About 60-70 % of the heterozygotes of X-linked hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia (XLHED) show some clinical manifestations of the disease. Dental abnormalities are key diagnostic features and can be best evaluated at a young age. Compared to controls, carriers have a significantly higher frequency of agenesis of permanent teeth with persistence of deciduous teeth, small teeth resulting in gaps ...

PURPOSE Dental implants with a reduced diameter are designed for specific clinical situations, such as placement of implants where bone width is narrow or between adjacent teeth that have only a narrow space between them. They are particularly useful when replacing small teeth such as lateral maxillary and mandibular incisors. The aim of the present study was the clinical evaluation of 2-part I...

The first recognized and the most devastating effect of alcohol was the consequence of maternal ingestion of alcohol during pregnancy. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) is a distinct condition associated with maternal alcoholism which causes serious birth defects in children due to disruption of normal embryonic development. Other problems that can occur are weak muscles around the mouth that make i...

A South African girl with CANDLE Syndrome is reported with emphasis on the orodental features and dental management. Clinical manifestations included short stature, wasting of the soft tissue of the arms and legs, erythematous skin eruptions and a prominent abdomen due to hepatosplenomegaly. Generalized microdontia, confirmed by tooth measurement and osteopenia of her jaws, confirmed by digital...

There are currently 67 dental schools in the United States and Puerto Rico. According to the 2014 edition of the Official Guide to Dental Schools For Students Entering in Fall 2015 published by the American Dental Education Association (www.adea.org), no dental schools currently require genetics prior to admission. Only one school, the University of Florida, requires one semester of molecular b...

To the Editor : Cranioectodermal dysplasia (CED, Sensenbrenner syndrome, OMIM 218330) is a rare autosomal recessive ciliopathy characterized by craniosynostosis, dolichocephaly, narrow chest, sparse hair, epicanthal folds, microdontia, brachydactyly, joint laxity, ophthalmological problems (nystagmus, myopia, and retinal dystrophy), nephronophthisis and cystic liver disease. CED is a geneticall...

The following case-report represents the trouble and treatment management of a young patient with a congenitally missing upper lateral incisor. MLIA (Maxillary Lateral Incisor Agenesis) is a state that affects dental aesthetics as well as function. After an interdisciplinary evaluation for the proper treatment plan, whether it should be treated by orthodontic space closure or by space opening a...

PURPOSE: Dental implants with a reduced diameter are designed for specific clinical situations, such as placement of implants where bone width is narrow or between adjacent teeth that have only a narrow space between them. They are particularly useful when replacing small teeth such as lateral maxillary and mandibular incisors. The aim of the present study was the clinical evaluation of 2-part ...

Redescription of Culex (Melanoconion) oedipus Root and of Cx. (Mel.) plectoporpe Root, as well as the description of a new one, named Cx. (Mel.) rabelloi, are made. The material was collected in S.Paulo State, Southern Brazil. The descriptions include adults, pupal and larval stages, illustrating the morphological aspects and with pictures of breeding places. Some data about known distribution ...

— Parmops coruscans, new genus, new species, is described from a single specimen taken in 350 m at Tahiti. It is distinguished from other anomalopids by having the first four infraorbital bones expanded laterally to form a shelf beneath the eye. The light organ of P. coruscans is rotatable, and there is an erectile shutter. The shutter mechanism in Parmops is the least developed of all anomalop...