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Primary failure of eruption: a possible cause of posterior open-bite.

Failure of posterior teeth to erupt fully into occlusal contact produces a lateral open-bite. These problems usually are attributed to a mechanical interference with the eruptive process, either ankylosis or some soft-tissue interference. In some patients, lateral open-bite is due to a disturbance of the eruption mechanism itself so that nonankylosed teeth cease to erupt. Influences on the eruption of teeth are reviewed, and possible causes of "primary failure of eruption" are discussed. The limitations of treatment for patients with eruption failure are described and illustrated by case reports.

Adolescent↗

Radiographic examination of edentulous mouths.

Many dentists routinely make radiographs of edentulous patients who request replacement dentures. In the American Dental Associations' Guide to Dental Health, the public is informed that "an x-ray examination is performed only when necessary, not as a routine procedure, and only when the dentist believes such an examination will benefit your health." In light of the changing patterns of the incidence of disease and the cumulative effects of radiation exposure, a study was made of 300 edentulous ridges of dental patients. The study was confined to patients who were treated elsewhere with maxillary and mandibular dentures and who requested new dentures. Patients who had some clinically apparent finding that required radiographic investigation were excluded from the study. Only one impacted tooth that required extraction was found. The diagnosis of edentulous patients seeking treatment with replacement dentures should include a thorough patient history and clinical examination. When radiographs are indicated, they should be made but their routine use in such patients should be discouraged.

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Compound and complex odontomas.

One hundred forty-nine cases of odontoma were reviewed: sixty-five cases were accepted from the literature, and eighty-four additional cases were included from the files of the Pathology Department of the Emory University School of Dentistry. The cases were combined and analyzed together. Odontomas are most often diagnosed in the second decade of life. Sixty-five per cent of all odontomas occur in the maxilla. Compound odontomas are more common in the anterior maxilla, whereas complex odontomas occur more frequently in the posterior jaws. A slight predominance in males was seen. The most common presenting symptom was an impacted tooth with retention of deciduous teeth.

Adolescent↗

Oral findings in the autoimmune polyendocrinopathy-candidosis syndrome (APECS) and other forms of hypoparathyroidism.

Of twenty-eight patients aged 4 to 28 years with the autoimmune polyendocrinopathy-candidosis syndrome (APECS), twenty-seven had chronic oral candidosis, twenty-five had HPT, twenty-three had enamel hypoplasia, and nineteen had hypoadrenocorticism. Of three patients with other forms of hypoparathyroidism, none had any associated disease or oral abnormality. In nineteen cases candidosis was the first manifestation of APECS. Its occurrence was independent of the other components of the syndrome. The occurrence of enamel hypoplasia also was independent of HPT. Possibly, the enamel organ was affected by an autoimmune episode. No delayed maturation, resorption, or root hypoplasia was observed. Tooth impaction occurred in three patients.

Adolescent↗