BACKGROUND The aim of this retrospective study was to identify which dental and/or cephalometric variables were predictors of long-term maxillary dental arch stability in patients treated with a transpalatal arch (TPA) during the mixed dentition phase followed by full fixed appliances in the permanent dentition. METHODS Thirty-six patients, treated with TPA followed up by full fixed appliance...

The purpose of this study was to compare the dentoalveolar changes produced when using two different intraoperative surgical procedures for maxillary distraction osteogenesis. Eight patients were assigned into two groups according to the surgical procedure: down-fracture (DF, n = 6) vs non-down-fracture (NDF, n = 2). Lateral cephalograms and 3-D models before and after maxillary distraction wer...

The stature or height of an individual is useful for assisting in forensic identifications. Teeth can act as a valuable tool for stature estimation when only the skull is available. Carrea's index estimates the stature of a person from the dimensions of lower anterior teeth. The aim of this study was to assess the reliability of the Carrea's index in an Indian population. Data was collected fro...

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...

Cleft malformations belong to the most common facial congenital defects. This study compares the impact of early and late reconstruction of complete unilateral cleft lip and palate on the growth and development of the posterior part of dentoalveolar arch. Maxillary dental casts of 35 infants were used for analyses. They were divided into 2 groups according to the timing of the lip reconstructio...

Purpose is to emphasize the danger and necessity for the treatment of clinical complications from dental trauma without appropriate reimplantation and applied space maintainer. Two clinical cases with dental trauma without appropriate reimplatation and used space maintainer resulting in complications of the dental arch were treated with different orthodontic techniques. The first clinical case ...

BACKGROUND Dental crowding is the one of the most frequently encountered problem for an orthodontist. The relationship between crowding and various skeletal, dental and soft tissue parameters is important to establish and consider during the overall orthodontic treatment planning. This study aimed to determine the correlation of maxillary and mandibular base lengths with dental arch crowding in...