Data dealing with successful or unsuccessful acrylic tooth implants have accumulated gradually during the past 20 years. Flohr' studied plastic material as a possible substitute for natural teeth by placing screw-type acrylic roots into surgically created alveolar sockets. He reported that normal connective tissue formed against the acrylic, and only minimal infiltration occurred. Hodosh, et al...

AIM The knowledge of the distribution and causes of malocclusion in early childhood can prevent such malocclusions and their consequences and possibly to reduce complex orthodontic treatment. METHODS All children (n = 234; 116 male, 118 female, age 2-16) who presented with occlusal or functional problems at the Department of Paediatric Dentistry at Damascus University (1995-1999) were classif...

Gingivitis or inflammation of the gingiva, is the commonest oral disease in children and adolescents. It is characterized by the presence of gingival inflammation without detectable bone loss or clinical attachment loss. The causes and risks are as varied in children as in adults and range from local to systemic causes. The most important local predisposing factor in children is poor oral hygie...

The aim of this study was to retrospectively analyze the effects pulp treatment on exfoliation primary teeth and its related factors. In study, 167 97 patients aged 6 months 12 years who were treated with at Dankook Dental Hospital selected, information tooth loss collected. included subjects 72 anterior (43.1%) 95 posterior (56.9%), which 56 males (57.7%) 41 females (42.3%). mean follow-up per...

Periodontal disease is an inflammatory response to the bacterial biofilm which leads inflammation of periodontal structures and further results in loss attachment bone severe cases mobility teeth, eventually may cause exfoliation teeth. Treatment option for excessive mobile teeth extraction replacement can be carried out with fixed partial denture or implant placement. In patients financial con...

The aim of the present study was to establish the normal range for the radiographic distance between the cemento-enamel junction (CEJ) and the marginal bone level (MBL) in the primary dentition, and to relate this distance to various physiological and pathological factors. 128 children at the ages 7, 8 and 9 years took part in the study. Clinical and radiographic examinations of the mesial and ...

Complicated crown fracture and crown-root fracture with pulp involvement expose dental pulp to the oral environment. The pulp outcome is often unpredictable because the patient and injury which are related to variables can influence the treatment of choice and the prognosis of the case. This report presents the case of a 4-year-old boy with complicated crown fracture with pulp polyp in the prim...