PURPOSE Banding a rapid palatal expansion (RPE) appliance to the 2 first molars has been proposed as an equivalent to the conventional 4-band RPE appliance. However, the dentoskeletal response to this treatment has not been evaluated. MATERIAL Twenty-eight subjects (aged 8-20 years) who required maxillary expansion were matched by age and randomly assigned to either a 2-band or a 4-band RPE g...

Aim. To estimate the prevalence of coronal pulp stones in the molar teeth of dental outpatients of Sunam, Sangrur district, Punjab, India, to report any association between occurrence of pulp stones with age, gender, dental arch, side, and dental status and to find out correlation between pulp stones with dental and systemic diseases. Materials and Methods. 500 routine dental outpatients within...

Contributors: 1Professor, Department of Prosthodontics, Institute of Dental Sciences, Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India; 2Professor and Head, Department of Prosthodontics, SJM Dental College and Hospital, Chitradurga, Karnataka, India; 3Reader, Department of Prosthodontics, Sree Sai Dental College, Srikakulam; 4Senior Lecturer, Department of Prosthodontics, Sree Sai D...

The interaction between tongue size/volume and craniofacial skeletal growth is essential for understanding the mechanism of specific types of malocclusion and objectively measuring outcomes of various surgical and/or orthodontic treatments. Currently available information on this interaction is limited. This study was designed to examine how tongue body volume reduction affects craniofacial ske...

Background: There exists few scientific reports on the quality of digitally reproduced dental arches, even though digital devices have been used in dentistry for many years. This study assesses accuracy standard arch model reproduction using both traditional and methods. Methods: The full upper by physical models obtained through methods was compared: gypsum (SGM) printed from data an intraoral...

BACKGROUND Differences in the dental arch among Bhil Aboriginals were investigated and compared with non-tribal individuals residing in a tribal zone of Central India. Plaster models (120) were made with the help of alginate impression of tribal adults as well as non-tribal adults residing in the same area. The supposition as aboriginals being primitive due to dietary practices maxillary arch s...

: To compare the aligning efficiency, pain experienced by patient during alignment and post third order values of anterior teeth in I arch (study) group conventional NiTi (control) wire group. A prospective clinical study. total 40 dental arches (maxilla/mandible) were divided into 2 study groups with 20 each based on selection criteria. Group I. Twenty (maxillary/mandibular) having 0.018” prea...

: to compare the aligning efficiency, pain experienced by patient during alignment and post third order values of anterior teeth in I arch (study) group conventional NiTi (control) wire group. A prospective clinical study. total 40 dental arches (maxilla/mandible) were divided into 2 study groups with 20 each based on selection criteria. Group I. Twenty (maxillary/mandibular) having 0.018” prea...

During the period of the growth and development of the dental arch, anterior-posterior and medial-lateral changes in the maxillary deciduous and permanent canines were longitudinally studied in children. A longitudinal series of dental casts were obtained from 50 children at 2-month intervals from the completion of deciduous dentition to the stable period of permanent dentition. Subjects were d...

Background: This study tested the validity of, and describes, a novel method of constructing an average morphology of the dental arch. Methods: Upper dental arches of adult patients with a sound full permanent dentition were selected for the study. Laser-scanned images of the dental casts were obtained with an optical laser scanning device. The scanned images were analyzed using 3-dimensional g...