Ankyloglossia Back to Basics

  

  K. Vellatha , MythiliSwaminathan , S. Rajasekar

 Abstract

The advent of the new century is marked by newer diagnostic techniques and treatment modalities that facilitate easier and quicker diagnosis, thereby improving patient care and treatment. The tongue is an accessory organ of importance in deglutition, mastication, and speech. It also exerts influence on dental occlusion, growth, and facial form. Ankyloglossia, commonly known as tongue tie, results from the frenulum (the membrane under the tongue) extending further than usual towards the tip of the tongue. In this condition, the frenum is short, thick, and fibrosed. The tongue tie interferes with tongue function, causing decreased tongue mobility, poor breastfeeding in infants, difficulty in eating/drinking, speech disorders such as stuttering, lisping, and retardation in speech, malocclusion, and gingival recession. To achieve release of ankyloglossia, several surgical procedures such as frenectomy and frenotomy have been used. Presented here is a case report of ankyloglossia and its surgical management in a 24-year-old male patient. ...Read More >>

 Calcifying Epithelial Odontogenic Cyst - Case Report and Literature Review

  

  N. Malathi , Gheena S. , H. Thamizhchelvan , N. Nandakumar

 Abstract

The Calcifying Epithelial Odontogenic Cyst has several variants, including features of a benign odontogenic tumor. This report highlights a case of CEOC that occurred in the right maxillary region along with a literature review. Fluorescent microscopic examination of Alizarin red-stained sections revealed that the calcifications in the cyst lining exhibited fluorescence. ...Read More >>

 Management of Trauma to Anterior Teeth with Mid Apical Root Fracture - A Case Report

  

  Gowthaman M. , Vinola D.

 Abstract

A variety of traumatic conditions such as falling and blows can cause dental trauma at an approximate rate of 20-60% to the facial region. Root fractures are relatively uncommon, comprising only 0.5-7% of all dental injuries in permanent dentition. The most common age range for root fractures involving the permanent dentition in children is between 11 and 20, with 75% affecting maxillary central incisors. Root fractures often present clinically as a slightly extruded tooth, often lingually displaced. The most common location of a root fracture is in the middle third of the root (57%), followed by the apical (34%) and coronal parts (9%). Without radiographic examination, it is usually impossible to distinguish between displacement due to a luxation injury versus a root fracture. ...Read More >>

 Get Ready - The Infants are Coming

  

  A. L. MeenakshiSundaram ,

 Abstract

As the reduction of caries in the patient population continues, dentists scramble to keep their practices busy and attract new patients. For many, the strategy has been to lower fees, join dental panels, offer capitation plans, and place bigger and bolder newspaper ads. Unfortunately, dentists frequently overlook a potential source of patients who already exist in their practices - the infant patient. ...Read More >>

 Osteoma of the Mandible - A Case Report with Review of Literature

  

  S. Murali , B. Sekar , Dominic Augustine

 Abstract

Osteomas of the jaws are rare osteogenic lesions considered to be true neoplasms, characterized by the formation of compact and/or cancellous bone. They can be central, peripheral, or of an extraskeletal type. The central osteoma arises from the endosteum, the peripheral osteoma from the periosteum, and the extraskeletal soft tissue osteoma usually develops within a muscle. With such a low number of cases of central osteoma reported, the objective of the present report is to describe a case of central osteoma affecting the mandible of a 30-year-old female with characteristic features. ...Read More >>