OBJECTIVE In recent years, the golden proportions have been evaluated by various researchers in the general population and orthodontic patients to establish their correlation with facial attractiveness and esthetics, but with conflicting results. The present study aimed to analyze the frontal facial golden proportions for three groups of young adult females, an attractive group, and two maloccl...

The present study was aimed at evaluating the treatment changes of anterior open bite malocclusion cases treated by means of the Multiloop Edgewise Arch Wire technique, which is considered one of the more effective treatment modalities for anterior open bite malocclusions. The open bite sample was composed of 16 young adults, 4 males and 12 females. The normal occlusion sample, as a controlled ...

This retrospective investigation was designed to compare tooth size discrepancies among subjects with different skeletal malocclusions in an orthodontic population. The study employed the pre-treatment models of 200 patients (100 males, 100 females, aged from 14 to 20 years) selected from the records of the Orthodontic Department, Shiraz Dental School. The subjects were from four malocclusion g...

OBJECTIVE To establish the sagittal and vertical skeletal pattern of the Romanian patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). PATIENTS AND METHODS Lateral cephalograms of forty patients, divided in two groups, group I--twenty patients with OSA (15 males and five females) and aged between 34-76 years and group II (control group)--twenty patients with class II malocclusion (eight males and 12 ...

Authors: Dr. Avesh Sachan, B.D.S, M.D.S. Senior Resident, Department of Orthodontics, Faculty of Dental Sciences, IMS, B.H.U. Varanasi. Dr. Vijay P. Sharma, B.D.S, M.D.S. Professor and Head, Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical University, Lucknow. Dr. G.K. Singh, B.D.S, M.o.S. Associate Professor, Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial...

The aim of this study was to validate a new aesthetic analysis and establish the sagittal position of the maxilla on an ideal group of reference. We want to demonstrate the usefulness of these findings in the treatment planning of patients undergoing orthognathic surgery. We took a reference group of 81 Italian women participating in a national beauty contest in 2011 on which we performed Arnet...

BACKGROUND This report introduces a lingual bonded retraction system (Kinematics of Lingual Bar on Non-Paralleling Technique, KILBON) for efficient sliding mechanics combined with vertical control of the anterior and posterior teeth, which is suitable for Class II hyperdivergent patients. METHODS Design and biomechanics of the KILBON System were described. Two adults with hyperdivergent class...

Antley-Bixler syndrome is a disorder characterized by craniosynostosis, midface hypoplasia, choana blockade, and radiohumeral synostosis. However, the features of occlusion remain unclear. In this paper, we report a case of Antley-Bixler syndrome, a 7-year-old boy, from the viewpoint of orthodontics. From lateral cephalometric head film analysis, remarkable retardation of the anterior subcrania...

Current evidence on the reliability of growth indicators in the identification of the pubertal growth spurt and efficiency of functional treatment for skeletal Class II malocclusion, the timing of which relies on such indicators, is highly controversial. Regarding growth indicators, the hand and wrist (including the sole middle phalanx of the third finger) maturation method and the standing hei...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of the present study was to evaluate skeletal stability after mandibular advancement with bilateral sagittal split osteotomy. MATERIAL AND METHODS Twenty-six patients underwent single-jaw bilateral sagittal split osteotomy (BSSO) to correct skeletal Class II malocclusion. One group (n = 13) were treated postoperatively with skeletal elastic intermaxillary fixation (IMF)...