Detailed oro-maxillofacial studies using dental cast, pantomogram and cephalogram were performed in 43 patients with GH deficiency aged 7-17 years and compared statistically to the results from 62 short children with normal GH secretion. The dental age was retarded as compared to the chronological age in patients with GH deficiency by a mean of 2.0 +/- 1.3 years. This value did not differ stati...

BACKGROUND Skeletal maturation is an integral part of individual pattern of growth and development and is a continuous process. Peak growth velocity in standing height is the most valid representation of the rate of overall skeletal growth. Ossification changes of hand wrist and cervical vertebrae are the reliable indicators of growth status of individual. The objective of this study was to com...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to verify the intra-individual reproducibility of natural head position (NHP) in centric relation (CR) position, to prove the inter-individual differences in the Frankfort horizontal plane and sella-nasion line compared with the true horizontal line, and to establish linear norms from A-point, B-point, Pog as well as soft tissue A-point, soft tissue B-point,...

OBJECTIVES The morphology of the alveolar process determines the retention and stability of prosthetic restorations, thereby determining the result of the therapy. Considering that the edentulous jaws may be affected by the atrophy process, it was hypothesized that the morphology of the alveolar process of the maxilla may be dependent on the anterior facial height and anatomy of the mandible. ...

Using lateral cephalograms and a jaw movement-recording system, the relationship between the masticatory movement path and dentofacial morphology was investigated in 17 subjects (9 males and 8 females, mean age 23.5 years) without a history of orthodontic treatment. The masticatory movement path was measured at the right and left lower first molar while the subjects chewed gum. The angle betwee...

Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is a hereditary bone fragility disorder that in most patients is caused by mutations affecting collagen type I. Their typical oral and craneofacial characteristics (Dentinogenesis imperfecta type I and class III malocclusion), involve the dentist in the multidisciplinary team that treat these patients. It is usual to perform lateral skull radiographs for the orthodo...

OBJECTIVE To introduce a unique newly modified non-invasive surgical technique of genioplasty, where the mentalis muscle is advanced surgically for some selected indicated patients. METHODS This technique was carried out at the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. From January 2009 to December 2011, 20 medically f...

The purpose of this study was to determine the frequency of cleft lip and palate (CL&P) patients and their associated dental anomalies in orthodontics department. The data were retrieved from file records of orthodontics department at Islamic International Dental Hospital, Islamabad (IIDH). All the cleft patients were included in this study who visited orthodontics department, IIDH during the y...

This prospective cohort study evaluated the use of videofluoroscopy in assessing changes in both antero-posterior (A-P) and transverse pharyngeal airway dimensions in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA). Forty patients [32 males and 8 females; mean age of 49.3 (SD = 10.79) years] with confirmed OSA, referred for mandibular advancement appliance (MAA) therapy were recruited. Patients re...