1. Post Graduate Student, Department of Oral Pathology & Microbiology, Institute of Dental Sciences & Technology, Modinagar 2. Senior Lecturer, Department of Orthodontics, Institute of Dental Sciences & Technology, Modinagar 3. Senior Lecturer, Department of Oral Pathology & Microbiology, Eklavya Dental College & Hospital, Kotputli, Rajasthan 4. Senior Lecturer, Department of Prosthodontics, Ko...

Context: In recent years, lasers have numerous applications in orthodontics as an important field of dentistry. The purpose of this article is to review some of the major applications of laser in the field of soft tissue management in orthodontics. Evidence Acquisition: No single laser wavelength can be used to optimally treat all dental diseases. However, the needs of the orthodontic clinician...

KRISZTINA MÁRTHA1, ALEXANDRU OGODESCU2*, CRISTINA BICA1, EMILIA OGODESCU2*, IRINA ZETU3 1 University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Târgu Mures, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Department of Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry, 38 Gheorghe Marinescu Str., 540141 Târgu Mureo, Romania 2 ”Victor Babeo” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Dental Medicine, 2nd Department, Discipline of Paedodo...

a Department of Orthodontics, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil b Graduate Program in Dentistry / Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil c Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil d Department of Ort...

1 DDS, PhD, Post-doctorate student, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculdade de Odontologia de Piracicaba, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp), Piracicaba (SP), Brazil; Department of Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry, Faculdade de Odontologia de Araraquara, Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho” (Unesp), Araraquara (SP), Brazil 2 DDS, MS, Doctorate Stude...

Skeletal class II has always been a challenge in orthodontics and often needs assistance of surgical orthodontics in nongrowing patients when it presents with severe discrepancy. Difficulty increases more when vertical dysplasia is also associated with sagittal discrepancy. The advent of mini implants in orthodontics has broadened the spectrum of camouflage treatment. This case report presents ...

195 a Assistant Professor, Karadeniz Technical University, Department of Orthodontics, Trabzon, Turkey. b Assistant Professor, Karadeniz Technical University, Department of Oral Surgery, Trabzon, Turkey. Corresponding author: Mehmet Bayram. Karadeniz Technical University, Department of Orthodontics, Trabzon, Black Sea 61080, Turkey. +90 462 3774724; e-mail, [email protected]. Received Ja...

Address: 1Institute of Pharmacology and Experimental Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2Ortline, Institute for Orthodontics and General Dentistry, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia, 3Department of Orthodontics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia, 4Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana,...

115 a Orthodontic Postgraduate, b Chairman and Professor, Department of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Kyungpook National University. Corresponding author: Hee-Moon Kyung. Department of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Kyungpook National University, 188-1, Samduk 2-ga, Jung-gu, Daegu 700-412, Korea. +82 53 600 7372; e-mail, [email protected]. Received November 27, 2009; Last Revision Febr...

349 a Graduate Student, b Professor, Department of Orthodontics, School of Stomatology, The Fourth Military Medical University, China. Corresponding author: Yinzhong Duan. Department of Orthodontics, School of Stomatology, The Fourth Military Medical University, No.145 West Changle road, Xi’an, P. R.China, 710032. +86 29 84776137; e-mail, [email protected]. Received February 3, 2010; Last Rev...