Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate and evaluate the changes of incisor inclination and arch width in the surgical-orthodontic treatment to correct a Class III malocclusion resulting from skeletal mandibular prognathism. Materials and methods: The skeletal mandibular prognathism subjects consisted of 25 males and 20 females (mean age:22.8±4.2years). A lateral cephalogram was taken...

BACKGROUND Knowledge of gender differences in foot shape assists shoe manufactures with designing appropriate shoes for men and women. Although gender differences in foot shapes are relatively known among young men and women, less is known about how the older men and women's feet differ in shape. A recent development in foot shape assessment is the use of 3D foot scanners. To our knowledge this...

The foot is an important element of the locomotor apparatus and performs a number functions in our body. Abnormalities its shape can affect everyday functioning. Therefore, it worth paying attention to proper development feet children. aim study was assess dynamics changes selected parameters younger children school age. involved 70 observations were conducted twice same children, aged 5 9 year...

BACKGROUND Aim of this retrospective observational study was to compare upper and lower dental changes in patients treated with Rapid Maxillary Expansion (RME) and Mixed Maxillary Expansion (MME), assessed by dental cast analysis. METHODS Treatment groups consisted of 42 patients: the RME group (n = 21) consisted of 13 female and 8 male subjects with the mean age of 8.8 years ± 1.37 at T0 and...

OBJECTIVE To explore how many millimeters of tooth size discrepancy (TSD) are clinically significant, to determine what percentage of a representative orthodontic population has such a tooth size discrepancy, and to determine the ability of simple visual inspection to detect such a discrepancy. MATERIALS AND METHODS The sample comprised 150 pretreatment study casts with fully erupted and comp...

Objective: There is limited data available regarding dental arch morphology and its association with Sleep Disordered Breathing (SDB). The objective of the study was to compare the dental arch morphology of patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnoea-Hypopnoea Syndrome (OSAHS) and of those without any symptoms of SDB. Patients/Methods: A total of 600 subjects were included in the study and were divi...

AIM The purpose of this investigation was to examine the extent to which arch dimension or tooth size contributes to dental crowding. METHODS AND MATERIALS Two groups of dental casts were selected. Each group consisted of 30 pairs of dental casts including equal male and female samples. The first group had Class I malocclusions without crowding or spacing. The second group exhibited Class I m...