This study investigated the morphometric changes that occur in palatal rugae during orthodontic treatment. The potential impact of these changes on the individuality of the palatal rugae patterns and on the use of palatal rugae patterns in human identification was also explored. Fifty pairs of pre- and post-orthodontic treatment dental casts were used. The palatal rugae patterns were compared b...

We consider the broadcasting problem for one-dimensional grid graphs with a given neighborhood template. There are two different models that have been considered-shouting (a node informs all of its neighbors in one step) and whispering (a node informs a single neighbor in one step). Let a(t) (respectively a(t)) denote the maximum number of nodes that can be reached in t steps by shouting (respe...

BACKGROUND Currently, clubfoot is initially treated with nonoperative methods including the Ponseti cast technique and the French functional physical therapy program. Our goal was to evaluate the function of children treated with these techniques. METHODS We reviewed the cases of 182 patients with idiopathic clubfoot (273 feet) who were initially treated nonoperatively. Seventy-seven patients...