ABSTRACT
The definite cause of temporomandibular joint (TMJ) ankylosis is still an unknown fact. TMJ ankylosis may result from, infection, trauma or insufficient surgical treatment of the mandibular condyle region. Different techniques have been described so far for the treatment of TMJ ankylosis, but no technique has successfully given uniform results. Relapse causing limited mouth opening, infection, open bite, reankylosis are the complications. Many authors agree that aggressive physiotherapy immediately after the surgical procedure, interpositional graft as spacer and wide bone resection are the basic principles in treating TMJ ankylosis. In this article, we discussed a case of unilateral TMJ ankylosis, in a 9-year-old boy, treated with the intre-positional gap arthroplasty with superficial temporalis fascia flap.
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Ankylosis/diagnosis , Ankylosis/surgery , Child , Fascia/transplantation , Humans , Male , Plastic Surgery Procedures/methods , Surgical Flaps , Temporal Muscle/transplantation , Temporomandibular Joint Disorders/diagnosis , Temporomandibular Joint Disorders/surgeryABSTRACT
Multiple impacted teeth of idiopathic origin are a rare dental anomaly. Various local and systemic causative factors have been implicated in the literature; however, it is unknown at present about the localization of the genetic defect in the phenotype of failure of eruption. Retained primary teeth is a well-known process, but multiple permanent and supernumerary teeth that too asymptomatic is surely a rare possibility. This article aims in to consolidate and organize the available information regarding the tooth eruption failure and to collaborate the current evidence with the report of three adult sibling’s cases of failure of eruption of multiple permanent teeth in a family without a known cause.