[GRANULOMAS, HYALURONIDASE ACTIVITY IN THE PERIODONTIUM AND DENTAL TISSUE].
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This study investigated how the absence of a ferrule affected the failure load of teeth that had been restored with bonded fiber posts and resin cores. There was a significant difference (p < 0.001) between the ferrule and nonferrule groups' load to failure. For the ferrule group, root fracture was the predominant mode of failure; in the nonferrule group, debonding failures were predominant.
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This investigation of modern human mandibular premolar root variation tests the hypothesis that population-specific mandibular single-rooted premolar root size can predict a predisposition to root morphological complexity. Mandibular postcanines were examined and quantified from dental radiographs in a globally spread sample of 1,615 modern humans. Multirooted premolars and a fused molar root phenotype were investigated as probes into greater than, and less than, the normative root number. Twelve questions were addressed concerning root structure of mandibular premolars and second molars. A direct correlation was found between single-rooted mandibular premolar size and the predisposition to multirootedness. This correlation infers the following: 1) that postcanine primordia size during root formation predisposes to the development of more, or less, than the normative postcanine root number; and 2) that the epigenetic effect of tooth primordium size per se influences the induction of interradicular processes, which divides the root during its development. This simple developmental model helps explain the following observations: 1) population-specific variation in postcanine root number; 2) sexual dimorphism for multirooted mandibular premolar prevalence; 3) why microdont teeth are single-rooted; 4) the hierarchy of developmental canalization of interradicular processes; 5) megadont-hominin to late-hominin mandibular premolar root number transition; and 6) the fluctuation of mandibular premolar root number in primate evolutionary history.
BACKGROUND: When faced with a furcated molar, today's clinician must decide between a number of treatment options, including root resection, tooth removal, and implant placement. This paper assesses the results in one private clinical practice of root resection and subsequent restoration or molar implant placement and subsequent restoration. Clinical considerations in treatment selection are discussed. METHODS: A retrospective analysis of treated patients was carried out by examining active and inactive patient charts. When patients had discontinued therapy, every effort was made to determine the reason for leaving the private practice, so as to assess the impact of previously undocumented treatment failure on the statistics in question. RESULTS: A total 701 root resected molars and 1,472 molar implants were evaluated after > or = 15 and 13 years in function, respectively. Resection of the distal root of a mandibular molar demonstrated the lowest success rate (75%). All other success rates for various root resected molars in function ranged from 95.2% to 100%. Lone standing implants in second molar positions demonstrated the lowest success rate (85%). All other implant use in molar positions demonstrated a success rate ranging from 97.0% to 98.6%. Root resected molars and molar implants demonstrated the highest degree of failure when they were lone standing terminal abutments. Seven out of 23 (30.4%) root resected molar failures, and 17 of 45 (37.8%) of the molar implant failures were associated with untreated parafunction. Cumulative success rates were 96.8% for root resected molars and 97.0% for molar implants. Success and failure are discussed by tooth and/or implant position, and resected root, where applicable. Possible ramifications of these findings upon treatment planning are also reviewed. CONCLUSIONS: Both molar root resection and appropriate restoration and molar implant placement and restoration demonstrated a high degree of success in function. However, this success rate is markedly affected when either the root resected molar or molar implant is a lone standing terminal abutment. Care must be taken to choose the appropriate treatment modality for a given patient scenario.
A 9-year-old girl with trauma to the maxillary right permanent central incisor is reported. Clinically the tooth appeared extruded with one third of the root visible. The radiographic examination revealed a root fracture. The extruded tooth was repositioned and splinted with a heavy wire and adhesive resin, after which a resorbable collagen tissue was placed to cover the buccal region. Subsequent to the injury, swelling was observed and the patient complained of pressure pain in the periapical region of the tooth with no response to electric pulp testing. It was treated successfully with periodontal therapy and endodontic therapy with Vitapex.
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The mechanism of root formation and tooth eruption is a complex process which is not fully understood. Prior to a tooth emerging into the oral cavity, root genesis is initiated by derivatives of the enamel organ. The dental follicle mediates an eruption pathway allowing for movement of the developing tooth in a coronal direction. As the tooth moves towards the oral cavity, root formation occurs passively in the resulting space. Failure of the enamel organ and dental follicle to properly coordinate may result in complications in the eruption process. This clinical report presents 3 cases of isolated, unerupted teeth with dysmorphology of the roots. The process of root development and tooth eruption is also briefly reviewed.
PURPOSE: To evaluate the failure patterns of teeth restored with both cast metal and fiber posts after fatigue cycling. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Thirty-five crownless human teeth subdivided into 5 groups were subjected to 2 x 106 100-N fatigue cycles at 8 Hz under 37 degrees C water. RESULTS: No root fatigue fractures were recorded. High microleakage values were found in specimens that survived fatigue. No statistically significant relationships were found for fatigue (P > .4), fracture strength (P > .8), and microleakage (P > .1). CONCLUSIONS: Cast-metal and fiber posts undergo insidious microscopic adhesive failures at similar levels. Increasing the post diameter and/or post stiffness could improve the core stabilization.
OBJECTIVE: To observe osteoclasts on the resorbing surface of human deciduous teeth. METHODS: After fixing the collected deciduous teeth, we prepared the tooth slices without decalcification, treated them with HE and TRAP dyestuff, and observed the osteoclasts under light and scanning electron microscope. RESULTS: There were large quantity of various forms of overlapping and huge osteoclasts with many nuclei and silk-like protuberances on the resorbing surface of deciduous teeth. The multinucleated osteoclasts align on the surface of coarse dentin. CONCLUSION: On the resorbing surface of human deciduous teeth there are large amount of osteoclasts which can be used as a source of studying human osteoclast.
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