or reconstruction with a soft-tissue graft. Numerous factors influence the strength of a soft-tissue-to-bone fixation construct, including tissue quality, implant strength, contact area and pressure, and tensioning. Each fixation technique differs with resp...

objective: at present, growth factor-containing products such as enamel matrix derivatives, recombinant bone morphogenetic protein (rh-bmp), recombinant platelet derived growth factor and platelet rich plasma (prp) have gained increasing attention. prp is an autologous source of platelet growth factors used to enhance healing of soft and hard tissues. prp has gained popularity due to its autolo...

Gingival biotype is described as the thickness of gingiva in faciopalatal or faciolingual dimension. Aesthetic highly con-sidered anterior teeth. A 35-year-old woman came with a complaint that color her front teeth was slightly dark after root canal treatment 10 years ago. Clinical and radiographic examinations upper left lateral incisor showed no signs inflammation infection. Biotype evaluatio...