Aligner sustainability: No clear fit

A comparative study of two different clear aligner systems

BACKGROUND This study aims to compare the 'Nuvola®' system with 'Fantasmino®' system, examine their material properties, and define the indications for use of the aligners. METHODS Two groups of patients were selected and were respectively treated with Nuvola® aligner and Fantasmino® system. RESULTS The goal of treatment has been achieved with the two systems. CONCLUSIONS The two types of...

Primary Clear Cell Carcinoma with no Diethylstilbestrol Exposure; Case Series

One of the rare neoplasms of cervix uteri and vagina is clear cell carcinoma; mostly in patients with a positive past medical history of intrauterine diethylstilbestrol (DES) exposure which reveals the importance of other unknown risk factors of gynecologic neoplasms. 2 Asian women referred to the gynecology-oncology department. The first one came with a complaint of prolonged vaginal discharge...

Orthodontic treatment for maxillary anterior pathologic tooth migration by periodontitis using clear aligner

PURPOSE Pathologic tooth migration (PTM) is a tooth displacement which is derived from imbalance of tooth retention force and is dominantly found out in maxillary anterior area. PTM in maxillary anterior area was tried to corrected with periodontal treatment and a clear aligner in this study and the result was evaluated clinically and radiographically. METHODS For the treatment of a patient w...

Traditional medicines--no clear or present danger.

Teaching central line placement: no clear window

We appreciate Maizel and colleagues addressing the teaching of ultrasound-guided central line placement to medical residents [1]; however, we have several comments. We feel that the success rates reported in this study are artificially high since most residents in 2014 are training with the use of ultrasound, and it is highly unlikely that the initial procedures being done by these senior resid...