Oral health status in victims of child abuse: a case-control study.

Background: Few studies have evaluated the oral health status of children with a history of maltreatment.

Aim: This case-control study evaluated oral health in children who were victims of abuse and in child protective services in Curitiba, Brazil.

Design: One hundred twenty-two children who were victims of abuse and 240 children with no history of abuse (mean ages, 8.

Surgery management of rare hypertrophic frenum in an infant.

To report a rare case of a lateral frenum hypertrophy in an infant, this paper describes the case of a girl who came to a first dental appointment when she was 4 months old. A hypertrophic lateral frenum in the upper left canine region was detected. A great depression in the gingival rodet separated the anterior maxillary segment from the posterior one and also decreased the lip mobility in this region.