Received on: 6/11/10 Accepted after Revision: 9/12/10 2Professor and Head, 3Professor, 4Associate Professor Private Practice, Gurgaon, Haryana, India 2Department of Pedodontics, Laxmibai Institute of Dental Sciences and Hospital, Patiala, Punjab, India 3Department of Orthodontics, Inderprastha Dental College Sahibabad, Uttar Pradesh, India 4Department of Orthodontics, Government Dental College,...

SUMMARY The aim of this study was to evaluate the dentoalveolar effects of a pendulum appliance supported buccally by a K-loop, and to compare these with a cervical headgear (CHG) group. The records of 30 patients with skeletal Class I and dental Class II malocclusions were divided in to two groups: Patients in group 1 (seven females and eight males; mean age, 15.0 +/- 3.4 years) were treated w...

This report describes a novel concept of relocating orthodontic mini-implants during dental distalization to provide unrestricted distal movement of the full maxillary dentition. The patient was an 18-year old Korean woman with a full-step Class II Division 1 malocclusion and mandibular deficiency. Mini-implants were initially placed bilaterally between the maxillary second premolar and the fir...

The incidence of ectopically erupting canine is quite common, reasons are multifactorial, but usually it's the lack space which happens due to mesial drift posterior teeth or inherent discrepancy between arch length and tooth size discrepancy. If former, distalization one Go-to treatment modality can opt for provided nose lip relation optimum does not warrant extraction. latter then extraction ...

Introduction: The study was conducted to assess the stress and displacement effects of a mini-implant supported k-loop on maxillary dentition for distalization with 3-dimensional (3D) finite element analysis. Materials Methods: A 3D model maxilla all teeth, periodontal ligament, bone, mini-implants, brackets, archwire used in this study. analytic like wire, K-loop, mini-implants developed using...

With the increasing number of young adults seeking orthodontic treatment to improve their smile esthetics or oral function, the time spent wearing brackets is one of the biggest challenges for these patients. Various surgical techniques have been developed over the years to accelerate tooth movement and reduce the total treatment time. A newly introduced, minimally invasive procedure namely pie...

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