Amino Acid profile in oral submucous fibrosis: a high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) study.

Background: Collagen is a significant structural protein, the integrity of which is essential to be maintained for proper homeostasis. Oral submucous fibrosis (OSMF), being a collagen metabolic disorder, may be subject to changes in amino acid profiling.

Aim: The present study was attempted to evaluate the amino acid profile to assess its feasibility as a biological marker in OSMF.

Surgical management of AN inverted AND impacted maxillary central incisor - case report.

Impacted maxillary permanent central incisor is not a frequently reported case in our dental practice. Dilaceration is one of the causes of failure of eruption of permanent maxillary incisor. It is a developmental anomaly of the form of a tooth that commonly occurs in permanent incisors .