Modern treatment of adult patients with complex dental problems often requires an interdisciplinary collaboration between different specialties of dental medicine among them frequently orthodontics: interdisciplinary orthodontics. Good diagnostic tools and easy communication are essential in such complicated cases. Computer technology has an increasing impact in the practice of orthodontics; ev...

O F ALL the materials associated with dental practice and technic, those containing gypsum products are probably used most extensively. In keeping with this fact, a great deal of research has been directed toward problems involving the physical behavior of these materials. It is felt, however, that knowledge is lacking on some of the more fundamental behavior characteristics. The manifestation ...

Disharmony between tooth size and dental arch size induces orthodontic problems. So, dental indices were identified by various authors. One of these is Pont who determined a method of prediction of the ideal dental arch width which has become known as Pont's Index. The purpose of this study was to assess the applicability of Pont's Index to a Turkish population and to compare the results with t...

Actuality of gnathometric measurements by means of plaster casts persisting to the present days is stressed and the major research of the kind in twins mentioned. The study included 96 pairs of twins of both sexes (36 monozygotic and 60 dizygotic). Both qualitative and quantitative variables were evaluated and the results computer-processed. For most parameters evaluated, statistical processing...

Measuring plaster models by hand is the traditional method of assessing malocclusion. Recent technologic advances now allow the models to be digitized, measured with software tools, stored electronically, and retrieved with a computer. OrthoCAD (Cadent, Fairview, NJ) performs this service. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the reliability of the OrthoCAD system. Two independent examiner...

Aim: To assess the reliability and validity of morphometric features on 3D digital models produced by scanning maxillary dental casts Malaysian Malay subjects. Methods: Dental 20 subjects were scanned using a laser scanner (Next Engine Inc., Santa Monica, California, USA). The palatal rugae assessed resulting 3-Matic Research 9.0 software (Materialise NV, Heverlee, Belgium). assessments repeate...

Technical advances in 3D morphometrics and other forms of digital analysis allow for detailed measurements dental metrics yet, consistently, anthropologists show a publishing preference using calipers. It is possible that this reflects the often complex field settings, wide global distribution sample collections, or simple fact calipers are relatively low maintenance cost technology. Similarly,...

INTRODUCTION Technological advances in Dentistry have emerged primarily in the area of diagnostic tools. One example is the 3D scanner, which can transform plaster models into three-dimensional digital models. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to assess the reliability of tooth size-arch length discrepancy analysis measurements performed on three-dimensional digital models, and compare these measure...