Dentigerous cysts are the most common bony lesions of the jaws in children. It is one of the most prevalent types of odontogenic cysts associated with an erupted or developing tooth. This paper describes a case in which a conservative enucleation surgery of dentigerous cyst is made to save unerupted permanent tooth. Seen the great capacity to regenerate the bony structures at the children, conservative surgery should be tempted in dentigerous cysts in report with open apices teeth.

Mandible is one of the strongest bones of the facial skeleton; still it is it has structures like condyles which are prone to fracture due to its anatomy and distribution of heavy masticatory and other functional load. Mandibular condyle fracture accounts for 25-35% of the mandibular fractures. A prospective demographic study was done at Bapuji Dental College & Hospital, Davangere, to determine condylar fractures occurring in north Karnataka region. A total of 16 condylar fractures were assessed in a period 2015- 2017.

Pigmented lesions of the oral cavity are an heterogeneous group with several etiophatogenesis and they can have melanocytic or non-melanocytic origin . Solitary pigmented melanocytic lesions of the oral cavity are rare. Oral nevus is a benign proliferations of cells of melanocytic origin and they are rare, for this reason, the literature is poor. Diagnosis of pigmented lesions of the oral cavity and perioral tissues is difficult, therefore is essential the histopathological examination to make a correct diagnosis . The objective of this article is to present a rare case report of oral nevus in the palate. A 63 years old female patient reported a small black spot not bulging and asymptomatic. This lesion has been surgically removed and analyzed. The histological examination of the sample has confirmed the diagnosis and after a week the palate was completely healed.

Allgrove syndrome which is known as the triple A syndrome, is a rare autosomal recessive disease. It has an estimated prevalence of 1 per 1,000,000 individuals. The triple A stands for the three most prominent features of the syndrome, alacrimia, achalasia and adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)-resistant adrenal insufficiency. It may be associated with autonomic, central and peripheral nervous system abnormalities then the name 4 A syndrome has been introduced. In this paper, we report the case of a 14-year-old girl with the 4 A syndrome who was referred to the Oral Medicine Department of hospital La Rabta (Tunisia). She suffered from many oral manifestations of Allgrove's syndrome as well as general abnormalities. Through this observation, we will show that the Knowledge of the oral manifestations is important and it leads the dentist to the right prevention and management of bucco dental complications of these patients.

Esthetic tooth replacement is a challenging procedure for the dentist, patient, and technician. Loss of the anterior teeth with existing diastema may result in excess space. Various treatment options are available for the replacement of multiple anterior teeth. These options include partial removable dental prosthesis (RDP), an implantsupported prosthesis, and conventional fixed dental prosthesis (FDP). FDP, along with loop connector, is the best treatment option but not on those with limited interocclusal space and with deep bite. The cantilever FDP with canine and lateral incisor is the proper choice for such case. The cantilever FDP design enhances the natural appearance of the restoration and proper contour, emergence profile, and dental forum. This clinical report describes a technique that fabricates a bilateral three-unit metal ceramic (MC) cantilever FDP to achieve optimal esthetics and functional correction for patients with missing maxillary central incisors along with diastema in between central incisors.

Determining sex plays important role in the identification of the unknown person. The positive identification of human remains requires the matching of physical characteristics of the deceased with records of the physical characteristics made before death. Several methods may be used to produce identification with an aggregate high level of reliability. Sex determination is usually done by osteometry, DNA analysis and even by odontometric parameters. Aim of the study was to identify gender using measurements of mesiodistal crown width of the six maxillary anterior teeth (later added to derive combined mesiodistal widths), fronto-occipital head circumference, height, and diameter of the skull on a lateral cephalography. In this study, 100 persons were evaluated. After obtaining informed consent from the subject selected, measurements of mesiodistal crown width of the six maxillary anterior teeth (later added to derive combined mesiodistal widths), fronto-occipital head circumference, height, and diameter of the skull on a lateral cephalography were performed. Combined data, male, and female data were analyzed separately for binary logistical analysis for sex determination to the parameters recorded and discriminant function equation were derived for each parameter. In the present study mean values of all the parameters were calculated and showed a statistically significant variation between males and females. Discriminant function analysis was performed for all the variables which correctly classified 91% of the cases. Our Study suggests that the discriminant functional analysis has proved that the sex of unknown sex skull can be determined using above mentioned parameters. Studies at a large scale are in need to approve or disprove the above factor.

To evaluate clinical performance of three different resin composites (microfilled, nanohybrid, nanofilled) polished with one-step polishing system in cervical restorations after 24 month. Thirty adult patients were selected from outpatient clinics with a total of 90 restorations (30 of each type of dental composite resin). All of the restorations were finished using fine grit finishing diamond under water-cooling to remove gross excess and polished with one-step polishing system. All restorations showed only minor changes and no differences were detected between their performance at any time period. Nanofill and nanohybrid composite resin showed a satisfactory clinical performance after 24 month as microfill composite resin.

The mouth is regarded as a mirror and the gateway to health. Various dental treatment modalities frequently require appointments, which are more than one in number for completion of the entire treatment program. Missed dental appointments are an issue which has been noticed for years but very little research has been conducted around it. To assess various factors responsible for missed dental appointments among the patients attending a dental college. A cross-sectional study was conducted among the patients attending various departments of the college. A sample size of 960 was calculated based on the results of the pilot study and the patients who missed their appointment at least once during their treatment procedures were included in the study. A self-structured 19 item questionnaire was used to measure various factors responsible for missing the appointment. The collected data was subjected to statistical analysis by using SPSS version 21.0. Among 960 patients, 53% were females and 46% were males. Various reasons for not attending recall were assessed in patient’s perspective and college perspective. Lack of time (63%). fear (62%) were cited to be the most common factors for not attending recall in patients perspective and inconvenient appointment timings (47%) and dissatisfaction with the reception area(44%) were cited to be the most common factor for missing the appointment in college perspective. This study concluded that patients who miss appointments cite the most common reason as lack of time, fear, lack of transportation inconvenient appointment timings. The key in dealing with the issue of missed dental appointment lies in altering patient’s psychology during the first appointment. Counselling and motivation is required to be done at first dental visit to reduce the chances of missed appointment.