Oro-dental lesions in pediatric patients with celiac disease: an observational retrospective clinical study.

Background And Aim Of The Study: To investigate the correlation between celiac disease and specific oral lesions.

Methods: 114 pediatric patients were enrolled and divided into three groups: celiac patients (CD group), patients with malabsorption without celiac disease (non-CD group) and healthy controls. Oral lesions of hard and soft tissues were detected and analyzed by Fisher's test and Odds Ratio calculations.

Dental procedures in adult patients with hereditary bleeding disorders: 10 years experience in three Italian Hemophilia Centers.

Excessive bleeding after dental procedures are one of the most frequent complications occurring in patients with hereditary bleeding disorders. In this retrospective study we collected data from 10 years of experience in the oral care of patients with congenital haemorrhagic disorders in three Italian Hemophilia Centers. Between 1993 and 2003, 247 patients with inherited bleeding disorders underwent 534 dental procedures including 133 periodontal treatments, 41 conservative dentistry procedures, 72 endodontic treatments and 288 oral surgery procedures.

[Maxillofacial traumatology in sports practice].

The importance of maxillofacial traumatology in sporting practice is stressed. 1094 patients have been treated for eight years, emphasizing in this way the continuous and constant increase--the incidence of this kind of trauma.

[Surgically assisted rapid palatal expansion using corticotomy of the upper jaw].

After a brief review of the techniques reported for the rapid maxillary expansion surgically assisted, the Authors describe their surgical approach and present two cases of RPE in combination to surgery.