AIM The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficiency of canine distraction and also to evaluate the position of canine in the arch after distraction. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study sample consisted of five patients, (4 males and 1 female), in the age group of 14 to 25 years who needed canine retraction (ten maxillary canines including both left and right) and first premolar extraction as ...

Cataplexy in the narcoleptic canine has been shown to increase after local administration of carbachol into the pontine reticular formation. Rapid eye movement sleep has also been shown to increase after local administration of carbachol in the pontine reticular formation, and furthermore, acetylcholine release in the pontine tegmentum was found to increase during rapid eye movement sleep in ra...

Aim. The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence of transmigrated canines in a north Indian population and association with gender, side, associated pathologies, and dental anomalies. Subjects and methods. The prospective study consisted of panoramic radiographs of 3000 patients from two dental colleges in north India. The panoramic radiographs were screened for radiographically...

INTRODUCTION In this research project, we aimed to compare the effectiveness of single (1 deciduous canine) and double (deciduous canine and first molar) extractions in subjects with retained maxillary permanent canines positioned palatally or centrally in the alveolar crest, at risk for root resorption of adjacent permanent teeth. METHODS Subjects at risk for canine impaction or resorptive s...

Cataplexy in the narcoleptic canine has been shown to increase after systemic administration of cholinergic agonists. Furthermore, the number of cholinergic receptors in the pontine reticular formation of narcoleptic canines is significantly elevated. In the present study we have investigated the effects of cholinergic drugs administered directly into the pontine reticular formation on cataplex...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to evaluate the color of primary teeth. METHODS A Vita Easyshade intraoral spectrophotometer was used to determine the color of primary teeth: (1) maxillary central incisors, canines, and first molars; and (2) mandibular central incisors, canines, and first molars. A total of 604 teeth were measured. Color difference was compared to DeltaE*=2.7 (mean=50:5...

I n his classic article D’Amico’ states: “When the canines are in normal interlocking position, the lateral and forward movement is limited so that when an attempt is made to move the mandible laterally or forward, there is an involuntary reaction when the canines comein contact. The reaction is an immediate break in the tension of the temporal and masseter muscles, thus reducing the magnitude ...

BACKGROUND One of the main aims of forensic investigation is the detection and location of people and substances of interest, such as missing people and illegal drugs. Dogs (Canis lupus var. familiaris) have had an important role in legal and forensic investigations for decades; nonetheless canines' keen sense of smell has never been utilized in either the surveillance or control of wildlife di...

Objectives: The objective of this study was to utilize digital models and cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) radiographs quantify the skeletal dentoalveolar maxillary expansion in Phase I orthodontic treatment using clear aligner therapy. Material Methods: Fifty-four patients (22 females 32 males) had measurements taken on both pre-treatment post-treatment intraoral scans from mesiolingual cu...