Background and purpose: Transverse problems in the maxilla (high arched- narrow hard plates) can cause respiratory disorders. Palatal expansion can be helpful in this way. The present study aimed at evaluating the effect of bone borne expansion and tooth borne palatal expansion on airway volume. Materials and methods: A review study was performed by search in Google Scholar, Scopus, PubMed, Em...

PURPOSE To compare the changes in the occlusal vertical dimension, activity of masseter muscles and biting force after insertion of immediate denture constructed with conventional, tooth-supported and Implant-supported immediate mandibular complete denture. MATERIALS AND METHODS Patients were selected and treatment was carried out with all the three different concepts i.e, immediate denture c...

A general-purpose useful parameter in data analysis is the intrinsic dimension of a data set, corresponding to the minimum number of variables necessary to describe the data without significant loss of information. Feature extraction, including linear or nonlinear mapping technique, is efficient to estimate the intrinsic dimension of the data set, which is a key issue to machine fault diagnosis...

Bruxism is a parafunctional activity related to clenching or grinding the teeth and tooth wear can be a consequence of sleep bruxism (SB). Management of severe tooth wear due to SB is a challenging situation because of the common reduced amount of remaining dental structure and loss of vertical dimension of occlusion. Rationale for the planning of oral rehabilitation of patients with SB present...

Prosthetic-restorative approach for the restoration of tooth wear. Case report Objective. This article presents a case report of combined prosthetic-adhesive rehabilitation in a patient with a generalized tooth wear. Methods. A combined treatment adhesive prosthetic was proposed to a male patient of 65 years old having a clinically significant tooth wear, with dentine exposure and with a reduct...

UNLABELLED Prosthetic-restorative approach for the restoration of tooth wear. Case report OBJECTIVE This article presents a case report of combined prosthetic-adhesive rehabilitation in a patient with a generalized tooth wear. METHODS A combined treatment adhesive - prosthetic was proposed to a male patient of 65 years old having a clinically significant tooth wear, with dentine exposure an...

ge Can the transverse dimensions of the dental arches be widened in a stable fashion over the long term? This question continues to challenge clinicians and researchers. Most orthodontists cite the correction of crossbite as the primary reason for altering the transverse dimension with rapid maxillary expansion (RME). A less obvious but more common orthodontic problem, whose etiology in part is...

T he use of dental implants to replace the natural tooth system has become commonplace in the contemporary restorative and surgical dental practice.1,2 Substantiation of their efficacy has been well-documented in restorative, cosmetic, and surgical dental literature,1,2 and with the advancements in surgical techniques and implant design features, their use in the esthetic zone has become a succ...

Macrodontia is a rare dental anomaly which consists on the presence of any tooth or teeth larger than the average. In the present report the case of a child with an uncommon true isolated macrodontia of a maxillary central incisor is presented. The maxillary left central incisor was considered a macrodontic tooth since its mesiodistal crown dimension was 12.41 mm while the mesiodistal crown dim...