Various types of appliances have been tried by the Orthodontists for fixed orthodontic treatment. Irrespective appliance used main goal retraction anterior teeth in extraction cases is to keep vertical dimension stable so as not allow downward and backward rotation mandible. The aim this study was compare changes mandibular following treatment on subjects who undergone all first premolars. Pre ...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the stability of the medial aspects of the rugae in patients where rapid maxillary expansion (RME) was performed in addition to fixed appliance therapy. Nineteen subjects that met the inclusion criteria for each group were randomly selected from the archive of one orthodontist office. The RME/fixed appliances group consisted of 8 males and 11 females...

Teeth are the most durable and enduring structures of human anatomy, surviving fragmentation, partial incineration and severe decomposition. The role of teeth in identification is manifested as significant specifiers of deceased or living individuals. The characteristics of dental morphology are genetically-inherited and ascribable to racial or familial ancestry. Dental age identification is at...

Aim and Objectives : The present study was aimed to nd gender differences in lip prints and rugae pattern and also to correlate particular lip print and rugae pattern. Methodology 150 individuals (75 male and 75 female) were included for the study. Lip prints were taken on the glued portion of cellophane strip and was stuck on the white bond paper. The grooves present on the middle portion of ...