Bilateral Incisiform Superlative Maxillary Permanent Lateral Incisors in a Nonsyndromic Young Girl: A Review and Report of a Case with Comprehensive Management.

Aim And Objective: This case report aims to describe the management of a case of non-syndromic bilateral incisiform superlative lateral incisors in a young girl.

Background: Supernumerary teeth are an excess number of teeth as compared to the normal dental formula. Supernumerary teeth closely resembling normal tooth shape and morphology are called superlative tooth.

Applicability of new proposed novel tooth numbering system for primary teeth: An observational study.

Objective: The aim of the present study was to check the reliability and applicability of new proposed tooth numbering system (TNS) for primary teeth that will aid the dentist to overcome the disadvantages of existing TNS and enable to note the primary teeth in an easier and more precise way.

Study Design: This observational questionnaire survey was conducted in an institution consisting 11 questions in English format. Four hundred samples were randomly selected which included under graduates, postgraduates, and faculty.

Assessment of postoperative discomfort and nerve injuries after surgical removal of mandibular third molar: A prospective study.

Introduction: The surgical removal of mandibular third molar (M3) teeth may result in a number of complications including pain, swelling, bleeding, alveolar osteitis or nerve dysfunction. Most of these problems are temporary, but in some cases, nerve paresthesia may become permanent and lead to functional problems.

Aims And Objectives: This study aims at measuring the clinical severity of pain, swelling, muscle trismus, infection, dry socket and any nerve injury-related paresthesia after surgical removal of M3.

Cognitive Ability as a Determinant of Socioeconomic and Oral Health Status among Adolescent College Students of Bengaluru, India.

Introduction: Levels of oral health and economic status are unequally distributed throughout the population. Inequality has multiple causes and that the effect of Socio Economic Status (SES) and demographic factors, on oral health is mediated through several factors. Association between cognitive ability and oral health had been demonstrated in older age groups but adolescents and younger adults have received relatively little attention in this field.

A quantitative analysis of mast cells in inflammatory periapical and gingival lesions.

Aim: The aim of the study was to quantify the presence of mast cells in various inflammatory lesions like periapical granuloma, periapical cyst, inflammatory gingival hyperplasia and pyogenic granuloma. Mast cell degranulation and association with lymphocytes were also recorded in an attempt to understand the role of mast cells in the pathogenesis of these inflammatory lesions.

Materials And Methods: The quantification of mast cells was done on toluidine blue stained sections of all the four groups of lesions, using the image analyzer software, Image-Pro-Express (Media Cybernetics, USA).

Lesch-Nyhan syndrome: a case report.

Lesch-Nyhan syndrome, a rare inborn error of metabolism, is characterized by mental retardation and self-destructive behavior resulting in self-mutilation through biting and scratching. It is a rare anomaly consisting of deficiency in the production of hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase that leads to the overproduction of purine and accumulation of uric acid. No medical treatment exists to alleviate the symptoms of self-mutilation where direct dental intervention is the only way these behavior can be affected.