Immunoblot Characterization of Porphyromonas Species from Infected Dog and Cat Bite Wounds in Humans. M. E. MULLIGAN, D. M. CITRON, R. Y. Y. KWOK, AND E. J. C. GOLDSTEIN. From the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Long Beach, Long Beach; the University of California, Irvine, College of Medicine, Irvine; the R. M. Alden Research Laboratory, Santa Monica; and the UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angel...

OBJECTIVE To assess the morphological and functional traits of malocclusion. DESIGN Cross-sectional study. SETTING Moshi Municipality, Kilimanjaro region, Tanzania. SUBJECTS Examination for occlusal traits was done on 372 randomly selected 3-5-year olds (157 males and 215 females). RESULTS The overall prevalence of malocclusion was 26.9%. Females had significantly more occlusal anomalie...

facial deficiency or true mandibular prognathism are difficult to manage nonsurgically, particularly when a hyperdivergent mandibular growth pattern creates an anterior open bite. For the past 25 years, early growth modification of midfacial deficiency with expansion and facemask therapy has been the standard treatment for Class III malocclusions.1,2 A disadvantage of this ap proach is that it ...

This study compared the peak isometric strength of the cervical flexors in deep bite temporomandibular dysfunction (TMD) patients while biting in four bite positions: habitual occlusion, edge-to-edge, lateral shift and retruded. These values were then compared to those of the same subjects' bite positions elevated to a functional criterion (maximum isometric strength of the deltoid muscles). Th...

BackgroundOpen bite is considered one of the most complicated malocclusions in orthodontic treatment. In this study, authors successfully treated total open involved hypercementosis using miniscrews.Case DescriptionA woman aged 25 years 8 months had bite. Her occlusal contact at maximum intercuspation was present right second molars. A panoramic radiograph showed diffuse hypercementosis. The ti...