Dental caries and periodontal diseases, the two arch criminals of oral cavity, are essentially caused by the micro-organisms present in dental plaque [1]. In India, nearly 60-65% of the child population is affected by dental caries and 10% has periodontitis [2,3]. Dental plaque plays an important role in the development of dental caries and periodontal disease, which results in both dysfunction...

INTRODUCTION The aim of this prospective longitudinal clinical study was to evaluate the short-term and long-term changes in dental-arch dimensions in patients treated with the acrylic splint rapid maxillary expander in the early mixed dentition followed by fixed appliances in the permanent dentition. METHODS The dental casts of 51 consecutively treated patients (TG) were compared with those ...

Background- Arch expansion is one of the non- extraction methods gaining space. This study aims to assess and compare arch achieved during initial leveling alignment with three different bracket-archwire combinations.
 Material Methods- was a retrospective done in university setup. From available patient information archives, records 30 subjects based on their advocated bracket system were...

PURPOSE Banding a rapid palatal expansion (RPE) appliance to the 2 first molars has been proposed as an equivalent to the conventional 4-band RPE appliance. However, the dentoskeletal response to this treatment has not been evaluated. MATERIAL Twenty-eight subjects (aged 8-20 years) who required maxillary expansion were matched by age and randomly assigned to either a 2-band or a 4-band RPE g...

The objective of this study was to compare transverse dimensions of the dental arches and alveolar arches in the canine, premolar and molar regions of Class I and Class II div 1 malocclusion groups. This cross sectional study was performed at Lahore medical and dental college, from January 2011 to November 2011, using measurements on dental casts of 30 Class I and Class II div 1 adult female su...

Aim. To estimate the prevalence of coronal pulp stones in the molar teeth of dental outpatients of Sunam, Sangrur district, Punjab, India, to report any association between occurrence of pulp stones with age, gender, dental arch, side, and dental status and to find out correlation between pulp stones with dental and systemic diseases. Materials and Methods. 500 routine dental outpatients within...

The fundamental factors in the diagnosis in the orthodontic treatment are the spacing condition, tooth size, arch form and its dimensions. Plaster model analysis is a time-consuming procedure. Dividers, calipers, and Boley gauges have provided the standart of measurement against which newer methods have been evaluated [1]. Various scanning techniques, including laser scans, structured light, de...

Contributors: 1Professor, Department of Prosthodontics, Institute of Dental Sciences, Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India; 2Professor and Head, Department of Prosthodontics, SJM Dental College and Hospital, Chitradurga, Karnataka, India; 3Reader, Department of Prosthodontics, Sree Sai Dental College, Srikakulam; 4Senior Lecturer, Department of Prosthodontics, Sree Sai D...

The interaction between tongue size/volume and craniofacial skeletal growth is essential for understanding the mechanism of specific types of malocclusion and objectively measuring outcomes of various surgical and/or orthodontic treatments. Currently available information on this interaction is limited. This study was designed to examine how tongue body volume reduction affects craniofacial ske...

Bimaxillary deficiencies (BMD) are frequently observed in adult patients and an increasingly recognized major orthodontic problem. Transverse skeletal deficiency (TSD) is a common clinical problem associated with narrow basal and dentoalveolar bone. An adequate transversal dimension is an important factor of stable occlusion and it positively effects facial esthetics and mastication. Narrow and...