Maintaining the treatment results following orthodontic treatment is one of the most important aspects of the entire orthodontic treatment process. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate and compare the uses of Hawley and clear overlay orthodontic retainers relative to changes in overjet, overbite, intermolar width, intercanine width, and arch length measurements. These measurements w...

INTRODUCTION: Subjective facial analysis is a diagnostic method that provides morphological analysis of the face. Thus, the aim of the present study was to compare the facial and dental diagnoses and investigate their relationship. METHODS: This sample consisted of 151 children (7 to 13 years old), without previous orthodontic treatment, analyzed by an orthodontist. Standardized extraoral an...

Anterior open bite treatment is considered to be a complex in the field of orthodontics. Orthognathic surgery often choice for these types malocclusions and prognosis results are still questionable. With introduction Multiloop edgewise archwire therapy, has started showing efficient results. Moreover, MEAW versatile as it capable correcting various well such Class II, III, deep overbite, with m...

Considerable amounts of research have been done on various aspects of orthognathic surgery during its short history. Nevertheless, there are no comprehensive publications on the cost-risk-benefit analysis of the entire process of orthognathic surgery. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the psychosocial and biophysiological outcomes of orthognathic surgery with special reference to...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this investigation was to compare the pattern of temporomandibular disorder (TMD) diagnoses in clenching patients with different occlusal features, the null hypothesis being that no between-group differences exist. MATERIALS AND METHODS Two groups of subjects receiving a jaw clenching diagnosis and having large overjet or anterior open bite (Group A; N=45, 75.5% females, ...

BACKGROUND Hallermann in 1948 and Streiff in 1950 described patients characterised by "bird face", congenital cataract, mandibular hypoplasia, and dental abnormalities. The new syndrome was later defined as Hallermann-Streiff Syndrome (HSS), underlining the differences with regard to Franceschetti's mandibulofacial dysostosis. CASE REPORT Examination of a white male affected by Hallermann-Str...

RESUME Goyal Sandeep 1,*, Goyal Sonia 2 1 Orthodontist, Dental Department, King Faisal Hospital, Kigali, Rwanda 2 Stomatologist, Polyclinique La Medicale, Kigali, Rwanda Background: Dental malocclusion is present in all societies but its prevalence varies. Identifying occlusal problems, their incidence and the need for treatment can help to determine the appropriate awareness plans, preventive ...

background : to assess the prevalence of malocclusion and to determine the different occlusal characteristics in primary dentition of 4 to 6 years old children in india. materials and methods : the target population comprised 4 to 6 years old children attending different nursery, kindergarten and primary schools of bagalkot city. stratifi ed cluster random sampling procedure was executed to col...