Introduction Ionizing radiation generates extremly long lived CO2 radicals in calcified tissue. The CO2 concentration rises linearly with dose and can be detected directly by means of EPR spectroscopy (electron paramagnetic resonanc). For retrospective dose estimation tooth enamel and dentine as well as bone samples may be used as in-vivo-dosimeter. Enamel analysis of permanent teeth has been e...

Dental agenesis is one of the most common congenital craniofacial abnormalities. Dental agenesis can be classified, relative to the number of missing teeth (excluding third molars), as hypodontia (1 to 5 missing teeth), oligodontia (6 or more missing teeth), or anodontia (lack of all teeth). Tooth agenesis may occur either in association with genetic syndromes, based on the presence of other in...

Hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia (HED) is characterized by clinical manifestations of severe hypodontia or anodontia, hypotrichosis, hypohidrosis, and specific facial appearance. Affected males show complete expression of clinical features of this condition. Their mothers, who are gene carriers, express only some signs, which are usually very mild. Currently available clinical methods are not ...

We report new examples of Cenozoic cold-seep communities from Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Trinidad, and Venezuela, and attempt to improve the stratigraphic dating of Cenozoic Caribbean seep communities using strontium isotope stratigraphy. Two seep faunas are distinguished in Barbados: the late Eocene mudstone-hosted 'Joes River fauna' consists mainly of large lucinid bivalves and t...

A rare case is presented of iridogoniodysgenesis syndrome, an autosomal dominant inheritance disorder that includes abnormalities in the differentiation of the anterior segment structures and increased values of intraocular pressure, which at long run increases the risk of glaucomatous optic neuropathy. The syndrome is diagnosed when ocular changes are accompanied by extraocular structure anoma...