INTRODUCTION The transpalatal arch (TPA) can be used as an adjunct during orthodontic treatment to help control the movement of the maxillary first molars in 3 dimensions, including producing molar rotation and uprighting, maintaining transverse dimensions posteriorly during treatment, and maintaining leeway spaces during the transition of the dentition. The purpose of this retrospective cephal...

To cite: Chandra RV, Anumala N, Vikrant V. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2013009866 DESCRIPTION Orthodontic appliances have a propensity towards loosening, dislodgement or displacement into the surrounding hard and soft tissues. Ingestion or aspiration of orthodontic materials such as brackets, archwires, elastic separators and parts of complex o...

Patient Jiang, Female,25 years old, came to the clinic for irregular teeth. The case was reported as lingual tipping deep overbite with maxillary undersized lateral incisors, which patient did not accept restore malocclusion morphology by denture, resulting in selection of extraction bilateral incisors and mandibular second premolars, orthodontic treatment zirconia straight wire appliances comb...

This case report presents the mandibular incisor extraction treatment of a patient with dental Class I malocclusion and lower crowding, in whom one mandibular incisor extraction was selected as the treatment of choice to improve the dental occlusion. A 19-year-old male patient's chief complaint was the crowding of lower incisors. He had a straight profile with normal upper and lower lip project...

This case report describes the use of an osseointegrated implant to maximize anchorage in a 24-year-old female orthodontic patient with an Angle Class II, Division 1 malocclusion. Preadjusted edgewise appliance therapy was performed by extraction of only the maxillary first premolars. The osseointegrated implant was placed in the median-sagittal region of the hard palate for maximum orthodontic...

Dilaceration is a comparatively uncommon dental deformity generally characterized by an angulation between crown and root, and consequently causing non-eruption of the tooth. Dilaceration generally occurs following trauma to the apices of deciduous dentition, which lies close to the permanent tooth buds. As a result, surgical extraction used to be the first choice when making the treatment plan...

Introduction: The Aim of this study is to compare the concentration salivary leptin levels between underweight and overweight individuals its significance in orthodontic tooth movement. Methods: Fourty five female subjects were taken they are divided into two groups, group I (underweight) II (overweight) depending on their mean body mass index. Angles class malocclusion with bimaxillary protrus...