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Dental News Volume XXIII, Number I, March, 2016 By  Dr. Saud A. Al-Anezi  BDS (Liverpool, UK), Doctorate in Orthodontics (Bristol, UK) Introduction An impacted tooth can be defined as a tooth with a delayed in eruption time or that are not expected to erupt completely based on clinical and radiographic assessment. 1 An impacted tooth in children is a major problem with potentially damaging sequelae such as, damage to the adjacent teeth and cystic formation. The prevalence of impacted maxillary canine is reported to be 1.5% 2 , however, the prevalence of impaction of the mandibular canine is much lower. 3,4 In one particular study, the incidence of mandibular canine impaction was shown to be 1.29% in 5022 individuals of a Turkish population sample. 5   Clinicians should suspect impaction if the canine is not palpable in the buccal sulcus by the age of 10–11 years, hence a full clinical examination and radiographic assessment are essential in order to locate t...

Daniel Robison   Case Western Reserve University Recording smart phone video “selfies” of tooth-brushing can help people learn to improve their oral health care techniques, according to a new study.  Using smart phones propped on stands, study participants filmed their brushing at home. Researchers saw an increase in the accuracy of brush strokes, an increase in number of strokes and an overall 8 percent improvement in tooth-brushing skill—but the length of time a person brushed did not change.  While most people have the ability, motivation and desire to brush their teeth properly, they often do not because of improper techniques—and opportunities to improve such skills can be few. “Often, tooth-brushing is learned and practiced without proper supervision,” said Lance T. Vernon, a senior instructor at the Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine and co-author of the study. “Changing tooth brushing behaviors—which are ingrained habi...

Dental News Volume XXIII, Number I, March, 2016 By  Soumaya Touzi 1 , Rim Kallala 1 , Faten Khanfir 2 , Mohamed Romdhane 1 ; Khalfi Mohamed Salah 2 , Faten Ben Amor 2 .                              1 : Department of Dental Anatomy of the Dentistry Clinic of Monastir, Tunisia; 2 : Department of General Anatomy of the Dentistry Clinic of Monastir, Tunisia. Key words Anatomy, maxillary second molar, morphology, root, canal Introduction One of the major causes of failure in endodontic treatment is the impossibility of locating and treating the entire root canal system, a result of the lack of knowledge regarding the dental, internal or external anatomy. 1 Maxillary molars are the teeth that contain the greatest number of roots, with diverse shapes and formations, which is why their internal canal sys...