OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to perform a radiographic follow-up evaluation after a 12-month healing period, following crown lengthening surgery. MATERIAL AND METHODS Twenty-three periodontally healthy subjects (mean age 32.5 years) that required crown lengthening surgery in premolars were recruited. In a total of 30 premolars, full thickness flaps, osseous resection, and flap sutu...

For years, equine surgeons have found equine skull radiography to be a valuable tool in the diagnosis and management of dental disease. The excellent contrast between air, bone, soft tissue, and tooth substance make the head an ideal area for radiographic evaluation. Conventional or standard radiographic projections adequately image the reserve crown apices, lamina dura denta, alveolar space, a...

A case of thalassemia minor with dentoalveolar manifestations in a 22-year-old Iranian male is presented. On the basis of patient complaint of upper incisors mobility, radiographic examination was performed which revealed enlarged medullary space, thin lamina dura, prominent antegonial notch, spiky and short roots of upper incisors and a generalized root resorption. This is the second report of...

Case description: A 20-year-old male patient presented for routine dental treatment. By radiographic examination we noted an extensive radioluscent area, laterally to the permanent maxillary right lateral incisor, with possibility of communication with the lateral periodontium, suggestive of a chronic apical periodontitis. Due to external root resorption detection, we used a calcium hydroxide r...

BACKGROUND The failure of the host tissue to establish or maintain osseointegration around dental implants is due to either occlusal or parafunctional forces, premature loading, ill-directed stress, or microbial infection. The long-term failure rate of dental implants is generally 5-10%. Although a variety of etiologies of early peri-implant bone loss (from implant placement to 1-year post-load...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Bisphosphonates are drugs that decrease bone turnover by inhibiting osteoclast activity. An association between the use of bisphosphonates and osteonecrosis of the maxilla and mandible has recently been described. This study describes the imaging findings of bisphosphonate-associated osteonecrosis of the jaws. MATERIALS AND METHODS This is a retrospective series of 15 c...

this study was carried out in order to determine the leave characteristics of some chestnut genotypes in the central black sea region of turkey and also to determine whether the leaf morphometric characteristics could be used for differentiation of genotypes. in this study, seven chestnut (castanea sativa mill.) genotypes (sa5-1, se 3-12, se 21-2, se 21-9, 552-8, 556-7 and 556-8) and one cultiv...