IMPORTANCE Oral appliances that move the mandible forward during sleep are suggested as treatment for mild to moderate obstructive sleep apnea. OBJECTIVE To test whether an adjustable, custom-made oral appliance improves daytime sleepiness and quality of life in patients with daytime sleepiness and snoring or mild to moderate obstructive sleep apnea. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Ninety...

Objectives: To assess and compare the change in pharyngeal airway dimensions hyoid bone position also to evaluate skeletal dental effects of Forsus Powerscope appliance Class II malocclusion patients with obstructive sleep apnea subjected 6 months fixed functional therapy. Methods: 30 class having day-time somnolence associated snoring requiring orthodontic treatment were selected randomly divi...

A tangible programming interface called ``Push-pin'' is proposed, which involves end-users in designing smart home programs for home appliance automation. Programming on the Push-pin system is based on a stimulus-response model in which an appliance connected to another appliance via a network gets activated when the other appliance is activated. To interconnect two appliances, the user puts a ...

BACKGROUND The objectives of this study were to check the reliability of the five angular and two linear parameters for sagittal maxillo-mandibular discrepancy and to compare and correlate angular parameters with the ANB angle, and the linear parameter with Wits analysis. METHODS The pre-treatment and post-functional lateral cephalograms of 25 subjects (17 males, 8 females) with class II divi...

Background D And Objectives: Treatment of class II malocclusion has been a prime focus orthodontic investigators for decades. To evaluate the effects Herbst fixed functional appliance in treatment malocclusion, to Advansync 2 compare and appliances Method: The sample size consisted 14 patients who reported department orthodontics dentofacial orthopedics, Coorg institute dental sciences, Virajpe...

Class III malocclusions are usually related to growth and mandibular posture. The mixed dentition stage of development may provide a useful opportunity embark upon orthodontic therapy correct malocclusion. Chin cap is appliance in growingpatients that exhibit prognathis. This case report aim describe an early treatment malocclusion by using chincup. presents 9 year-old girl with functional ante...