An unusual case of acquired unilateral condylar hypoplasia.

A case is described of acquired unilateral condylar hypoplasia, in which the right condyle seemed to have been fractured at an early age. There is evidence to suggest that the unresorbed condylar remnant persisted in the glenoid fossa and that a new condylar head had developed anterior to the articular emminence. This 'new head' showed a carrot-shaped radiolucent wedge suggestive of the condylar growth cartilage and, clinically, exhibited some growth potential. A complex composite odontome present in place of the mandibular right third molar may also have been caused by this early trauma.     

Personal method for the surgical treatment of recessed gingiva]

The authors report their experience with a personal technique for the surgical treatment of gingival recessions. Their experience is based on operations upon 35 teeth. To avoid recurrences, the authors perform, on principle, the necessary vestibuloplasty, covering the wound surface with a full-thickness skin graft taken from the cheek, three weeks after the first intervention. The good results obtained permit to recommend this method.