Tooth Crown Morphology in Turner and Klinefelter Syndrome Individuals from a Croatian Sample.

Objective: Turner syndrome (TS) and Klinefelter syndrome (KS) represent the two most common X chromosome aneuploidies, each associated with systemic disruptions to growth and development. Effects of these conditions on tooth crown morphology are explored in a sample of Croatian individuals.

Materials And Methods: The sample included 57 TS, 37 KS and 88 control individuals.

Differences in the Eruption Angle of Palatally Displaced Canines in Klinefelter Syndrome: a Retrospective Study on Panoramic Radiographs.

Objective: To investigate the eruption angle of maxillary canine in patients with Klinefelter syndrome (KS) in which high prevalence of palatally displaced canine anomaly (PDC) has been found by clinical assessment.

Subjects And Methods: The sample consisted of 37 KS males aged 20-34 years (mean 27 years) and the control group which consisted of 78 healthy males aged 20-27 years (mean 23 years). A pioneer method was used to measure the eruption angle.

Growth hormone positive effects on craniofacial complex in Turner syndrome.

Objective: Turner syndrome occurs in phenotypic females with complete or partial absence of X chromosome. The leading symptom is short stature, while numerous but mild stigmata manifest in the craniofacial region. These patients are commonly treated with growth hormone to improve their final height.

[Croatian Medical Association--Branch Zagreb].

The available literature shows us that "Druztvo ljeciteljah u Zagrebus (the Society of Healers in Zagreb) was founded as far back as the year 1845 by a total of thirteen members. This data allows us to follow the role of doctors and health workers in Zagreb through their everyday profession, research, organizational and social work as well as management through a period of over one hundred to seventy years. The Branch Zagreb was active before the official establishment of subsidiaries of CMA which is evident from the minutes of the regular annual assembly of the Croatian Medical Association on 21 March 1948.

Characteristics of the craniofacial complex in Turner syndrome.

Objective: To identify characteristics of the craniofacial complex in Turner syndrome (TS) patients from Croatian population, to investigate the interrelationship among craniofacial variables and to assess their correlation with age.

Design: Cephalometric analysis was carried out on lateral cephalograms of 36 TS patients, aged 10-33 years. Cephalograms of 72 age-matched healthy females with class I occlusion served as control.

Occlusal molar surfaces in females with Turner's syndrome.

The aim of this study was to identify the molar occlusal features in 73 subjects with the Turner's syndrome (TS) and compared to a control group (CG) of 322 healthy females. The occlusal features were scored on dental plaster casts using the Scoring Procedures for Key Morphological Traits of the Permanent Dentition: The Arizona State University Dental Anthropology System (ASU). The results were analyzed through frequency, percentage and chi 2-test.

Dental identification after two mass disasters in Croatia.

Aim: To determine the usefulness of dental methods in the identification of victims in the railway accident in Zagreb (August 30, 1974) and midair collision of a British and a Slovenian airplane near Vrbovec (September 10, 1976).

Methods: There were 152 people killed in the railway accident, and 176 fatalities in the plane crash (63 in the British and 113 in the Slovenian plane). Individual victim identification and autopsy forms, and group identification reports were analyzed.

Xerostomia in patients with triple A syndrome--a newly recognised finding.

Triple A syndrome is characterised by achalasia, alacrima, adrenal insufficiency and progressive neurological abnormalities including impaired autonomic nervous function. We present five patients with triple A syndrome in whom we describe xerostomia for the first time, a symptom which was presumed to be practically exclusive to Sjøgren syndrome and familial dysautonomia. Conclusion We recommend the investigation of salivation in all patients with triple A syndrome and treatment of xerostomia in order to ease swallowing.

Hereditary and environmental dental findings in identification of human remains.

The paper presents the results on hereditary and environmental dental findings in identification of human remains exhumed from mass graves in the Republic of Croatia. The total of 17,880 teeth from all the categories (incisors, canines, premolars and molars) was examined. Hereditary findings of the teeth such as shape, size, position, as well as age were used in all of the cases confirming and completing the identification.

Occlusal plane orientation in Klinefelter syndrome (47,XXY males).

Occlusal plane position was analysed cephalometrically in 35 Klinefelter adults (47,XXY) and compared with 60 eugnath control males (46,XY). The significantly smaller angles between the occlusal plane and the cranial base (NSL-OLs) and between the occlusal plane and the Frankfort horizontal plane (Fr-OLs) were obtained in 47,XXY males (P < 0.01), while the angles between the maxillary base and the occlusal plane (NL-OLs) and between the Camper's line and the occlusal plane (Camp.

Shape of the craniofacial complex in patients with Klinefelter syndrome.

The shape and size of the craniofacial complex in 35 adults with Klinefelter syndrome (47,XXY) were analyzed cephalometrically and compared with 60 control males. Twenty-four angular and 18 linear measurements were obtained for each subject. The results showed that the 47,XXY males were different from the controls in several areas of the craniofacial skeleton.

The association between palatal grooves in upper incisors and periodontal complications.

Palatal groove is a rare morphological defect of upper incisors, frequently associated with localized destruction of periodontal tissue with endodontic complications. In this study, a sample of 1,081 male, young adult subjects, aged 20 to 22, palatal grooving was recorded in 11 (1.01%) subjects, affecting 15 incisors.