Background: The present study was aimed to record the incidence of each distinctive impacted tooth by reviewing panoramic radiographs. Materials and methods: In 10-year records (2012 2021) 4000 radiographs were obtained from Department Oral Medicine Radiology, Sree Mookambika Institute Dental Sciences (SMIDS), Kanyakumari. From data collected, 442 patients` fulfilled inclusion criteria 627 impa...

Brimioulle M, Desai K. BMJ Case Rep 2017. doi:10.1136/bcr-2017-220911 Description A 76-year-old woman presented with intermittent infection around the upper right 2 (UR2) area of the maxilla for several years. She also complained of persistent rhinorrhoea and right-sided facial pain. Seven years previously, she had presented with similar right maxillary pain, after undergoing root canal treatme...

Background: Mandibular condyle has a variety of morphology. The changes in their shape and size been attributed to ageing process, developmental abnormalities, distinct diseases, trauma, endocrine shock, radio therapy etc. Panoramic radiographs remain the easiest, safest most cost-effective screening modality for temporomandibular joint abnormalities. study aimed assess different shapes condyle...

Background: The intermental foramina distance varies between ethnicities, according to an OPG (orthopantomogram), which is a form of dental x-ray. mandibular foramen has bony canal developed in the mandible at two independent anatomies and its rim 'v' shaped, that was common where groove separating anterior posterior parts horizontally orientated oval shaped rim. placement by ethnicity; always ...

OBJECTIVE The primary objective of this study was to compare clinically and radiographically the efficacy of autologous platelet rich fibrin (PRF) and autogenous bone graft (ABG) obtained using bone scrapper in the treatment of intrabony periodontal defects. MATERIALS AND METHODS Thirty-eight intrabony defects (IBDs) were treated with either open flap debridement (OFD) with PRF or OFD with AB...

The aim of the present study was to assess the validity of tooth-coronal index (TCI) in the age estimation. This retrospective charts review was conducted at the Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi from January 2016 to March 2016, and comprised 315 teeth of 80 individuals. The teeth were analysed on Orthopantomogram. TCI was calculated for unrestored mandibular premolars and molars. Pearson\\...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether panoramic tomograms, which are routinely used in orthodontic practice, can provide adequate information to localize an impacted canine. The effect of changes in position and inclination of an impacted canine on orthopantomograms was investigated in an experimental set-up. An upper canine was removed from a human skull and replaced in a positioni...

Ossifying fibroma is a rare benign osteogenic neoplasm arising from undifferentiated cells of the periodontal ligament. Ossifying fibroma have a well-defined border that differentiates it from fibrous dysplasia clinically, these tumors manifest as a round or ovoid, expansile, painless, slow-growing mass may displace the roots of adjacent teeth and also cause root resorption. They occur at secon...