Assessment of oral health status of Santal (tribal) children of West Bengal.

Context: Santal is the third largest tribal community of India leading a very poor standard of education and life style. There are, however, few population-based studies evaluating the oral health status among Santal children in West Bengal.

Aims: The aim of the study was to evaluate the oral health status of Santal children of West Bengal by assessing prevalence of dental caries and inflammatory condition of gingival.

Low-dose acitretin in Papillon-Lefèvre syndrome: treatment and 1-year follow-up.

The Papillon-Lefèvre syndrome (PLS) is a rare, autosomal recessive disease that manifests with palmoplantar keratoderma and destructive periodontitis resulting in early onset periodontal breakdown in deciduous and permanent dentition. Management of this condition is difficult. Here we report one 11-year-old consanguineous Muslim boy suffering from PLS.

A cross sectional study of dermatoglyphics and dental caries in Bengalee children.

Context: Dermatoglyphic is the permanent imprint found in hands. Variations of dermatoglyphic patterns among the individuals have been noted.

Aims: To find out the dermatoglyphic pattern variations in dental caries between study group and the control group.