We report on 4 new patients with acheiropodia (the handless and footless families of Brazil). This autosomal recessive condition involves all 4 limbs with a well-defined pattern of defects. Two of the patients described ...

Background: Non-Inflammatory Destructive Periodontal Disease (NIDPD), is a severe destructive periodontal disease, that is characterized by the attachment loss and alveolar bone loss, without signs of the gingival inflammation, ...

Stillman's cleft (Sc) is a mucogingival defect of traumatic etiology, which if left untreated could progress to a true gingival recession with esthetic consequences, hypersensitivity, carious and ...

The microwriting approach of the scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM) was adapted and optimized for the fabrication of extensive ordered arrays of gold microdisks deposited on conductive supports. This technique uses ...