The purpose of the study was to examine the dentoalveolar and skeletal effects of the pendulum appliance in Class II patients at varying stages of dental development and with varying facial patterns (high, neutral, and low mandibular plane angles). Specifically, the amount and nature of the "distalization" of the maxillary first molars and the reciprocal effects on the anchoring maxillary first...

Odontomas are nonaggressive, hamartomatous developmental malformations or lesions of odontogenic origin, which consist of enamel, dentin, cementum and pulpal tissue 'Erupted odontoma' is a term used to specifically denote odontomas, which are exposed into the oral cavity. These are rare entities with only 25-30 cases being reported so far in the dental literature. Here, we present a rare case o...

Various terminologies have been used in the dental and medical literature to describe teeth in the mouth of the new or recently born child. Terms such as precocious dentition or dentition praecox, foetal or congenital teeth and predeciduous dentition were used in the older literature. 1.2.3 The most widely accepted terms are natal or neonatal teeth. Massler and Savara 2 defined natal teeth as t...

A buccal pit is a prominent point-like depression that appears at the cervical end of mandibular molar developmental grooves. defective can be defined as in which continuity dentinoenamel junction broken and extends to dentinal level. This study aimed determine frequency pits un-erupted first second molars using cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT). The analysis was performed on CBCT images tak...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to assess changes in periodontal probing depth (PD) over time for third molar and nonthird molar regions in young adults. PATIENTS AND METHODS The data were obtained from healthy subjects with 4 asymptomatic third molars, enrolled in an IRB-approved longitudinal trial. Demographic and oral health data were collected at baseline. Full-mouth PD, 6 sites per...

Background and Aim: The aim of this study is to determine antioxidants defense mechanism in dental follicles (DFs) of partially erupted third molars with pericoronitis evaluating levels of superoxide dismutase (SOD). Materials and Methods: Fifty-eight dental follicles of partially erupted third molars with pericoronitis as a test group and 58 healthy gingival tissues of the same patients were o...

Delayed eruption or impaction of permanent teeth is one of the severe problems that can occur during the mixed dentition period. These conditions can occur in any permanent tooth, but the incidence of delayed eruption of the permanent first molars, especially maxillary permanent first molars, is very low. Johnsen found only one case of delayed emergence of a maxillary first molar as a result of...

Background: Recent trends put esthetic rehabilitation as a demanding treatment in order to correct malpositioned anterior dentition. This is enhanced by the patient’s background, especially careers that require prime appearance for the public. Esthetic and functional rehabilitation can be done successfully on such case by various treatment approaches. Orthodontic therapy is the most conservativ...