Introduction: Maintaining a competitive level in the market of dental services in modern working conditions requires a new approach and updated equipment in the dental practices. Objective: To analyze the importance of updating the equipment for profitability of the dental practi...
Ankyloglossia is not a newly discovered condition and about 3% of infants are born with a tongue-tie. A patient with Kotlow’s class I Ankyloglossia was treated with a soft tissue diode laser. Laser-assisted lingual frenectomy is reliable as it provides benefit of good accuracy, l...
The primary goal of preventive orthodontics is to maintain the integrity of the deciduous dentition until uneventful exfoliation of primary teeth for proper growth and development of dento-facial complex. Space loss is unavoidable following longstanding proximal caries and early...
Verruciform xanthoma is a benign growth found on the oral mucosa and occasionally may affect the skin. Clinically, verruciform xanthoma is an asymptomatic lesion. Depending on the amount of keratin present on the surface of the oral mucosa, it can appear as a reddish-gray papilla...
Teeth with open apices present a continuing challenge to even the most experienced dentists. The lack of an apical stop makes obturation and achieving a good apical seal more difficult. Apexification is seen to be the best option for treating such instances. In the past, calcium...
The majority of orthodontic issues that can be resolved with conventional labial technique, such as tooth malposition, anteroposterior discrepancies, and pre-prosthetic surgical cases, can be resolved with lingual orthodontics. The lingual surfaces of the teeth appear to be less...
Background: Since more than 40 years ago, people have been using the alpha-2 adrenergic agonist clonidine to treat hypertension. The FDA authorized the use of clonidine in October 2008 as a premedication drug before sedation. This study's main objective is to discover if clonidin...
Introduction: Beckwith Wiedemann Syndrome (BWS) is a congenital disorder that involves a somatic overgrowth during the patient’s first years of life and associated with visceromegaly, macroglossia, abdominal wall defects, pre and postnatal overgrowth, and neonatal hypoglycemia. C...
Dyskinesia is an abnormality or impairment of voluntary movement affecting any part of the body. Orofacial dyskinesia involves uncontrolled, stereotypic, paroxysmal movement affecting the face, lips, tongue, jaws or in combination which may lead to severe pain. These involuntary...
Segmental resection surgery of the mandible results in the deviation of mandible toward the defect side. The amount of deviation is determined by the quantity of hard and soft tissue resection, the type of surgical site closure, the degree of tongue function impairment, the numbe...