Aim: To determine the most common rugae pattern and to find if it has any association with dental arch form or malocclusion. Study Design setting: It was a retrospective cross-sectional study conducted using records of 200 patients visiting Orthodontic Outpatient department Bahria University Medical Dental College. Methodology: Number, size, orientation palatal were assessed on plaster models. ...

Maxillary molar distalization to correct a dental Class II relationship and create space relieve crowding has been long-lasting subject of debate in orthodontics. Generally, distalize maxillary molars, an intra-arch appliance is favored over inter-arch since it does not utilize mandibular dentition as anchorage, so some unwanted side effects on incisors can be avoided. A variety appliances have...

The study of identical twins can point out potential limitations in biometrics and forensic odontology. This case report presents three-dimensional (3D) palatal rugae analysis in monozygotic twins utilizing digital models obtained directly by scanning the maxillary dental arch with the iTero® intraoral digital scanner. The results show that the rugae patterns contain related but not identical f...

INTRODUCTION The aim of this work was to assess the periodontal support of a central upper incisor recovered through a surgical-orthodontic approach compared to the spontaneously erupted contralateral incisor. CASE PRESENTATION This case study describes an 8-year-old Caucasian female with an impacted upper right central incisor. Surgical-orthodontic treatment was performed to reset the impact...

In the past, relationships in the sagittal plane have dominated orthodontic thinking to such an extent that the great majority of clinicians did not even bother to procure frontal radiographs (images, headplates). However, several factors have awakened the current clinician to a deeper interest in the transverse dimension1: (1) maxillary palatal dysjunction expansion (rapid palatal expansion [R...

A 19-year-old man presented for correction of a malocclusion that included a transverse maxillary deficiency. The patient was informed that he required orthognathic surgery to expand his upper jaw and correct his malocclusion, but he refused surgical expansion. Recent evidence indicates that rapid palatal expansion can be used without surgery in young adults; the decision was therefore made to ...

The aim of this study was to quantify the palatal change in three groups of children: children with a unilateral posterior crossbite (TCB) who were treated, children with untreated unilateral posterior crossbite (UCB), and children without a crossbite (NCB). Study casts of 60 Caucasian children in the primary dentition (20 TCB, 20 UCB, and 20 NCB), aged 5.4 ± 0.7 years, were collected at baseli...

Background: Maxillary expansion is a routine procedure performed to correct narrow maxillary arch width and posterior cross-bite. We assume, as orthodontists, that our expansion will be stable long term, but is that assumption correct? Objective: To evaluate the long-term changes in maxillary dental arch widths in patients who were treated with rapid maxillary expansion (RME) appliances followe...