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Vitamin D is key to the musculoskeletal system. Its deficiency can arise from lack of exposure to sunlight and through dietary insufficiency. This can have an impact upon the oral health of an individual, including resulting in chronological hypoplasia enamel defects. Enamel hypoplasia is a quantitative defect in the enamel, presenting as pits, grooves, missing enamel or smaller teeth. The management of these defects can present a challenge to the dentist. This paper outlines the oral manifestations of vitamin D deficiency in the permanent dentition and the treatment modalities used in their management.Falls are a serious issue that occur mainly among older people. Due to an increasingly ageing population, worldwide, dental surgeons will very likely see patients who either have suffered or are at risk of a fall. In addition, other at-risk patient groups may visit dental surgeons, such as paediatric, special care or medically compromised patients - the latter suffering neurological or movement disorders, sensory impairments, and cardiorespiratory and bone or joint diseases. Patients at risk of falls may also be at risk of medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw (MRONJ); further challenges for the dental surgeon include transfer to the dental chair and the provision of sedation or general anaesthesia. While falls could cause dental and maxillofacial trauma, emerging evidence suggests dental health could also be an independent risk factor for falls; therefore, dental surgeons may have a role in preventing falls. NICE and Public Health England (PHE) both recommend that all healthcare professionals caring for at-risk patients should maintain a basic knowledge of falls and be able to advise on falls prevention.The 20-year anniversary of the implementation of NICE TA1 - Guidance on the Extraction of Wisdom Teeth - arrived in March 2020. Since its implementation, impaction of erupted or partially erupted mandibular third molars and the associated increased caries risk in second molars has been a topic widely debated in both general practice and hospital settings. This has led to significant variation in the management observed. Radiographic examination of carious second molars with an associated impacted third molar is not routine and is commonly a coincidental finding following routine bitewing examination in an otherwise symptom-free, healthy mouth. Caries in mandibular second molars is a clear oversight in NICE guidance, with management decisions influenced by personal philosophy, clinical judgement and experience. NICE guidance is exactly that; guidance, an aid to help our and the patient's decision-making. Consideration should be given to caries risk assessment and the judicious use of radiographs as well as clinical expertise, taking account of patient values on a case-by-case basis when deciding if teeth should be kept or removed.The coronavirus (COVID-19) has challenged health professions and systems and has evoked different speeds of reaction and types of response around the world. The role of dental professionals in preventing the transmission of COVID-19 is critically important. While all routine dental care has been suspended in countries experiencing COVID-19 disease during the period of pandemic, the need for organised urgent care delivered by teams provided with appropriate personal protective equipment takes priority. Dental professionals can also contribute to medical care. Major and rapid reorganisation of both clinical and support services is not straightforward. Dental professionals felt a moral duty to reduce routine care for fear of spreading COVID-19 among their patients and beyond, but were understandably concerned about the financial consequences. Amidst the explosion of information available online and through social media, it is difficult to identify reliable research evidence and guidance, but moral decisions must be made.Cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy (CADASIL) is a hereditary cerebral small vessel disease caused by NOTCH3, and characterized by recurrent cerebral ischemic events without vascular risk factors, mood disturbance, and dementia. MRI testing shows cerebral white matter hyperintensities, especially in the external capsule and temporal pole. Typical mutations are cysteine-related missense ones located in one of 34 EGF-like repeats (EGFr) in the NOTCH3 receptor. To identify genotype-phenotype correlations, 179 Japanese CADASIL probands were recruited. Of the 68 mutations identified, p.Cys388Arg, p.Cys435Phe, p.Gly481Cys, p.Cys743Tyr, and p.Cys1009Phe were novel ones. The genotype-phenotype correlation was analyzed based on the three most common mutations p.Arg75Pro, p.Arg141Cys, and p.Arg182Cys. p.Arg141Cys showed typical CADASIL phenotypes, whereas p.Arg75Pro showed mild and atypical phenotypes, a low frequency of stroke/TIA, high frequency of hypertension, and low frequency of temporal pole lesions. p.Arg182Cys showed various initial symptoms other than stroke/TIA. Subsequently, we analyzed the effect of the mutation location on the age at onset of stroke/TIA. We found that mutations in EGFr 1-6 excluding the cysteine-sparing mutation p.Arg75Pro were significantly correlated with a younger age at onset of stroke/TIA compared with those in EGFr 7-34. This was in agreement with a recent European report, suggesting that the effect of the mutation location is a consensus finding in CADASIL worldwide.Sex-chromosome discordant chimerism (XX/XY chimerism) is a rare chromosomal disorder in humans. We report a boy with ambiguous genitalia and hypospadias, showing 46,XY[26]/46,XX[4] in peripheral blood cells. To clarify the mechanism of how this chimerism took place, we carried out whole-genome genotyping using a SNP array and microsatellite analysis. The B-allele frequency of the SNP array showed a mixture of three and five allele combinations, which excluded mosaicism but not chimerism, and suggested the fusion of two embryos or a shared parental haplotype between the two parental cells. All microsatellite markers showed a single maternal allele. From these results, we concluded that this XX/XY chimera is composed of two different paternal alleles and a single duplicated maternal genome. This XX/XY chimera likely arose from a diploid maternal cell that was formed via endoduplication of the maternal genome just before fertilization, being fertilized with both X and Y sperm.Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of irreversible blindness among the elderly population. To accelerate the understanding of the genetics of AMD, we conducted a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies (GWAS) combining data from the International AMD Genomics Consortium AMD-2016 GWAS (16,144 advanced AMD cases and 17,832 controls), AMD-2013 GWAS (17,181 cases and 60,074 controls), and new data on 4017 AMD cases and 14,984 controls from Genetic Epidemiology Research on Aging study. We identified 12 novel AMD loci near or within C4BPA-CD55, ZNF385B, ZBTB38, NFKB1, LINC00461, ADAM19, CPN1, ACSL5, CSK, RLBP1, CLUL1, and LBP. We then replicated the associations of the novel loci in independent cohorts, UK Biobank (5860 cases and 126,726 controls) and FinnGen (1266 cases and 47,560 control). In general, the concordance in effect sizes was very high (correlation in effect size estimates 0.89), 11 of 12 novel loci were in the expected direction, 5 were associated with AMD at a nominal significance level, and rs3825991 (near gene RLBP1) after Bonferroni correction. We identified an additional 21 novel genes using a gene-based test. Most of the novel genes are expressed in retinal tissue and could be involved in the pathogenesis of AMD (i.e., complement, inflammation, and lipid pathways). These findings enhance our understanding of the genetic architecture of AMD and shed light on the biological process underlying AMD pathogenesis.Mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS) are a subtype of lysosomal storage disorders (LSDs) characterized by the deficiency of the enzyme involved in the breakdown of glycosaminoglycans (GAGs). Mucopolysaccharidosis type I (MPS I, Hurler Syndrome) was endorsed by the U.S. Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services for universal newborn screening (NBS) in February 2016. Its endorsement exemplifies the need to enhance the accuracy of diagnostic testing for disorders that are considered for NBS. The progression of MPS disorders typically incudes irreversible CNS involvement, severe bone dysplasia, and cardiac and respiratory issues. Patients with MPS have a significantly decreased quality of life if untreated and require timely diagnosis and management for optimal outcomes. NBS provides the opportunity to diagnose and initiate treatment plans for MPS patients as early as possible. Most newborns with MPS are asymptomatic at birth; therefore, it is crucial to have biomarkers that can be identified in the newborn. At present, there are tiered methods and different instrumentation available for this purpose. The screening of quick, cost-effective, sensitive, and specific biomarkers in patients with MPS at birth is important. Rapid newborn diagnosis enables treatments to maximize therapeutic efficacy and to introduce immune tolerance during the neonatal period. Currently, newborn screening for MPS I and II has been implemented and/or in pilot testing in several countries. In this review article, historical aspects of NBS for MPS and the prospect of newborn screening for MPS are described, including the potential tiers of screening.An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper.Quality of single optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) images of myopic choroidal neovascularisation (mCNV) is poorer than in averaged images, although obtaining averaged images takes much time. This study evaluated the clinical usefulness of novel denoising process for depicting mCNV. This study included 20 eyes of 20 patients with mCNV. Ten en face images taken in a 3 × 3 mm macular cube were obtained from outer-retina-to-choriocapillaris layer. Three image types were prepared for analysis; single images before and after the denoising process accomplished deep learning (single and denoising groups, respectively) and up to 10 images were averaged (averaging group). Pairwise comparisons showed vessel density, vessel length density, and fractal dimension (FD) were higher; whereas, vessel density index (VDI) was lower in single group than in denoising and averaging groups. Detectable CNV indices, contrast-to-nose ratio, and CNV diagnostic scores were higher in denoising and averaging groups than in single group. No significant differences were detected in VDI, FD, or CNV diagnostic scores between denoising and averaging groups. The denoising process can utilise single OCTA images to provide results comparable to averaged OCTA images, which is clinically useful for shortening examination times with quality similar to averaging.Curved-horn moths or gelechioid moths (Lepidoptera Gelechioidea) represent one of the most diverse lepidopteran groups. Due to the large number of species, generally small size of adults and subtle morphological differences, their confident identification requires tenacious and long-term dedication on their diversity. Over the past decade, DNA barcoding has repeatedly been used to elucidate boundaries of species in many large and difficult groups. Here, we conducted a test of DNA barcoding with the diverse fauna of Korean Gelechioidea with very little prior information of COI gene region from the area. Altogether 509 specimens representing 154 morphospecies were included in the study. The species assignments of all three tested species delimitation methods (ABGD, bPTP and PTP) were consistent with morphological identifications for 117 species (75.97%). A threshold of 2.5% genetic divergence was observed to differentiate the morphological species efficiently. Careful morphological examination of morphospecies exceeding 2.