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  2. Malocclusion - Wikipedia

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    The ultimate goal of orthodontic treatment is to achieve a stable, functional and aesthetic alignment of teeth which serves to better the patient's dental and total health. [24] The symptoms which arise as a result of malocclusion derive from a deficiency in one or more of these categories.

  3. Failure of eruption of teeth - Wikipedia

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    Management of teeth with PFE can include extractions of affected teeth, followed by orthodontic space closure or placement of a prosthetic implant with a bone graft. This option can only be applied to a single tooth that is affected.

  4. Non-carious cervical lesions - Wikipedia

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    Non-carious cervical lesions on an incisor belonging to Australopithecus africanus. Arrows show the location of the lesions. Non-carious cervical lesions (NCCLs) are a group of lesions that are characterised by a loss of hard dental tissue at the cementoenamel junction (CEJ) region at the neck of the tooth, without the action of microorganisms or inflammatory processes. [1]

  5. Orthodontic indices - Wikipedia

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    Dental age 2 begins when stage 1 ended, ends with the eruption of first permanent tooth. Dental age 3 begins when stage 2 ended and ends with all the permanent central, lateral incisors and first permanent molar are in occlusion. Dental age 4 begins when stage 3 ended and ends with the eruption of any permanent canines or premolar.

  6. Classification of cleft lip and cleft palate - Wikipedia

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    In the LAHSHAL system, each column of the acronym is filled by a letter or symbol that confirms involvement of that part of the anatomy as well as the severity of the clefting: A capital letter means that anatomic feature was completely clefted; a lowercase letter means incomplete clefting; an asterisk (*) means minimal clefting (e.g., lesser ...

  7. Enamel hypoplasia - Wikipedia

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    Enamel hypoplasia is a risk factor for dental caries in children including early childhood caries (ECC), which continues to be a burden for many children. This association has been identified as significant and independent, and is believed that the formation of pits and missing enamel provides a suitable local environment for adhesion and ...

  8. Surgically assisted rapid palatal expansion - Wikipedia

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    In an earlier study published in 2008, [6] the same authors stated that about one-third of the transverse dental expansion obtained with SARPE is lost, however the skeletal expansion remains the same. They also stated that post-surgical relapse with SARPE was similar to the changes in dental arch dimensions after non-surgical rapid palatal ...

  9. Cracked tooth syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Cracked tooth syndrome could be considered a type of dental trauma and also one of the possible causes of dental pain.One definition of cracked tooth syndrome is "a fracture plane of unknown depth and direction passing through tooth structure that, if not already involving, may progress to communicate with the pulp and/or periodontal ligament."