Differential Identification of Three Young Housefire Victims: Methods when Age Assessment Fails.

Multiple fatality incidents involving more than one child of statistically same age (including twins) can be challenging from an identification standpoint. This case details an urban fire, in which four children perished. Age assessment on three of the victims utilizing maturity staging described by Moorrees, Fanning, and Hunt yielded insignificant results.

Magnification in dental practice and education: experience and attitudes of a dental school faculty.

The routine use of magnification and enhanced lighting by oral health care providers, educators, and students is growing, but there is little consensus regarding its implementation and use. Many students and faculty at the Temple University Kornberg School of Dentistry elect to use some form of magnification in their real and simulated patient care activities, even though the school does not mandate or suggest standards for its utilization. A questionnaire was administered to the clinical faculty to assess two parameters: experience with magnification, and attitudes concerning the value of enhanced vision.

Osteonecrosis of the jaw and oral bisphosphonate treatment.

Background: Bisphosphonates are becoming recognized increasingly as having a significant impact on dental therapies. This case report describes adverse clinical sequelae and successful treatment following periodontal surgery in a dental patient receiving bisphosphonate treatment.

Case Description: A 78-year-old woman experienced a nonhealing interproximal wound subsequent to a minor periodontal procedure performed to facilitate restoration of an adjacent tooth.

A proposal for universal nomenclature in implant prosthodontics.

Attempts have been made at formulating standardized nomenclature for implantology. Although these classification systems have advanced the concept of universal nomenclature in implantology, they can be improved upon. Most of them present terms in glossary form, which can limit their applicability.

The clinical operating microscope advantage in fixed prosthodontics.

Over the last 20 years, magnification and operating light have become more available to dentists in the form of head-mounted loupes and headlights. More recently, restorative dentists have utilized the multiple steps of magnification and reciprocal illumination provided by the clinical operating microscope. The advantages of this technology now are being applied to fixed prosthodontics.