Introduction: The objective of this study was to gather information about normal occlusion and arch dimensions in the primary teeth of the children belonging to an Iranian population. Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was performed on 68 children from the city of Mashhad in the 3-5 age range. Dental arch dimensions, interrelationships of primary canine and second molars, overbite ...

ABSTRACT Objectives To compare changes in maxillary molar root resorption, intrusion amount, dentoskeletal measures, and maximum bite force (MBF) between clear aligners (CA) fixed appliances with miniscrew (FM) during intrusion. Materials Methods Forty adults anterior open were randomized into either CA or FM groups. Lateral cephalograms, cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT), MBF collected at p...

Background: We investigated the relationship between mandibular Curve of Spee (COS) and a persisting primary second molar (ppM2) due to an agenesis premolar, using digital software technique. Methods: Digital dental casts were obtained from 200 patients at Department Orthodontics in Innsbruck Vienna, Austria. Patients (age-, gender-, malocclusion-matched) equally divided into two groups (n = 10...

Dental trauma is a serious public problem causing psychology, aesthetic, Social and therapeutic problems and its irreversible pathology that after occurrence is characterized by life-long debilitating effects. This study aimed to investigate the oral risk factors for injury to maxillary permanent incisors among Al-Ramadi schoolchildren aged 6-13 years, the result clarified frequency of traumati...

INTRODUCTION The objective of this study was to identify the patterns of dental variables of adolescent Japanese-Brazilian descendants with normal occlusion, and also to compare them with a similar Caucasian and Mongoloid sample. METHODS Lateral cephalometric radiographs were used to compare the groups: Caucasian (n = 40), Japanese-Brazilian (n = 32) and Mongoloid (n = 33). The statistical te...

BACKGROUND The present adult patient case report shows the correction of a crossbite malocclusion and severe tooth rotations treated with the Invisalign system. METHODS A 27-year-old female with a dental crossbite (24, 34), severe rotations of two lower incisors (more than 40 degrees) and malalignment of the upper and lower arches is described. The Invisalign system was treatment planned to c...

The present case report describes the treatment of a 12-year-old boy who had skeletal Class III malocclusion with concave facial profile, hypodivergent facial pattern with anterior cross bite and deep overbite. The treatment plan included rapid palatal expansion with maxillary protraction and fixed edgewise appliance. The results show that anterior cross bite was corrected and facial esthetics ...