BACKGROUND In the contemporary orthodontics, the number of people who demand orthodontic treatment to improve their psychosocial issues related to facial esthetic is constantly increasing. Even in treatment plans, appearance and esthetic gain more attention. OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to determine the need for orthodontic treatment on the basis of the dental aesthetic index (DAI...

The major proportion of Indian population resides in rural regions of the country and out of which more than 40% of population is of younger age group [1]. This strength of a country should be in a healthy, educated and well developed environment as these children grow up one day and will be productive citizens of the nation [2]. Nutrition plays a major role in maintaining health of children wh...

Special needs individuals are children or adults pre‐ vented by a physical or mental condition permitting their full participation to the normal range of activities of their age groups. They usually exhibit high orthodontic treat‐ ment needs because of an increased prevalence and seve‐ rity of malocclusions. These conditions often require a coordinated craniofacial orthodontic and surgical trea...

introduction: the purpose of this study was to evaluate vertical facial and dental changes after orthodontic treatment with extraction of first four premolars, and to find whether long facial height could influence the treatment result. methods: fifty-six orthodontic patients with the minimum age of 15, whose treatment plan involved extracting four first premolars, participated in the study. th...

Objective: To evaluate the effects of fixed orthodontic treatment on gingival health. Materials and methods: In the present study 30 orthodontic patients under fixed mechanotherapy mean aged 19.82 years were selected. The selection criteria were: Treatment that consisted of full-mouth fixed orthodontic appliances. Exclusion criteria included patients with systemic disease, are on antibiotics or...

The aim of the present study was to develop an index specifically for the measurement of treatment complexity. Input factors were directly related to complexity, and the output was a score measuring the degree of treatment complexity. The sample comprised 120 sets of dental casts, 30 for each of the four main malocclusion classes. Sixteen orthodontists graded the study casts for perceived treat...

background: the success of combined periodontal and orthodontic approach in the treatment of aggressive periodontitis patients with the pathologic extruded anterior teeth is a main concern and stability of the treatment results is an important factor to evaluate the treatment. the present study investigated the periodontal parameters at the end of the orthodontic treatment in patients with the ...

Aim: The purpose of this study was to assess the self-perception of patients toward their dental appearance using the aesthetic component (AC) of index of orthodontic treatment need (IOTN) index and whether age and gender had any influence on it. Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out to assess the perceived esthetic impact of malocclusion in 16–24 year-old subjects selected from the ...