PURPOSE: Epidermoid and dermoid cysts are extremely rare developmental cysts of a benign nature, which may occur anyw…

This series provides an overview of current thinking in the more relevant areas of oral medicine for primary care prac…

Orofacial Pain is the field of dentistry devoted to the diagnosis and management of chronic, complex, facial pain and…

Study provides mechanistic support for validity of salivary diagnostics Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest for…

Oral Myiasis is a rare pathology in humans and is associated with poor oral hygiene, alcoholism, senility, supuranting…

Supernumerary teeth (ST) are uncommon alterations of development that may appear in either of the dental arches and t…

Focal epithelial hyperplasia (FEH) or Heck's disease is a rare contagious disease caused by human papillomavirus …

Candida species, which are a part of the human oral microbial flora, in particular Candida albicans, are the main etio…

Gemination is an anomaly in size, shape, and structure of the teeth. The primary dentition is more frequently affecte…

Tuberous sclerosis (TS) complex is an autosomal dominant disease with largely variable clinical manifestations. It…

Your patient today is 70-year-old Carl who has been in your practice for over 20 years and has maintained excellent h…

A recent U.S. study of almost 2,000 adult smokers has revealed that people who smoke a cigarette upon waking in the m…

Ionizing radiation causes damage to normal tissues located in the field of radiation. Oral mucositis may result from …

Apert syndrome is a rare type I acrocephalosyndactyly syndrome characterized by craniosynostosis, severe syndactyly o…

The etiology of odontogenic keratocyst tumor (KCOT) consists of the remnants of dental lamina (Philipsen, 1956). Matc…

The microbiota plays a critical role in the process of human carcinogenesis. Pancreatic head carcinoma (PHC)-associate…

Regional odontodysplasia (RO) is a rare tooth anomaly involving dental tissues of both ectodermal and mesodermal orig…