In Class II, Division I malocclusion is a common problem often associated with mal-relationship of dental bases and mal-alignment of dentition. The approaches to treat Class II, Division I malocclusion include growth modulation, dental camouflage and surgical orthodontics. A 16-year-old female patient with Class II, Division I malocclusion associated with excessive over jet, deep bite, and retr...

Objective: The present study was undertaken to compare the pharyngeal dimensions in Angle’s Class I normal and Angle’s Class II division 1 samples, and to correlate it with the dentoskeletal parameters in both the groups. Materials and methods: The sample consists of 92 pretreatment lateral cephalogram, which were categorized into two groups, Group A and Group B, that they should present Angle’...

Assessment of growth status of dentofacial skeleton is important during orthodontic diagnosis and treatment planning procedures particularly in young children having skeletal malocclusion. ‘Genetic and epigenetic factors have a marked effect on the growth status of a child thus the need for the orthodontist to use various skeletal maturation indices to determine period of accelerated growth. Ai...

Identification is necessary for humanitarian and emotional reasons and for many legal issues, particularly for family members. In recent reports, identification based on dental information is considered to be highly efficient, reliable, and rapid.4-7 Although many methods are followed for gender differentiation and age estimation, still identification of skeletal remains and decomposed bodies r...

Maxillary advancement by Le Fort I osteotomy in cleft patients has an average relapse of about 40-60 percent. With extraoral distraction devices it is possible to obtain an almost unlimited advancement of the upper jaw. Due to the social problems the retention period is normally reduced to some monthes. A relapse of 10-25 % can be seen in these cases. Le Fort I internal distraction osteogenesis...

A prospective study of 28 growing children (mean age of 8 years 3 months) with Class III malocclusions was consecutively treated using rapid maxillary expansion and maxillary protraction. All patients were treated from a negative overjet to a positive overjet and from a Class III dental malocclusion to a Class I dental relationship. For each patient, a lateral cephalogram was taken before treat...

AIMS The aim was to evaluate if any correlation exists between variation in angulation of Po-Na-ANS angle and relative parallelism of the occlusal plane to the different tragal levels of the ear in dentulous subjects. METHODOLOGY A total of 200 subjects were selected for the study. A custom made occlusal plane analyzer was used to determine the posterior point of the ala-tragal line. The late...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the reliability of the digital radiograph of the middle phalanx of the third finger (MP3) in skeletal maturity assessment. STUDY DESIGN Fifty children (24 girls and 26 boys) belonging to the circumpubertal age-group were selected for the study. Two radiographs - lateral cephalogram and digital radiograph of the MP3 region - were taken in each child. Age assessment was ba...

Purpose: This study was performed to evaluate the uniqueness and reliability of the frontal sinus and nasal septum by comparing various patterns of both the structures as observed on Posteroanterior cephalogram for personal identification. Materials and Methods: The present study comprised of 52 subjects (29 males and 23 females). Digital posteroanterior cephalogram radiographs were taken and f...