The iPanda is fabricated on the patient’s working cast. An .035" round stainless steel wire is bent with a Young plier to produce a 12mm-long, 2mm-wide loop, which is then customized to create a self-locking system between the iPanda and the midpalatal miniscrew heads. This system allows easy and quick connection to and removal from the miniscrews without the need for ligatures or composite mat...

INTRODUCTION Increase in adult orthodontic patients has increased the challenges faced by orthodontists, as they often present themselves with a varying degree of dental and peri-odontal compromise, in which the entire orthodontic treatment planning will revolve around maintenance and augmentation of supporting apparatus. One of the many factors to be considered during treating an adult patient...

The aim of the study was to conduct a long-term follow-up on the stability of the hard tissues after bilateral sagittal split osteotomy (BSSO) with rigid internal fixation (RIF)to set back the mandible and to compare it with that of mandibular advancement performed by the same team of surgeons and with the same examination protocol. Seventeen consecutive patients (6 females and 11 males) could ...