background: considering the effectiveness of craniofacial photographic analysis for diagnosis and management of obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome (osahs) as well as ethnic differences in indexes measured by this method, this study designed to compare the surface facial dimensions, including nose width, intercanthal width and mandibular width of iranian patients with mild, moderate and s...

OBJECTIVE The aim of the present study was to determine the short-term efficacy of treatment for snoring and obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) using a mandibular advancement splint. METHODS The sample comprised 20 patients (13 men and 7 women; mean age = 48 years; mean body mass index = 27.07) with OSAHS. Polysomnograms were performed before and 60 days after mandibular advanc...

AIM To evaluate left and right masseter and anterior temporalis muscle activity in patients before and after orthognathic surgery. PATIENTS Nineteen patients were enrolled, 9 males and 10 females, aged 17-34 years. Four patients were suffering from a prognathic syndrome (skeletal class II with mandibular retrusion) and were candidates for surgical correction involving a mandibular Bilateral S...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS To determine the effect of treatment of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) with custom-made mandibular advancement devices (MADs) on C-reactive protein (CRP) levels in patients with obstructive sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS). STUDY DESIGN Case series with chart review. METHODS Charts of consecutive patients fitted with custom-made mandibular advancement devices for t...

The stability of rapid maxillary expansion (RME) was studied in 20 patients. Study models were evaluated immediately prior to treatment, at the end of treatment, and at least 4 years post-treatment with regards to maxillary and mandibular intermolar widths, intercanine widths, arch perimeters, and irregularity indices. The mean maxillary intermolar width increased by 3.7 mm during treatment, an...

Introduction:There are conflicting reports on the effects of surgical removal of impacted mandibular third molars on the periodontium of the adjacent teeth. The aim of this study was to compare the condition of the periodontium six months after extraction of impacted mandibular third molars with baseline values. Methods: Fifty patients with mesioangular impacted mandibular third molarsparticipa...

background and aims. the aim of this study was to determine whether variations in the mesiodistal dimensions of mandibular canines had any role in sex determination. materials and methods. the study comprised of patients in the 19‒24-year age group (20 males and 20 females). mesiodistal dimensions of mandibular canines was measured at the maximum mesiodistal width, first intraorally, then on pl...