Overdenture has been a proven mainstay of conservative prosthodontic treatment when proper diagnosis,treatment planning, and most importantly, patient compliance are achieved. Despite recent developments indental implantology, the conservative approach to root preservation followed by an overdenture is still valid. The many advantages of root retention includealveolar bone maintenance, better p...

The prevalence of dental anomalies including agenesis, crown shape, tooth position, root shape, and invagination were examined in 111 orthodontic patients; 74.77 per cent of the patients exhibited at least one dental anomaly. Invagination was found to be the most prevalent anomaly, whereas supernumerary teeth and root dilaceration were the least frequent anomalies. Dental invagination and short...

To evaluate the clinical changes following non surgical periodontal therapy alone versus tetracycline fiber therapy used adjunctively with scaling and root planning in the treatment of chronic periodontitis patients.

introduction: the main purpose of the present study was to describe the ultra structural changes which happened after treatment of the root surfaces with ultrasonic and hand devices followed by erbium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet (er:yag) laser irradiation. methods: sixty single-rooted maxillary and mandibular teeth which had been extracted due to periodontal problems were collected. crown and...

PURPOSE The present study aimed to measure root surface roughness in teeth with periodontitis by a profilometer following root planning with ultrasonic and hand instruments with and without erbium-doped yttrium aluminium garnet (Er:YAG) laser irradiation. METHODS Sixty single-rooted maxillary and mandibular teeth, extracted because of periodontal disease, were collected. The crowns and apices...

Diagnostic problem solving involves a myriad of reasoning tasks associated with the determination of diagnoses, the generation and execution of tests to discriminate diagnoses, and the determination and execution of actions to alleviate symptoms and/or their root causes. Fundamental to diagnostic problem solving is the need to reason about action and change. In this work we explore these myriad...

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com root canal system induce a decrease in the long-term prognosis, and is a major cause of post-treatment disease [1,2]. Together with diagnosis and treatment planning, a better knowledge of the root canal system and its frequent variations are an absolute necessity for a successful root canal treatment. In literature, the mesiobuccal (MB) root of the ...

Deciduous teeth exfoliate as a result of apoptosis induced by cementoblasts, a process that reveals the mineralized portion of the root while attracting clasts. Root resorption in deciduous teeth is slow due to lack of mediators necessary to speed it up; however, it accelerates and spreads in one single direction whenever a permanent tooth pericoronal follicle, rich in epithelial growth factor ...

The treatment of mandibular molars has been challenging to the endodontist due to its several anatomical variations. The majority of mandibular first molars are two rooted with one mesial root and one distal root. It can have an additional root located lingually (radix entomolaris) or buccally (radix paramolaris). Success of endodontic treatment depends on thorough mechanical and chemical clean...