I the 35 years since the concept of osseointegration was first applied to human patients, there have been many advances in the understanding and application of implant dentistry as a method for the replacement of missing teeth. Osseointegration as first defined by Brånemark is a scientific milestone that delineates a certain sense of separation of the old from the new in implant dentistry. Osse...

Multiple treatment options are available for replacement of a missing anterior tooth, each with its own pros and cons. This case report aims to describe the use conservative cost-effective approach replacing mandibular tooth periodontally compromised abutment teeth. Here we in which single was minimally prepared Cantilevered Metal Resin-Bonded Fixed Partial Denture. provides brief literature re...

We report a temporal order of tooth addition in the Australian lungfish where timing of tooth induction is sequential in the same pattern as osteichthyans along the lower jaw. The order of tooth initiation in Neoceratodus starts from the midline tooth, together with left and right ones at jaw position 2, followed by 3 and then 1. This is the pattern order for dentary teeth of several teleosts a...

avulsion is a serious injury which causes damage to dental and supportive tissues, ranging from 1-16 % among dental injuries and it mostly occurs in maxillary incisors. this report presents a case of replantation of a traumatically avulsed central incisor. the left central incisor of an 8 year-old boy with open apex was avulsed and was left in unclean and dry conditions. tooth was replaced afte...

Most jawed vertebrates (gnathostomes) replace their teeth throughout life (polyphyodonty) and there is currently great interest in its molecular cellular basis, particularly fish. While much has still to be elucidated, it appears that whichever tooth replacement mechanism used, only one replaces predecessor, at any time. Here we present fossil crushing dentitions of two extinct pycnodont fishes...

Mammalian tooth development relies heavily on the reciprocal and sequential interactions between cranial neural crest-derived mesenchymal cells and stomadial epithelium. During mouse tooth development, odontogenic potential, that is, the capability to direct an adjacent tissue to form a tooth, resides in dental epithelium initially, and shifts subsequently to dental mesenchyme. Recent studies h...

Replacement of missing dentition is one of the important needs for patients. It is common reason to attend a dental practice for individuals who wish to restore their aesthetics and function1. There are a variety of treatment modalities for the replacement of a single missing tooth i.e. a removable partial denture, a fixed partial denture or an implant supported restoration. Each of these treat...