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Abstract Objectives: The present research aimed to assess the accuracy and precision of TheraMon ® microsensor embedded in different thicknesses Hawley retainers (HR) for comparison with vacuum formed (VFR). Methods: Thirty microsensors contained within composition were divided into three equal groups: Group A thick coverage HR (3 mm), B thin (1 C VFR mm). immersed thermostatic water at a contr...

We report the case of a sixteen-year-old female patient with an ectopic intranasal tooth located in inferior nasal meatus left side. The was incidental finding on dental panoramic x-ray, made at orthodontist to plan fixed retainer. didn’t have any symptoms like obstruction, discharge or epistaxis. After discussing our collegues from maxillofacial surgery-department, removed endoscopic-endonasal...

We treated a 21-year-old woman with a severe open bite and macroglossia with a standard edgewise appliance and without partial glossectomy. This was followed by retention using a Begg-type plate retainer for the upper dental arch and a fixed canine-to-canine for the lower arch. A crib was added to the upper plate retainer for suppression of a tongue thrust. The lower arch relapsed during the re...

Büchi’s theorem, in establishing the equivalence between languages definable in S1S over pP,ăq and the ω-regular languages also demonstrated that S1S over pP,ăq is no more expressive than its existential fragment. It is also easy to see that S1S over pP,ăq is equi-expressive with S1S over pP, sq. However, it is not immediately obvious whether it is possible to adapt Büchi’s argument to establis...