Morphometrically observable aging changes in the human tongue.

Like the outside parts of the nose and the ear but unlike most other organs, the tongue continues to grow at advanced age. Therefore, internal morphological aging processes must also proceed in a specific way. We used sectioned specimens of the radix linguae from 111 humans.

Career patterns of dental hygienists in Scotland.

Objective: To study career patterns of dental hygienists in Scotland.

Subjects And Methods: Questionnaires were sent to all the dental hygienists enrolled with the General Dental Council in 1998 who had addresses in Scotland and those who were alumni of Scottish School of Dental Hygiene within the past 10 years.

Results: There was a 58.

The contribution by medical radiology departments to dental radiology in general dental practice in Scotland.

Aim: To determine the availability of the services of medical radiology departments to general dental practitioners in Scotland.

Methods: Fifty-seven hospitals were identified as likely to have services available to general dental practitioners; 41 were within central urbanised areas (the 'Central Belt') and 16 in the more remote rural areas, (the 'Borders, Highlands and Islands'). The available services were identified by questionnaire.

The incidence of cleft lip and palate deformities in the south-east of Scotland (1971-1990).

This retrospective study reports the incidence of infants born with the cleft lip and palate anomaly within the Edinburgh Cleft Units catchment area, between 1 January, 1971, and 31 December, 1990. The importance of accurate data collection for local, regional, and national data bases is discussed with reference to the recent CSAG report on cleft lip and palate services in the UK. Five-hundred-and-two cleft lip and palate patients were identified (291 males, 211 females).