Results: 3

Are Environmental Factors Effective in Congenitally Missing Teeth? A Multicenter Study

Abstract Objective: To examine the prevalence of congenital absence of permanent teeth other than third molar teeth in non-syndromic children in the Black Sea and Mediterranean Regions of Turkey, and the correlation between gender and distribution sites in the jaws. Material and Methods: Panoramic radi...

"Maxillary lateral incisor partial anodontia sequence": a clinical entity with epigenetic origin

ABSTRACT The relationship between maxillary lateral incisor anodontia and the palatal displacement of unerupted maxillary canines cannot be considered as a multiple tooth abnormality with defined genetic etiology in order to be regarded as a "syndrome". Neither were the involved genes identified and loca...

Facial biotype and mandibular growth adaptation in maxillary lateral incisors agenesis

Int. j. morphol; 32 (3), 2014
To verify the eventual relationship between maxillary lateral incisor agenesis (MLIA) and one of the clinically established facial biotypes. The analysis was performed in and between 3 groups: individuals with MLIA, their relatives and a control population defined as "normal" or unaffected. Among these, ...