Malignant neoplasms are one of the main causes of death in developed countries.Thanks to the multidisciplinary approach and treatments methods(surgical treatment,chemotherapy,radiotherapy)in pediatric oncology,the num...
Hypodontia is defined as the developmental absence of one or more teeth which can affect both the primary and permanent dentition. During the diagnosis procedure several other dental and oral symptoms can be observed....
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The aim of this study was to investigate and compare the inheritance pattern and prevalence of inheritable dental anomalies in a sample of patients with maxillary canine—first premolar transposition and their first-d...
Abnormalities of tooth number in development of the dentition are quite common;however, concomitant hypo-hyperdontia is a rare mixed numeric anomalous condition, especially when it occurs in the same dental arch and i...
Tooth agenesis is the most common developmental anomaly of the human dentition. Epilepsy-like disorder (EL) mice, which have a 100% incidence of agenesis of the third molars, may be a good model for the genetic study ...
The ectodermal dysplasias are rare diseases with hypodontia, hypotrichosis and hypohidrosis. The subject's life is considerably constrained and this from an early age, with major difficulties for the integration and a...
Dental abnormalities associated with specific syndromes and/or severesystemic abnormalities in tooth number, form or size are challenging cases in dentistry, affectingesthetics and function. Microdontia is used to ter...