OBJECTIVE The aim of this prospective controlled study is the comparison between long-term children survived leukaemia and a control group in terms of the decayed, missing or filled permanent teeth (DMFT) and dental anomalies. STUDY DESIGN Fifty-two long term children survived leukaemia, aged from 8 to 15 years (27 females, 25 males; mean age 11.5 years) were evaluated for the possible effect...

Practitioners and policy-makers need information about the relative frequency of dental anomalies among children in their region. This study investigated the prevalence of different oral anomalies among schoolchildren in Sana'a city, Yemen. A sample of 1000 private and public schoolchildren aged 4-12 years were examined by the same examiner using disposable tongue blades. The total prevalence o...

Fusions of teeth and talon cusp are two rare developmental dental anomalies, affecting both primary and permanent dentitions. Both the anomalies are mostly reported as isolated finding and are rarely associated with other dental anomalies. Talon cusp is more common in maxillary anterior teeth in permanent dentition and fusion is commonly reported in mandibular teeth in primary dentition. The co...

In human dentition characteristics, complex processes intervene that have a close relationship with the growth and development of the whole craniofacial complex mainly in bones such as the maxilla and the mandible. Dental morphology is determined by environmental and genetic factors which are in a dynamic relationship that may cause single, partial or complete anomalies in dental development. D...

PURPOSE The aim of this study was to compare the incidence of dental complications in childhood cancer survivors with that of healthy control subjects, and to determine the possible influence of various factors associated with patient and treatment. MATERIALS AND METHODS Sixty-one panoramic radiographs of the dentition of cancer survivors were compared with 521 radiographs of healthy patients...

Labial talon cusp, or dens evaginatus is a very rare dental anomaly of unclear etiology and significance. It can occur as an isolated finding or be associated with other dental anomalies or some syndromes. The present report describes two Caucasian males with labial talon cusp on maxillary permanent left central incisors. In both cases accessory cusp caused plaque accumulation and marginal ging...

A case is reported of a patient with deletion of the long arm of chromosome 7 at a highly specific locus (7q32). In addition to significant craniofacial stigmata and global developmental delay, the patient presented with numerous clinical and radiographic dental anomalies observed over a 10-year period. Hypodontia, accessory roots, dens invaginatus, hypoplastic enamel, and numerous pulpal anoma...