Journal of Indian Society of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, 2015 Aim: The aim of the present study was to investigate the association of Apgar index with that of enamel defects and to explore gender predilection as a co-variable in the formation of enamel defects.
S. V. S. G. Nirmala +5 more
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Dental caries as a measure of diet, health, and difference in non-adults from urban and rural Roman Britain [PDF]
, 2016 Dental disease in childhood has the potential to inform about food availability, social status, and feeding practices, in addition to contributing to a child’s overall health status.
Lewis, Mary, Rohnbogner, Anna
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Downregulation of FGF Signaling by Spry4 Overexpression Leads to Shape Impairment, Enamel Irregularities, and Delayed Signaling Center Formation in the Mouse Molar. [PDF]
, 2019 FGF signaling plays a critical role in tooth development, and mutations in modulators of this pathway produce a number of striking phenotypes. However, many aspects of the role of the FGF pathway in regulating the morphological features and the mineral ...
Ahn, Youngwook +8 more
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Frontiers in Physiology, 2018 Background: Dental aberrations have been mentioned in relation to non-surgical hypoparathyroidism (Ns-HypoPT) and pseudohypoparathyroidism (PHP). However, a systematic review of dental characteristics have not been performed.
Jane Hejlesen +8 more
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An enigmatic hypoplastic defect of the maxillary lateral incisor in recent and fossil orangutans from Sumatra (Pongo abelii) and Borneo (Pongo pygmaeus) [PDF]
, 2016 Developmental dental pathologies provide insight into health of primates during ontogeny, and are particularly useful for elucidating the environment in which extant and extinct primates matured.
A Nater +57 more
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Turner′s hypoplasia and non-vitality: A case report of sequelae in permanent tooth
Contemporary Clinical Dentistry, 2010 Hypoplasia is the result of disruption in the process of enamel matrix formation, which in turn causes defect in quality and thickness of enamel. Four cases of Turner′s hypoplastic teeth with a previous history of trauma/infection in their primary ...
P R Geetha Priya +2 more
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The effect of fluoride on enamel and dentin formation in the uremic rat incisor [PDF]
, 2008 Renal impairment in children is associated with tooth defects that include enamel pitting and hypoplasia. However, the specific effects of uremia on tooth formation are not known.
A Al Nowaiser +28 more
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Severe Plane-Form Enamel Hypoplasia in a Dentition from Roman Britain
Dental Anthropology Journal, 2018 Enamel defects can provide insight into the life histories of past individuals and populations, in-cluding information on a wide range of disturbances during childhood.
I. Towle +3 more
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American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.ABSTRACT TSPEAR (chr. 21q22.3) encodes a protein involved in tooth development and is predominantly expressed in the enamel knot. Biallelic loss of function variants in TSPEAR cause ectodermal dysplasia, tooth agenesis and sensorineural hearing loss. However, the role of TSPEAR in auditory processes is unclear.
Debora Vergani +17 more
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A Longitudinal Study of Streptococcus mutans Colonization in Infants after Tooth Eruption [PDF]
, 2003 We previously reported that, before tooth eruption, over one-half of infants aged 6 mos were already infected with Streptococcus mutans. The aim of this investigation was to determine the colonization of S.
Bird, P. S. +5 more
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