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Prevalence of Maxillary and Mandibular Frenal Attachment and Its Association with Age, Gender, and Oral Hygiene Status in Nepalese Population Seeking Dental Treatment

International Journal of Dentistry, Volume 2024, Issue 1, 2024.
Objective. Frenum attachments are folds of mucous membrane that connect the lips to the alveolar mucosa and underlying periosteum. Aberrant positioning of the maxillary and mandibular labial frenum can lead to various clinical issues, including mucogingival problems and midline diastema.
Arjun Hari Rijal, Manoj Humagain, Simant Lamichhane, Pratistha Ghimire, Sachita Thapa, Sivakumar Nuvvula   +5 more
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Unsupervised cross-lingual speaker adaptation for HMM-based speech synthesis using two-pass decision tree construction [PDF]

, 2010
This paper demonstrates how unsupervised cross-lingual adaptation of HMM-based speech synthesis models may be performed without explicit knowledge of the adaptation data language.
Teemu Hirsimaki, Mikko Kurimo, Reima Karhila, Matthew Gibson, William Byrne, Karhila, Reima   +5 more
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Does a short lingual frenulum affect body posture? Assessment of posture in the sagittal plane before and after laser frenulotomy: a pilot study

, 2021
The factors that characterize posture are neurophysiological, biomechanical, psychoemotional. Neurophysiological factors concern the modulation of tone, muscle tone is the result of a series of neuropsychological processes within the tonic-postural ...
Mastrapasqua, R, Paskay, L C, Saccomanno, S, Bianco, G, Scoppa, F, Pirino, A   +5 more
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Management of Ankyloglossia with different severity: a case series in dental surgery

Padjadjaran Journal of Dentistry
Introduction: The lingual frenulum is an important oral structure that plays an important role in the act of suction, speech, and feeding. Ankyloglossia (tongue tie) is a congenital anomaly that results when lingual frenulum is too short and adhere to ...
Stephanus Christianto, Winarno Priyanto, Endang Sjamsudin   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Using Item Response Theory to evaluate the psychometric characteristics of questions in a Brazilian programme and the performance of dental teams in primary care.

PLoS ONE, 2019
ObjectivesFirst, to assess the psychometric properties of key questions included in a public sector evaluation of primary dental care in Brazil; and second, to evaluate the performance of dental teams in relation to these items.MethodsSecondary analysis ...
Suellen R Mendes, Renata C Martins, Juliana V M Mambrini, Antônio Thomaz G Matta-Machado, Grazielle C M Mattos, Jennifer E Gallagher, Mauro H N G Abreu   +6 more
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Lingual frenulum: changes after frenectomy.

Jornal da Sociedade Brasileira de Fonoaudiologia, 2013
To describe the changes after frenectomy concerning mobility and functions of the tongue.Participants were 53 subjects who had never undergone speech therapy or lingual frenulum surgery. A specific lingual frenulum protocol with scores was used by speech-language pathologists when there was evidence of frenulum alteration.
Irene Queiroz, Marchesan, Roberta Lopes de Castro, Martinelli, Reinaldo Jordão, Gusmão   +2 more
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Management of Ankyloglossia by Electrocautery-assisted Lingual Frenectomy

Current Trends in Dentistry
Ankyloglossia, commonly known as tongue-tie, is a developmental anomaly that occurs when the lingual frenulum is abnormally short and extends near the apex of the tongue, thereby restricting natural tongue mobility. Restricted tongue movement can lead to difficulties in feeding and articulation of specific consonant sounds. Ankyloglossia can be treated
Amit Khunger, Shilpa Kamra, Sandhya Sharma, Aditi Rohilla   +3 more
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Use of 980nm Diode laser for lingual frenectomy: A case report

Oral Health and Dental Management, 2019
A frenum is a soft tissue attachment of the labial, buccal and lingual mucosa to the jaw bones. Abnormalities in development of this soft tissue fold may present as a very short lingual frenum limiting the mobility of the tongue. This condition is termed as ankyloglossia or tongue tie. The surgical technique is used to reposition the frenum and correct
Malik Waqas Javied, Zafar Quratul-Ain
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A frenectomia labial/lingual na Odontopediatria [PDF]

, 2021
Introdução: Os freios orais como o freio maxilar, lingual ou mandibular são estruturas anatômicas sem fibras musculares constituídas principalmente por fibras conjuntivas.
Rugel, Agathe Josette Danielle
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Bimaxillary Total Arch Intrusion in Lingual Orthodontics for Hyperdivergent Class II Face with Asymmetry and Lip Protrusion [PDF]

, 2020
Hyperdivergent Class II face is accompanied by a convex profile, while it is usually characterized by upright upper and/ or lower incisors. Thus, it is important to precisely maintain an axis of upper incisors during retraction.
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