Evaluation of fluoride varnish treatment of postorthodontic white spot lesions by visual inspection and laser fluorescence-A randomized controlled study.

Objectives: White spot lesions (WSLs), as a side effect of orthodontic therapy, can be treated with fluoride varnish, with the difference in efficiency reported.

Material And Methods: Patients with buccal WSLs were consecutively included in a randomized controlled double-blind study. At first inspection and at three follow-ups over 6 months, 0.

Peri-implant soft tissue contour after stepwise replacement of missing and ankylotic central maxillary incisors in young adult: A clinical case report.

Replantation and retention of ankylosed tooth after pubertal growth spurt enables stepwise replacement of both central incisors with implants. Partial extraction contributes to natural gingival contour.

Occurrence of Dental Injuries and Periodontal Complications in Tongue-piercing Jewellery Users.

Purpose: Tongue piercing (TP) has been gaining in popularity, mainly among adolescents and young adults, and there has been a corresponding increase in reports of dental injury and adverse effects on periodontal tissue due to TP jewellery. The purpose of this study was to assess the type and prevalence of dental injury and periodontal complications in a group of Slovenian adolescents and young adults with TP in comparison with a control group.

Materials And Methods: This case-control study included 17 subjects with TP (study group) and 28 subjects without TP (control group).

The history of public health use of fluorides in caries prevention.

Aim: The aim of our study was to chronologically analyse various public health measures of fluoride use in caries prevention.

Methods: We systematically searched the PubMed database on the preventive role of fluorides in public health, published from 1984 to 2014. The search process was divided into four steps, where inclusion and exclusion criteria were defined.

Cathepsin C gene 5'-untranslated region mutation in papillon-lefèvre syndrome.

Background: Papillon-Lefèvre syndrome (PLS) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by palmoplantar keratoderma together with a severe form of generalized aggressive periodontitis and associated with mutations in cathepsin C gene (CTSC).

Objective: To investigate the clinical and mutational characteristics of 6 PLS patients from 4 unrelated Slovenian families.

Methods: CTSC mutational and functional analyses were performed.