Relationship Between Facial Bone Dimensions, Orofacial Implant Position, and Esthetic Outcomes of Single-Tooth Implants.

Purpose: To investigate the association between the orofacial implant position distance (ID) and facial bone crest thickness (FBCT) in single-tooth implant crowns (STICs) placed in the esthetic zone and to predict the presence of facial bone above the implant shoulder, as well as its impact on Pink and White Esthetic Scores (PES and WES) and patient-related outcome measures (PROMs).

Materials And Methods: In this cross-sectional study, all patients treated with STICs in the esthetic zone between 2006 and 2013 with at least 12 months postloading were invited to enroll. CBCTs were used to assess ID and FBCT.

Migrating salivary stones: report of three cases.

Patients with salivary calculi are normally managed by removal of the calculus or, if necessary, the affected gland. If it is left untreated, a stone may migrate into the adjacent tissues. We present three patients in whom salivary calculi tracked to the surface of the skin.

Dental and maxillofacial abnormalities following treatment of malignant tumours in children.

There is a wide range of malignant tumours with an embryonic origin that can affect children in their early childhood including Rhabdomyosarcoma, Osteosarcoma, Chloroma, Retinoblastoma and neuroblastoma. Different protocols have been developed over the past years to treat these tumours and different combinations of radiotherapy, surgery and chemotherapy were used. This improved the survival rate considerably.

Case report--Scanora imaging of an unusual unerupted tooth located entirely below the inferior dental canal.

We present an unusual case of an unerupted tooth located beneath the inferior dental canal (IDC) seen as an incidental finding on a dental panoramic radiograph (DPR). An unerupted premolar was identified on the DPR lying horizontally and located entirely below the inferior dental canal in the first and second molar region. The crown was distally orientated and was somewhat demineralised.

Interpretation of dental and maxillofacial radiographs: a comparative study using an X-ray viewing box and window.

Aim: To ascertain if interpretation of radiographs by holding them up to a window rather than using a light viewing box has led to underdetection of clinically significant radiographic abnormalities.

Materials And Methods: Twenty members of staff were selected randomly. They were divided into two group i.