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Electromyography is the recording and analysis of the electrical potentials of the muscle. Man has always been curious to know about his body and the surroundings. This led the mankind through many path breaking inventions that made human life easy. Much research has been done and documented in the field of bioelectricity which led to the present day electrodiagnostic procedures. .EMG as a diagnostic tool is a boon to the field of medicine. It plays a major and important role in different aspects of clinical medicine and dentistry. Hence an attempt has been made here to review the literature to acquaint the reader with history and invention of EMG and subsequent developments in that field. The literature on EMG in clinical medicine (part 1) and dentistry in general and orthodontics in particular (part 2) has been reviewed analytically.
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Correction of anterior cross bite by jumping over the bite is challenging to an orthodontist. This new technique describes a rapid bite raiser for intrusion of anterior teeth in crossbite.
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Background: Consanguinity describes a relationship between two people who share an ancestor, or share blood. These consanguineous marriages are a major risk to the health of offsprings till the extent that they can cause various craniofacial abnormalities, orofacial pigmentations and other abnormal birth defects. We conducted a study on patients visiting a dental college in North India to accesses the possible deleterious effects of consanguineous marriages on oral and craniofacial structures. Methodology: The study group comprised of all the patients visiting outpatient department of Kotiwal Dental college and Research centre, Moradabad in North India from March 2009 to February 2010. 200 patients showed positive history of consanguinity. They were carefully evaluated and all the diagnostic information was noted. Results: 66 out of 200 patients had systemic disorders like cardiovascular, pulmonary and renal disturbances. 56 patients had orofacial manifestations like orofacial pigmentations, craniofacial syndromes and occlusal abnormalities with or without systemic disorders. Conclusion:The prevalence of consanguineous marriages is still high. Consanguineous marriages are a major risk to the health of offsprings till the extent that they can cause various craniofacial abnormalities, orofacial pigmentations and other abnormal birth defects. They increase the autosomal recessive conditions through the expression of recessive deleterious alleles, especially in the offspring of first degree cousins
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Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome is a triad of congenital anomalies characterized by nevus flammeus, varicosities, and unilateral bony and soft tissue hypertrophy. Orofacial manifestations include facial asymmetry, jaw enlargement, and malocclusions as well as premature tooth eruption. Presented here is an illustrative report of Klippel Trenaunay syndrome in a 30 year old male patient showing all the characteristic findings.