Myiasis is a pathologic condition in humans occurring because of parasitic infestation. Parasites causing myiasis belong to the order Diptera. Oral myiasis is seen secondary to oral wounds, suppurative lesions, and extraction wounds, especially in individuals with neurological deficit. In such cases, neglected oral hygiene and halitosis attracts the flies to lay eggs in oral wounds resulting in oral myiasis. We present a case of oral myiasis in 40-year-old male patient with mental disability and history of epilepsy.

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The term Scheuthauer-Marie-Sainton syndrome is also known as cleidocranial dysplasia or cleidocranial dystosis and is derived from ancient greek words cleido (collar bone), knanion (head) and dysplasia (abnormal formation). It is an uncommon but well known genetic skeletal condition and an autosomal dominant malformation affecting bones and teeth. The most common skeletal and dental abnormalities in affected individuals are hypoplastic/ aplastic clavicles, open frontanelles, short stature, retention of primary teeth, delayed eruption of permanent teeth, supernumerary teeth and multiple impacted teeth. Affected person have a characteristic facial appearance with a bulky forehead, hypertelorism and midfacial hypoplasia. General health is usually good and the intellect is unimpaired. This article describes clinical and radiographic features of Scheuthauer-Marie-Sainton syndrome in a 29 years old male patient

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Background: In completely edentulous patients, it is necessary to replace the teeth with at most esthetics and comfort with less patient strain. Aim: The current retrospective study was done to find the relationship between the intercondylar distance and intercanine distance of the mandible by obtaining the ratio using an orthopantomogram (OPG) for lower anterior teeth selection in completely edentulous patients. Materials and Methods: The OPG of 500 subjects was selected randomly. The OPGs were taken using the Sirona Orthophos XG machine and exposed for 14.1 s at 64 kvp, 8 mA. Then, the intercondylar distance and mandibular intercanine distance were measured from the soft copy of the OPG using the software “Sidexis.” The required measurements were taken digitally from the OPG using the software “Sidexis” in millimeters (mm). The SPSS software version 22.0 was used for statistical analysis. Results: Pearson correlation coefficients (r) displayed a significant positive association between the intercondylar distance and intercanine distance of the mandible (r = 0.42; P = 0.0002). The correlation between intercondylar width and mandibular intercanine width was significant and positive for men (r = 0.26, P = 0.0003) but negative for women (r = −0.41, P = 0.0001). The ratio between the mean intercondylar width and the mean intercanine width was 1:4.90. Conclusion: The mandibular intercanine distance and the intercondylar distance have a positive and significant association. The ratio obtained in this study was 1:4.90 between the mandibular intercanine distance and the intercondylar distance that could be employed for the choice of mandibular anterior teeth.