BACKGROUND Orthodontic diagnosis and treatment planning requires the patient's thorough history, extra and intra oral examination, analysis of diagnostic records comprising of orthodontic photographs, necessary radiographs and properly trimmed study casts. Tooth-size is the sum of mesio distal widths of the maxillary and mandibular teeth. For ideal occlusion, teeth in both arches should be prop...

The purpose of the study was to examine the dentoalveolar and skeletal effects of the pendulum appliance in Class II patients at varying stages of dental development and with varying facial patterns (high, neutral, and low mandibular plane angles). Specifically, the amount and nature of the "distalization" of the maxillary first molars and the reciprocal effects on the anchoring maxillary first...

OBJECTIVE To determine the occurrence and severity of dental erosion in alcoholic patients undergoing detoxification at the North Alcoholic Regional Centre (CRAN), Porto, Portugal, and to assess socioeconomic and behavioural covariates of dental erosion occurrence. DESIGN A cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out in one centre (CRAN) for addiction rehabilitation therapy in the north...

Aim: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and dental erosion alterations in oral tissues. Materials Methods: In this study, GERD group consisted of 50 individuals with symptoms, control healthy individuals. The prevalence teeth wears caries was evaluated using Smith Knight tooth wear index (TWI) decayed, missing, filled (DMFT), respecti...

A 49-year-old patient reported for immediate replacement of missing maxillary anterior teeth with implant-retained prosthesis. Elevation of flap alters the mucosal level, causes discomfort, and delays the restorative procedure. To maintain the esthetics, flapless surgery was planned. Since placement of an implant is pre-planned in a predetermined site, fabrication of the prostheses before comme...

Restoration of anterior ridge defects with missing teeth both in height and width is critical for a dentist to restore. Restoration of lost teeth along with the bony defect restricts many modes of conventional treatments available. For obtaining functionally and aesthetically acceptable results a combination of fixed and removable prosthesis has turned out to be outstanding without the need for...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to assess the prevalence and characteristics of dens invaginatus in anterior teeth and to classify the type of dens invaginatus in a sample of Turkish Anatolian population. STUDY DESIGN A retrospective study was performed using full-mouth periapical and panoramic radiographs of 1012 patients. Maxillary and mandibular anterior teeth were evaluated for ...

PURPOSE We aimed to identify a more esthetic width-to-length ratio by analyzing maxillary central incisor of Korean adult population. Information regarding tooth ratio in the Korean population may be useful to clinicians when restoring anterior teeth. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 40 men and 40 women were included in this study. The NON-MEDIA group included 40 non-celebrities, who were hea...

The purpose of this study was to examine how the periodontal sensory inputs of working-side maxillary posterior, teeth affect nonworking-side anterior temporalis activities at the starting jaw position of the slow-closing phase in mastication. Six subjects with normal occlusion were asked to bite an incisal block to maintain the initial jaw position of the slow-closing phase and to generate jaw...