INTRODUCTION The objective of this study was to demonstrate the potential of 3-dimensional modeling and finite element analysis as clinical tools in treatment planning for orthodontic tooth movement. High stresses in bone and miniscrew implants under load can cause fractures and trauma for orthodontic patients, and treatments are typically planned by using clinical experience or simple 2-dimens...

Studies have investigated the kinematics of healthy canine thoracic limb (TL), but there is currently no research to authors’ knowledge investigating influence working harness on TL kinematics. The aim this study was compare stride length (SL) and shoulder, elbow carpal joint range movement (ROM) assistance dogs when wearing three different harnesses (H1 H2 Y-shaped harnesses; H3 dog's original...

Long duration fixed orthodontic treatment has several side effects such as pain, discomfort, increased risk of caries, gingival recession and external root resorption, thereby decreasing patient adherence. Therefore, dentists patients are interested in procedures that can speed up tooth movement by reducing the treatment. Minimally invasive surgical assisted approaches piezocision have been sho...

Background: Cryopreserved tracheal allograft has been used successfully for esophageal replacement in the canine model. The working hypothesis was cryopreservation decreases antigenicity but epithelial desquamation remains. However, cryopreservation of human tracheal samples collected at tracheostomy, resulted in no significant desquamation. The aim of this study was to examine the extent of de...