The relationship between dental-jaw system morphologic deviations and functional and esthetic disturbances, which may lead to aggravation of both general organism disorders and local periodontal pathologic alterations and early tooth loss, has focused the increasing attention of orthodontists. Our study aimed at examining the congruity between normal occlusion-articulation relations in permanen...

Distal molar relationships can arise due to the mesiopalatal rotation of maxillary molars. In some cases, an ideal Class I intercuspation can be achieved with the opposing molar and a Class II relationship can be corrected by molar derotation. Maxillary molars consist of three roots and, due to the early loss of the deciduous second molars, the palatal root acts as a hinge for mesial rotation o...

Introduction: Etiology of dental crowding may be related to arch constriction in diverse dimensions, and an appropriate manipulation of arch perimeter by intervening in basal bone discrepancies cases, may be a key for crowding relief, especially when incisors movement is limited due to underlying pathology, periodontal issues or restrictions related to soft tissue profile. Objectives: This c...

This study was designed to explore the relationship of the growth of the maxilla and dental arch with different sizes of the denudation area on the hard palate. We tested the hypothesis that different sizes of denudation areas on the hard palate following palatoplasty would significantly influence the growth of the maxilla and dental arch differently. Fifty-one three-week-old Sprague-Dawley mal...

Many studies have reported on the application and clinical efficiency of full arch maxillary dentition intrusion mechanics; however, about biomechanical effects such as stress, strain, displacements teeth surrounding tissues are limited. The objectives study was to evaluate compare stress distribution displacement total under mechanics using a three-dimensional finite element analysis A model co...

Objective: To evaluate the effect of deciduous teeth grinding during mixed dentition, by the control of permanent molars eruption, using contemporary MEA appliance and palatal grid for anterior open-bite treatment. Materials and Methods: The sample consisted of 31 patients with a pre-treatment mean age of 9.09 years. At the time of drawing up this manuscript, 14 patients of the entire sample re...

The management of the palatal cleft, dental arch, and subsequent maxillary form is a challenge for the craniomaxillofacial surgeon. The purpose of this paper is to present the experience of a senior surgeon (KES) who has treated over 2000 patients with cleft lip and palate. This paper focuses on the experience of a recent series of 103 consecutive orthognathic cases treated by one surgeon with ...

Digit sucking is a common childhood behavior, which has an adaptive value for children up to the fourth year of life. It is usually associated with oral pleasure and self-comforting behavior. But chronic practice may produce deleterious effect in the form of dental and skeletal deformities. Adjunctive therapy using bluegrass appliance as a permanent reminder and quadhelix appliance as a reminde...

Background- Arch expansion is one of the non- extraction methods gaining space. This study aims to assess and compare arch achieved during initial leveling alignment with three different bracket-archwire combinations.
 Material Methods- was a retrospective done in university setup. From available patient information archives, records 30 subjects based on their advocated bracket system were...