Bilateral Symmetrical Fusion of Permanent Mandibular Lateral Incisors and Canines: A Rare Clinical Case [PDF]
Fusion is a rare developmental anomaly characterized by the union of two adjacent tooth germs during the morphodifferentiation stage of tooth formation, resulting in a single enlarged tooth.
Suresh Kandagal Veerabhadrappa +5 more
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Oral health status for primary dentition – A pilot study
Introduction: Formulating an oral health status which will include oral hygiene index (OHI) exclusively for children, deft index, and the incidence of white spot lesions (WSL) will make it easier for the examiner to assess the current oral health status ...
Janvi Manish Gandhi +3 more
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Tooth replacement in early sarcopterygians [PDF]
Teeth were an important innovation in vertebrate evolution but basic aspects of early dental evolution remain poorly understood. Teeth differ from other odontode organs, like scales, in their organized, sequential pattern of replacement.
Mark Doeland +3 more
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This study surveyed the dental health of three Costa Rican indigenous populations and two rural, non-indigenous communities. Sixty-six individuals, both children and adults, were interviewed regarding dental hygiene practices and the dentition of eighty ...
Alfredo García, Christina M. Guzzo
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Current Perspectives on Tooth Implantation, Attachment, and Replacement in Amniota
Teeth and dentitions contain many morphological characters which give them a particularly important weight in comparative anatomy, systematics, physiology and ecology.
Thomas J. C. Bertin +6 more
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Images in Medicine Representing the Management of Mesiodens in Different Dentitions [PDF]
Mesiodens are the most common type of supernumerary teeth, typically located between the two maxillary central incisors [1]. Hereby, three cases of mesiodens in primary, mixed and permanent dentition are presented, along with a discussion of how the ...
Simron Baishya +3 more
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Highly derived eutherian mammals from the earliest Cretaceous of southern Britain [PDF]
Eutherian mammals (Placentalia and all mammals phylogenetically closer to placentals than to marsupials) comprise the vast majority of extant Mammalia. Among these there is a phenomenal range of forms and sizes, but the origins of crown group placentals ...
Steven C. Sweetman +2 more
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Revision of Dadagulella gen. nov., the “Gulella radius group” (Gastropoda: Streptaxidae) of the eastern Afrotropics, including six new species and three new subspecies [PDF]
The genus Dadagulella gen. nov. is described to include 16 species of small, dentate, ovateacuminate Afrotropical snails. An identification key is provided and biogeography, anatomy and systematics are discussed. The type species is the Kenyan D. radius (
Rowson, Ben, Tattersfield, Peter
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A Literature Review of Stainless Steel Crown for Permanent Molars: Indications, Survival, Periodontal and Radiographic Findings [PDF]
Stainless steel crowns (SSCs) are the preferred choice for restoring primary molars with extensive caries. However, they may be indicated for permanent molars in certain cases as well.
Pooya Vatankhah +2 more
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Aim: To determine the type and frequency of sequelae in permanent teeth as a result of traumatic dental injuries in primary teeth in pediatric patients attended to at the Hospital Base Valdivia, between 2007 and 2012. Material and Methods: A descriptive
María Hernández-Carrera +3 more
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