Relevance. Riga-Fede disease (RFD) is a rare pathology that develops as result of trauma to the mucous membrane tongue ventral surface with sharp edges natal, neonatal or primary teeth erupting in time and manifests form erosion sublingual fibrous lesion an ulcerated surface. Purpose. To analyze literature present our own RFD clinical cases. Material methods. A search was performed articles pub...

This study aimed to discuss some inborn and acquired changes in the oral cavity young children under three years of age. Based on current literature, eruption cyst, Riga-Fede disease, natal neonatal teeth, congenital epulis, Epstein pearls, Bohn’s nodules, gingival cyst newborns have been described. The symptoms, clinical presentation, histological features these changes, their epidemiology, pr...

Linish Vidyasagar B.D.S., MSc (Helsinki), Dip. Prosth., Department of Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Riga Stradina University, Riga, Latvia. Girts Salms M.D., D.D.S., Lecturer at Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Riga Stradina University, Riga, Latvia. Peteris Apse D.D.S., MSc (Toronto), Dr. habil med. (Latvia), professor, Department of Prosthodontics, F...

OBJECTIVES To present 17 natal/neonatal teeth in 15 patients and describe their clinical characteristics, associated disorders, complications and treatment. METHODS A retrospective study of neonates who visited the Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, College of Dental Sciences, Davangere, India, between 2003 and 2006 was carried out. It was a study of clinical data, such as th...

1. Department of Cell Biology, Biomedical Research and Study Centre, Riga, Latvia 2. P. Stradins Clinical University Hospital, Riga, Latvia 3. Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis, Riga, Latvia * equal contribution Correspondence: Dr Anna Zajakina, Department of Protein Engineering, Biomedical Research and Study Centre, Ratsupites Str., 1, Riga LV-1067, Latvia, Phone: 371 7808004, Fax number:...