The aim of this study was to produce a treatment difficulty index (TDI) for unerupted maxillary canines. Thirty treated cases, each with an unerupted unilateral maxillary canine, were graded by 14 consultant orthodontists in terms of perceived alignment difficulty, and the four main factors which had contributed to each grade were listed in order of importance. The relationship between the grad...

BACKGROUND The goal of our work was to develop a simple method to evaluate a compensation treatment after unplanned treatment interruptions with respect to their tumour- and normal tissue effect. METHODS We developed a software tool in java programming language based on existing recommendations to compensate for treatment interruptions. In order to express and visualize the deviations from th...

The present study aimed to evaluate the impact of body mass index (BMI) on pregnancy outcome after intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI). The study analyzed pregnancy outcome of 349 women who underwent ICSI by their BMI: <25, 25-<30, and ≥30 kg/m(2). The associations were generated by applying logistic regression models. A significant reduction in positive pregnancy outcome was observed among...

Aim. This case-control retrospective study is aimed at assessing if obese adolescents need more orthodontic treatment in comparison with normal-weight patients of the same age. Methods. The test group included 100 obese subjects (50 males and 50 females; average age: 13.09 ± 1.19 years old) and the control group included 100 normal-weight patients matched for age and sex (50 males and 50 female...

PURPOSE To determine if the efficacy of pain treatment assessed by the patient is a valid indicator to evaluate pain management. METHODS Three hundred and ninety one adult patients were investigated on the day of surgery and on the two following days after intraperitoneal or orthopedic surgery. Pain scores and efficacy of pain treatment were evaluated using ungraduated visual analog scales (V...

feature of the book. Of many valuable articles in the volume that on anaesthetics by Dr. Dudley Buxton is especially full and instructive ; the patient, as a factor, including a consideration of his physical and mental state; the influence of the character of the operation, and post-operative factors are all considered in turn. Appendicitis is very fully dealt with by Mr. Hugh Lett. The section...

background. one of the treatment methods for facial fractures is close reduction technique, but treatment with intermaxillary fixation (imf) interferes with normal nutrition, and malnutrition can affect patient’s recovery. anthropometric measurements such as skinfold thickness and body mass index (bmi) are universal indexes for diagnosing malnutrition. so in this study we pointed out how treatm...