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Fulltext A rare case report of bilateral maxillary canine

Nerali, J., Telang, A., Chakravarthy, P.V.K., Telang, L. A.

Ann Dent, 2012;19(1):24-27.
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Tooth transposition is a rare developmental anomaly
affecting less than 1% of the population. The
permanent maxillary canine and 1st premolar are the
most commonly affected teeth. Bilateral maxillary
canine-1st premolar transpositions are extremely rare
with only a handful of cases being reported in the
literature. We report one such case of bilateral
maxillary canine-1st premolar transposition in a 28
year old Malaysian female which was associated with
other dental anomalies.
Fulltext Cracked tooth: a report of two cases and role of cone beam computed tomography in diagnosis

Kalyan Chakravarthy PV, Telang LA, Nerali J, Telang A

Case Rep Dent, 2012;2012:525364.
PMID: 23198164 DOI: 10.1155/2012/525364

Cracked tooth is a distinct type of longitudinal tooth fracture which occurs very commonly and its diagnosis can be challenging. This type of fracture tends to grow and change over time. Clinical diagnosis is difficult because the signs and symptoms are variable or nonspecific and may even resemble post-treatment disease following root canal treatment or periodontal disease. This variety and unpredictability make the cracked tooth a challenging diagnostic entity. The use of cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) in diagnosis of complex endodontic cases has been well documented in the literature. In this paper we present two cases of cracked tooth and emphasise on the timely use of cone beam computed tomography as an aid in diagnosis and as a prognostic determinant.
Fulltext Tori in a Malaysian population: Morphological and ethnic variations

Telang LA, Telang A, Nerali J, Pradeep P

J Forensic Dent Sci, 2020 01 24;11(2):107-112.
PMID: 32082047 DOI: 10.4103/jfo.jfds_66_19

Aim: Tori are nonneoplastic self-limiting, bony exostosis that are commonly called torus palatinus (TP) when seen on the hard palate and termed torus mandibularis (TM) when seen on the lingual surface of the mandible. These lesions have long been known to anthropologists and have mostly been identified incidentally during routine dental examinations. The prevalence of tori varies in different populations from 0.0% to 66% for TP and between 0.1% and 63.4% for TM. The exact etiology is still unclear, but the most accepted theory today is 30% attributed to genetics and 70% to environmental factors. Hence, the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of tori and study their morphology among various ethnic groups of a Malaysian population.
Materials and Methods: A ross-sectional study was conducted involving the screening of patients that reported to the oral medicine clinics over a 2-year period. Age, gender, ethnicity, morphological variations in shape and size, number, and location of tori were recorded in all positive cases.
Results: Fourteen percent of individuals (n = 624) among the total 4443 who were screened were found to have either palatine tori, mandibular tori, or both. The prevalence of PT and MT was 10.8% and 0.9%, respectively. Tori were found in people in the age range of 5-85 years, with the maximum in the age range of 20-29 years (24.7%). The male-to-female ratio for PT and MT was 1:1.4 and 1:0.68, respectively. The morphologic shapes of palatine tori that were observed were flat (10%), spindle (10%), linear (15%), and nodular (59%) with up to six lobules. Mandibular tori were located either unilaterally or bilaterally; they were nodular in shape (89%) and/or band like (15%), with the band-like shape being described for the first time. Size variations ranging from 0.5 to 5 cm were observed.
Conclusion: The relatively high prevalence of tori among major ethnic groups of this region supports the probable hypothesis of the role of environmental factors. A wide variation in the morphology was also noted, along with a new morphologic variant of band-like TM, which may be due to the influence of diet or an unknown environmental factor.

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