Shaik Abdul Cader

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Tongue tie otherwise called as Ankyloglossia is a developmental anomaly commonly characterized by a very short lingual frenulum that literally restricts the movements of tongue from the floor of mouth. An uncommon thick band extending beneath the ventral surface of tongue to floor of the mouth. This represents a uncommon length of the lingual frenulum. This causes problems in daily life of the person who was affected with the following difficulties of speech, deglutition, poor oral hygiene etc. This article reports a 19 year college going guy came to the department with the complaint of difficulty in speech and poor oral hygiene. The case was successfully treated with a soft tissue diode laser and followed up. Keywords: Lingual frenulum, Tongue tie, Ankyloglossia, Soft tissue diode laser

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Aims and Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine the clinical effect of Concentrated Growth Factor (CGF) in combination with Coronally Advanced Flap (CAF) compared to CAF alone in the treatment of adjacent multiple Miller’s Class I GRs. Materials and Methods: A total of 10 patients with Class I Miller’s recession were randomly assigned by a coin toss method as Group I which received Coronally Advanced Flap alone (CAF) and Group II which received Coronally Advanced Flap (CAF) with Concentrated Growth Factor (CGF). The clinical parameters such as, Recession Height (RH), Recession Width (RW), Probing Pocket Depth (PPD), Clinical Attachment Level (CAL), Keratinized Tissue Width (KTW) and Thickness of Keratinized Tissue (TKT) were measured at baseline and 3 months postoperatively. The Mean Root Coverage (MRC), Complete Root Coverage (CRC) and Root coverage Esthetic Score (RES) were measured after 3 months postoperatively. Results: Statistically significant difference in RH, RW, CAL, KTW, TKT, MRC and RES were observed on comparison of Group I and Group II at 3 months. On comparison, of Group I and Group II, no statistically significant difference was seen in PPD and CRC between the groups at 3 months. Conclusion: The present study indicates that CAF with a CGF proved to be superior. The KTW and TKT augmentation might improve the long-term predictability of the root coverage procedures, hence the use of CGF combined with CAF, diminishes post-surgical relapse and thus providing long-term stability. Keywords: Concentrated growth factor, Gingival recession, Coronally advanced flap

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Concentrated growth factor is a recent regenerative tool in the field of periodontics and dentistry which consists of numerous amount of growth factors entrapped in a thick fibrin mesh derived from centrifuging the autologous blood in various speed. It has the ability to regenerate both soft and hard tissues. It is an effective, economical, biocompatible and resorbable biomaterial. Keywords: Concentrated growth factor, Growth factors, Autologous platelet concentrates.

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The main role of the teeth is aesthetics, phonetics and chewing function. A missing tooth could lead to disharmony in the tooth. Wisdom teeth are often lost for a variety of reasons. Here we present a case of bilateral maxillary lateral incisor missing with no known cause that was replaced with dental implants and crowns followed by orthodontic treatment.   Keywords: Maxilla, Bilateral development, Lateral incisors, Aesthetics, Orthodontics, Implants

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