In the past the benign cementoblastoma was recognized in the World Health Organization's classification of odontogenic tumours as one of the cementoma neoplasias. Recently the benign cementoblastoma is included into Mesenchyme and/or odontogenic ectomesenchyme, with or without odontogenic epithelium odontogenic tumours. Benign cementoblastoma has characteristic radiologic and microscopic featur...

The orthodontic treatment is most favorable and effective during growth and hence the assessment of growth is significant in treatment planning for dental and maxillofacial malocclusion [1,2]. Several features such as body height, weight and sexual characteristics, dental and skeletal development are used to evaluate the pubertal growth. The stage of tooth maturation can determine the dental ma...

The method, known as the Hall Technique (HT) involves sealing early caries in primary molars with no tooth cutting, no removal of caries, and no local anaesthesia. That is “no needle "and "no drill”. A preformed metal crown (PMC), also referred to as a stainless steel crown, is cemented directly over caries that does not extend radiographically beyond the middle third of dentine. The sealing of...

Individuals with cleft lip and palate present significantly more dental anomalies, even outside the cleft area, than do individuals without clefts. Our aim was to evaluate the prevalence of tooth agenesis and patterns of hypodontia in a large sample of patients with complete bilateral cleft lip and palate (BCLP). Serial panoramic radiographs (the first radiograph was taken at 10.5-13.5 yr of ag...