Orthodontic planning for patients with agenesis of lateral incisors should include extremely relevant esthetic and functional considerations so that a satisfactory clinical result is achieved. Both space closure and space opening or maintenance have advantages and disadvantages that should be evaluated according to the patient’s individual characteristics. Some of the important factors that aff...

The aim of vertical augmentation of the alveolar ridge is to restore resorbed alveolar ridges. This technique is critical to the placement of dental implants in a favorable position and the enhancement of restoration esthetics. The present report describes a technique for surgical preservation of the anterior maxillary process using maxillary bone from the surgical site and raising a soft tissu...

QDT 2002 63 issing lateral incisors is one of the most common congenital dental anomalies. New technology and materials offer a wide variety of treatment options for the replacement of missing teeth in order to improve esthetics and restore function. Nevertheless, indications and limitations of each system have to be considered and weighed in each case for the selection of the most adequate tre...

Dento-alveolar disharmony with crowding is a common reason for orthodontic treatment not fully understood or unequivocally demonstrated causes. This study investigated the correlations between teeth dimensions, arch lengths, and during mixed dentition period. A cross-sectional on 100 dental casts of patients class I malocclusions was performed. Dental arches were classified as non-crowded, mode...

The aims of this study were to evaluate the number of roots/root canals in the mandibular anterior teeth of a Turkish population, to assess the relationship between gender or age and the frequency of two canals in a single root, and to determine the symmetry in root/root canal numbers between contralateral sides among patients. Cone-beam computed tomography images (n = 1128; 6253 teeth) taken a...

AIM The purpose of this study was to evaluate the dentoskeletal and soft tissue effects resulting from treatment with Klammt's elastic open activator (EOA) functional orthopedic appliance in patients with Class II malocclusion characterized by mandibular deficiency. MATERIALS AND METHODS Teleradiographs were evaluated in the lateral aspect of the initial (T1) and final (T2) orthopedic phases ...

Various cephalometric analyses may provide conflicting results for the skeletal sagittal relationship and incisors inclination. The aim of this study was to evaluate the various cephalometric analyses by relating the upper and lower incisors to different reference points and lines. One hundred and two pre-treatment lateral cephalometric radiographs were selected and stratified into three groups...