There is little information regarding the fate of developing teeth in the line of maxillary fractures. This report describes such a case and the subsequent failure of eruption. Aberrant tooth ...

What is a Broken Jaw? A broken jaw is caused as a result of an injury or trauma to the jaw. It is a common form of facial injury and it may range from mild soft tissue damage to multiple fractures.

However, current research by researchers Zrounba and colleagues show that fracture of tooth-bearing portion of the mandible should no longer be treated as an emergency. This study, published in the ...

Fractures may occur easily in the mandible owing to its anatomical properties and this bone may account for as many as 70% of fractures occurring in the maxillofacial region. It is fairly prominent on ...

The interaction between genetics and tissue environment shapes how individual teeth form in different regions of the jaw. While most experimental studies have focused on mandibular (lower jaw) teeth, ...