The case of an unusual presentation of PG in a paediatric patient is described. A 6-year-old girl was referred, on an urgent basis, by her General Dental Practitioner (GDP) to the Paediatric Dentistry...

Premature loss of primary teeth can occur for a number of reasons, such as dental caries, trauma and ectopic eruption of permanent teeth.2,7 The effects on the permanent dentition can potentiate or...

A 3-year-old boy, AL, was referred to the Unit of Paediatric Dentistry, at the University Dental Hospital Cardiff, by a consultant oral surgeon regarding recurrent buccal swellings in the region of...

A 4-year-old Asian girl was referred to a paediatric dentistry clinic by a general dentist for management of an atypically increased primate space in the mandible on the right side. The patient was an...

As long ago as 1891, a mixture of nitric acid and amalgam scraps was used to inhibit caries progression.7 This silver nitrate solution was popularized by Howe who used it to arrest caries among...

Three paediatric patients diagnosed with DMH were treated at the IPS CES Sabaneta Clinic (Colombia). The biological parents provided signed informed consent, and were administered a structured...

A 12-year-old boy attended the Department of Paediatric Dentistry for assessment of his discoloured teeth. He was fit and well. He did not like the appearance of his front teeth and, for that reason,...

Some definitions and their corresponding acronyms start this section: Non-Restorative Cavity Treatment (NRCT) is a non-restorative method of controlling dentine lesions. It sits alongside...

This unusual presentation was of a 15-month-old male who was admitted to Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children (GOSH). He presented with a right unilateral facial and neck swelling of rapid onset...

Orofacial granulomatosis was first described in 1985 by Weisenfeld et al, who reported 60 cases presenting with lymphoedema and the presence of multiple non-caseating giant cell granulomatous...

Historically, a collection of terms and definitions have been used to describe various developmental defects of the enamel (DDEs). DDEs are classified as demarcated opacities, diffuse opacities and...

The aetiology of speech disorders is complex and multifactorial, however, it is well documented that the development of speech and speech disorders have a genetic component. Four chromosomal regions...

Dens evaginatus is much more common in the East Asian ethnic group populations, such as the Chinese, Thai, Japanese and Indian populations (Neo-Asiatics group) and the Indonesian-Malay populations...

The atraumatic/alternative restorative technique (ART) has been endorsed by the World Health Organization as a means of restoring and preventing caries in populations with little access to traditional...

Lichen planus is a chronic inflammatory mucocutaneous disease. It commonly involves the oral mucosa but other extra-oral sites may be affected including the skin, scalp, genital area and the nails....