(1) Examination under anaesthesia and circumcision revealed a large ulcer on the ventral aspect of the penis around the fraenum.
(2) The author has reviewed the literature and discusses the morphological variation of the lingual fraenum.
(3) The authors used the technique of Z-palsty in the surgical treatment of hypertrophy of the superior labial fraenum.
(4) The position of the mandibular labial fraenum was relatively unimportant to plaque and mandibular gingivitis, but anterior fraenal attachment in the maxilla appeared to affect the retention of plaque and the degree of gingivitis.
(5) A 12 year old female with an anomaly of the lingual fraenum, hypodontia of the lower incisors and defective fingers and toes was referred to our clinic.
(6) They consider that this operation is indicated when there is hypertrophy of the fraenum with a low insertion, associated with an inter-incisor diastema, and that the lateral incisors have appeared without causing the diastema to disappear.
Frenum
Definition:
(n.) A connecting fold of membrane serving to support or restrain any part; as, the fraenum of the tongue.
(n.) A cheek stripe of color.
(n.) Same as Fraenum.
Example Sentences:
(1) The authors report their experience of the reconstruction by z-plasty in cases of shortness of the lip frenum.
(2) All had been peridontally treated prior to frenum surgery.
(3) The most common locations were upper lip, lingual frenum, dorsum of the tongue, and lower lip.
(4) The primary factors contributing to maxillary diastema appear to be degree of spacing or crowding in most cases, the specific types of sutures and frenum making a minor contribution.
(5) In the management of diastema verum associated with persistent labial frenum it is important to distinguish, on the basis of clinical testing, between a normal and abnormal labial frenum.
(6) Attached gingiva's integrity was studied with the aid of fluorescein angiography and a standardized frenal tension test in 15 subjects aged between 19 and 41 years (9 female, 6 male) with mucogingival pathology in the region of the mandibular labial frenum.
(7) In contrast to hypertrophy of the superior labial frenum, there is no relation to orthodontic problems.
(8) Stone casts from rubber base impressions in individual trays were used to measure the differences in frenum insertion before surgery and 2, 12, 26 and 52 weeks afterwards.
(9) Laying the strain gauge on the design areas of palatal base and frenum labiorum of complete dentures and simulating the different shapes of notch of frenums by the photoelastic mould.
(10) From the analysis of histories, dental casts, and cephalograms of 471 children of the Burlington Growth Centre sample, interrelationships between the degree of spacing, crowding, diastema and frenum and suture type were derived and the following conclusions were drawn: 1.
(11) There were no muscle fibers in any of the frenum sections except the autopsy specimens, where it was seen in the vestibular tissue but not in the frenum proper.
(12) Suture type remains more constant through development than frenum type.
(13) Dental specialists are frequently confronted with the task of attempting to determine whether a cause and effect relationship exists between a short or restricting lingual frenum (ankyloglossia or tongue-tie) and a specific oral motor dysfunction.
(14) In other cases, facial injuries, including damage to the frenum and teeth in addition to the face, may point to nonaccidental injury if the history corroborates this condition.
(15) Possible hypoxic damage of the periodontium by tension of frenum is discussed.
(16) This report will discuss alveoplasty, Vestibuloplasty, Fibrous Tuberosity Reduction, Denture Fibrosis, Tori and Exostosis, Labial and Lingual Frenum and Oro-Antral Opening (Table 1).
(17) The fluorescein angiographs of the attached gingiva of 10 out of 12 subjects showed distinct areas of ischaemia which were clinically not discernible when standardized tensions of 100 g or 200 g tensions were exerted on the mandibular frenum.
(18) The surgical methods, each carried out in 10 cases, consisted of frenum excision, vestibular extension of Z-plasty.
(19) A hypertrophic superior labial frenum rather seems to be a consequence than a cause of a median diastema.
(20) Our experimental studies in young rats represent an attempt to elucidate the respective roles of the lateral pterygoid muscle (LPM), the temporomandibular frenum (TMF), and the postural hyperpropulsor (Hp) in the control of the growth rate, the growth direction, and the growth amount of the condylar cartilage.