[The dentist, invaluable assistant in the diagnosis of Silverman Tardieu syndrome].

Many practitioners are still unawared of the oral and maxillo-facial pathology due to physical and sexual maltreatments of children. Yet more than fifty percent of those battered children show oro-facial injuries. Dentists ought to contribute to the diagnosis of the Silverman Syndrome and involve themselves in the taking care of battered children.

[Prosthetic rehabilitation and accompaniment of growth in cases of early tooth loss in children].

Teeth, in the general phenomenon of growth contribute to the blooming and the growth of the young child. It plays a paramount role in the communication while taking part in the development of the language and of the phonation, and by perfecting the shape of the face. The prosthetic rehabilitations are addressed to children who present more or less significant early losses of teeth, whose origin could be congenital, structural, post-decays or traumatic, and bearing on temporary, mixed or final teeth.

[Management under ambulatory general anesthesia of handicapped children in dentistry-oral medicine].

The management of handicapped patients and children is often considered by the dentist as a challenge. The success depends on establishing the right initial contact with the patient and obtaining his acceptance of the treatment without disturbing the psychosomatic equilibrium existing between body, affectivity and mind. Should dental treatment under general anesthesia, therefore, be considered as a failure or rather as a strategy in dentistry, which permits the eradication of all infectious centers and ensures the maintenance of a sufficient masticatory capability for the handicapped patient?

[Medical symptomatology and integrated therapeutic planning at the level of handicapped children].

The knowledge of the neurological diseases is an essential factor to establish a relation between the practitioner and the child or the handicapped adult. The authors suggest to describe some pathologies with a particular attention for the keywords to realize a concerted management.

[Chemical and traumatic irritation of a canine premolar tooth germ].

The arrest of a premolar bud was observed in an animal experiment that was designed to study the influence of endodontic treatment in dogs' temporary teeth on the eruption of their permanent successors. A chemical irritation was induced by the burst of ZOE (zinc oxide and eugenol) into the dental follicle. Moreover, a mechanical trauma on the temporary molar was promoted by the dog's biting on its cage metallic bars.