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Integrating CO2 lasers in dental education: Addressing safety, compliance, and curriculum
Journal of Dental Education, Volume 89, Issue S1, Page 1024-1026, June 2025.
Leonardo M. Nassani +3 more
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Lip Repositioning Surgery: A Simple Smile and Life Transformation Procedure
Case Reports in Dentistry, Volume 2024, Issue 1, 2024.Excessive display of the gums when smiling, known as gummy smiles, can lead to aesthetic concerns and emotional discomfort for individuals. In recent times, there has been a notable rise in the popularity of gummy smile surgery as a cosmetic procedure aimed at addressing this problem.
Besir Salihu +3 more
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Laser-assisted multidisciplinary approach for closure and prevention of relapse of midline diastema
Indian Journal of Dental Research, 2017 Midline diastema, which occurs as spacing between the upper central incisors, is a common occurrence seen in the pediatric population. In the ugly duckling stage of development; no treatment is generally advocated as the diastema is a transient one. When
Amol Kamble +3 more
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Spontaneous closure of midline diastema following frenectomy
Journal of Indian Society of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, 2007 Maxillary midline diastema is a common aesthetic problem in mixed and early permanent dentitions. The space can occur either as a transient malocclusion or created by developmental, pathological or iatrogenical factors.
Koora Kiran, Muthu M, Rathna Prabhu
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Aetiology, Diagnosis and Treatment of Ankyloglossia
Balkan Journal of Dental Medicine, 2017 This review paper occupies with the frequency, etiology, diagnosis, treatment and the possible complications of Ankyloglossia (AG). AG is a congenital anomaly and its range varies from 0,1% to 4,8 %. There are several methods for the diagnosis of AG. The
Charisi Christina +3 more
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The Effect of Frenectomy Procedure on Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy [PDF]
, 2020 Structural restrictions from tongue-tie are associated with altered sucking and decreased self-efficacy in breastfeeding mothers. Frenectomy is a procedure to correct tongue-tie by detaching the frenulum.
Chenge, Mary
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Use of DENLASE Diode Laser (980 nm/7 W) in Labial Frenectomy for a child of 11 years old [PDF]
, 2014 Labial frenum is the fold of mucosa that attaches specific area of inner surface of upper lip to the specific area of alveolar mucosa. The adverse effects of a low-attaching frenum are: midline diastema, poor aesthetics and gingival recession. It can be
Negm, SAM
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Biomedical and Biotechnology Research Journal, 2019 Tongue-tie which is also known as ankyloglossia originated from the Greek word “agkilos” which means curved and glossa which means tongue. Ankyloglossia is usually associated with difficulty in speech articulation and breastfeeding as it causes limited ...
Aishwarya Madhukar Kale +3 more
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Diode Laser Frenectomy: A Torch of Freedom for Ankyloglossia. [PDF]
CureusAnkyloglossia, also known as tongue-tie, is a rare congenital anomaly of the oral cavity that not only causes difficulties in breastfeeding and teeth cleaning but also causes difficulty in speech articulation. Our patient faced difficulty in freely moving his tongue because of the short lingual frenulum wherein laser lingual frenectomy was indicated ...
Verma M +3 more
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Surgical techniques for the treatment of ankyloglossia in children: a case series [PDF]
, 2014 This paper reports a series of clinical cases of ankyloglossia in children, which were approached by different techniques: frenotomy and frenectomy with the use of one hemostat, two hemostats, a groove director or laser.
Ana Beatriz Silveira MORETTI +37 more
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