A Comparison of the Accuracy of Maples and Rice and Newly Derived Formula for Age Estimation: A Forensic Study

Aims and objectives: The aim of the study was to study the physiological changes of teeth according to the Gustafson’s criteria by obtaining a new linear regression formula andcompare it with Maples and Rice formula for age estimation. Materials and methods: Total of 70 cases who visited the department of oral and maxillofacial surgery for extraction weretaken in the study for teeth collection and the age of the patients was noted. The following dental parameters were studied in each case; attrition, periodontal disease, cementum apposition, secondary dentine deposition, root translucency and root resorption. Total scores of different parameters were plotted against the total score were plotted and regression formula obtained and by the use of this formula ages were estimated. Maples and Rice formula was also applied in the same scores and ages estimated. Results: On comparing the means of both the calculated age and the actual age, it was observed that the difference between them was statistically significant except in the age group of > 70 years age group. On calculating the age mean error was found to be ± 4.52 and for Maples and Rice it was ± 6.43.&nbsp

Report of a Rare Case of Epitheliod Hemangioendothelioma in Tongue

Epitheloid hemangioendothelioma (EHE) is a rare vascular neoplasm of intermediate malignant potential. EHE commonly involves lungs, liver soft tissue, and bone. EHE is extremely rare in tongue and up to our best knowledge only nine cases of EHE of tongue reported in the literature. Clinicallyو EHE usually presents as an asymptomatic mass. Microscopically, EHE exhibits proliferation of epitheloid cells and spindle shaped endothelial cells. Epitheloid cells show cytoplasmic vacuoles with few cells containing RBCs. A 34-year-old male presented to our institution with the chief complain of swelling on the base of the tongue from eight months. Surgical excision was done. An extensive work up of immunohistochemistry was done using different markers including CD 31, CD 34, Ki 67, Factor VIII, and BCL2. Correlation of histopathology and immunohistochemistry confirmed the diagnosis of EHE. The follow up period of 2 years was uneventful

Self citation in scientific literature: a reviewer's perspective

[Cukurova Med J 2016; 41(3.000): 609-609

A simplified working classification for the soft tissue swellings of oral cavity

[Cukurova Med J 2016; 41(1.000): 198-199

A simplified working classification for the soft tissue swellings of oral cavity

[Cukurova Med J 2016; 41(1.000): 198-199