A 14-year-old boy reported with a painless swelling over the right anterior mandible with missing right canine tooth. The lesion was diagnosed as 'central follicular adenomatoid odontogenic tumour' and excised surgically under general anaesthesia. The patient was on a year-long clinical and radiographical follow-up.

BACKGROUND Agenesis of permanent canines is an uncommon condition that affects human teeth. In fact, canine is the most variable positioned tooth, it can be found palatally or facially displaced or ectopically erupted from the dental arch. On the contrary, canine agenesis is a rare finding in Caucasian populations, but it may be relatively more common in Asian groups. This dental anomaly is fir...

To cite: Shah KM, Mistry JD. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2013008998 DESCRIPTION An 18-year-old patient came to the Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, to get a replacement for the missing mandibular front tooth. The patient gave a history of trauma to the anterior region a few years ago. Intraoral examination revealed missing mandibular ...

The agenesis of maxillary lateral incisors affects the Quality Life and self-esteem patients. management such patients can be done by either opening space replacing it with prosthesis or closing substituting canine as a incisor. choice treatment decision depends upon proper diagnosis planning case. In this case report, skeletal class II patient dental Angle’s malocclusion spacing in arch due to...

Objective: The aim of this study was to document the prevalence of maxillary permanent canine impaction in relation to anomalous adjacent lateral incisors in a Turkish population. Materials and Methods: Pretreatment orthodontic records of 68 subjects (27 male, 41 female) with palatal or buccal impaction of one or both permanent maxillary canines were included in this study. Localization of the ...

Being a scientist is a bit like being a detective – always looking for clues. Logically then, investigators who seek to understand the factors that have an impact on canine longevity ask: ‘Where can the most reliable clues be found?’ Fresh approaches generate new evidence and, as the pieces of the puzzle come together, new sets of questions arise. Our ability to make sure progress – to shake lo...

The purpose of this paper is to present the first case of unusual reverse oblique (110 degrees to midsagittal plane) migration of mandibular right canine crossing the jaw midline and piercing the lower border of the mandible at the level of the opposite canine and also to report two more cases of transmigrated mandibular canine and one case of transmigrating mandibular canine. Mandibular canine...

Sir, We read the systematic review with great interest regarding the effectiveness of canine laceback by Fleming et al. (2012). The authors aimed to critically appraise the current evidence to determine the effectiveness of canine laceback in controlling incisor proclination during the alignment stage. We would like to congratulate the authors for their efforts in this valuable systematic revie...

Three treatment options exist for the replacement of congenitally missing lateral incisors: canine substitution, a tooth-supported restoration, or a single-tooth implant. Selecting the appropriate treatment option depends on the malocclusion, the anterior relationship, specific space requirements, and the condition of the adjacent teeth. The ideal treatment is the most conservative alternative ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Human identification is the forensic odontologist's primary duty in the fields like violent crime, child abuse, elder abuse, missing persons and mass disaster scenarios. In each context, dental traits may produce compelling evidence to aid victim identity, suspect identity and narrow down the outcome of investigative casework. Sometimes it becomes necessary to apply so...