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R Giorgetti

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Cranioectodermal dysplasia: a new patient with an inapparent, subtle phenotype.

Cranioectodermal dysplasia is a rare syndrome characterized by craniofacial and skeletal anomalies and ectodermal dysplasia. Life-threatening associated conditions (i.e., kidney failure and abnormal regulation of the parathyroid-bone axis) can also develop. We report a patient whose features are suggestive of an inapparent, subtle phenotype of the syndrome. The patient is a 4-year-old girl with only dolichocephaly and clinodactyly; microdontia, hypodontia, and taurodontia (i.e., cone-shaped teeth); anteverted nares, full cheeks, and everted lower lip; epicanthal folds, hypertelorism and hyperopia; and corpus callosum hypoplasia. She has no rhizomelic limb shortening or hair abnormalities. In view of the rarity of the cranioectodermal dysplasias, the variability of the phenotype, and the uncertain outcome of some previously described patients, we believe this inapparent, subtle case should reported to enable better understanding and treatment of this rare syndrome.

Bone and Bones↗
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[A case of growth retardation of rare occurrence].

The Authors describe an uncommon case of growth retardation; the clinical and radiological elements that the Authors to a diagnosis of spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia (SED) are noted; they compare this to other diagnosis of different types of growth retardation, they underline the necessity of taking these rare types into consideration before undergoing diagnostic procedures that would be costly both to the patient and society.

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[Stickler syndrome: maxillo-facial abnormalities].

A case of Stickler syndrome (hereditary arthro-ophthalmo-dystrophy) with maxillo-facial abnormalities and colon atresia is reported. The authors emphasize that in Stickler syndrome, (a chondrodystrophy with congenital alteration of type II collagen) the maxillofacial abnormalities are consecutive to prosencephalic neural crests dysneurulation, which caused mesethmoidal dysneurulation (and consequently of frontonasal-premaxillary structures); eye and colon abnormalities are consecutive to rhombo-mesencephalic neural crests dysneurulation. The Authors hypothesize that genic mutation, responsible of enzymatic deficiency of the neural crest multipotent cells, caused a morphogenetic alteration of the fronto-naso-philtral structures of the midface and of low face structures.

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Evaluation of biocompatibility of metallic dental materials in cell culture model.

Biocompatibility of metals for dental use was tested using a three-dimensional model consisting of oral keratinocytes cultured on de-epidermised sub-mucosa. The toxicity of orthodontic metallic wire and soldering material was assessed through parameters such as the morphology and growth rate of the keratinocytes, as well as by classical histology, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The sharp composition of metallic wires and soldering materials was assessed by Auger Electron Spectroscopy (AES). The results of our experiment showed that the new model revealed inhibition of keratinocyte growth and stratification near soldering material, whereas mucosal cells were able to grow and layer out on dental wire. It is concluded that this experimental model, which simulates the oral environment, is useful for studying the effects of materials for dental use for its sensibility and reproducibility. Moreover it can provide morpho-functional information which cannot be achieved by traditional methods.

Cell Culture Techniques↗
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[Biomechanical fundamentals in the use of the transpalatal bar and the lingual arch].

The Authors deal systematically with the transpalatal bar and lingual arch biomechanics. Particularly passive applications are distinguished from active ones. The Authors propose a classification of active applications based on the activation order (first, second, third), on the kind of biomechanics of the system (statically determinate or indeterminate) and on the symmetry or asymmetry of the activation. Every group of this classification is then analysed in detail.

Biomechanical Phenomena↗
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[Nasal respiratory stenosis and maxillary hypoplasia. Changes after orthodontic treatment with rapid palatal expansion].

The relationship between hypoplasia of the upper maxillary bone and nasal respiratory insufficiency in a group of twenty infants with malocclusion being treated by rapid maxillary expansion (RME) were studied. Prior to treatment all patients presented endognatia with discrepancies of from -4 to -7 mm in the transverse basal skeleton. These were often associated with adenoid hypertrophy (70% of the cases), increased total nasal resistance (70%), oral respiration (80%) and middle ear diseases (30%). RME led to resolution of occlusion alterations in all cases and often also brought about a regression in adenoid hypertrophy (57% of the cases), normalization of the total nasal resistance (70%) and respiration (80%). These effects were achieved alone without association with any other form of medical or surgical E.N.T. treatment. The functional results confirmed by the radiological and clinical findings indicate an increase in the diameters of the nasal fossa and in the distance between the canines, between premolars and between molars as well as reduction in adenoid vegetation and in the diffuse hypertrophic tissues lining the naso-pharyngeal space. Nonetheless, hypoplasia of the upper maxillary bone and nasal respiratory insufficiency remain strictly linked and are bound to a variable, and at times uncertain, cause-effect relationship. Is nasal stenosis the moving force of maxillary-mandibular dysmorphism and gnatological dysfunction or does it result from an overall genetic conditioning of facial skeleton development? During their vast experience in adenoid and metadenoid pathologies in infancy the authors have, at times, observed significant maxillo-facial dysmorphisms. They have likewise found that "facies adenoidea" were not always associated with hypertrophy of the pharyngeal tonsil.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

Adolescent↗
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[The carpal index].

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Carpal Bones↗