BACKGROUND Third molars present more problems than other teeth because they are the last teeth to erupt, and so it is important to assess their development when designing an orthodontic treatment plan. The aim of this study was to compare the angulation of the mandibular third molar and retromolar space before and after orthodontic treatment in cases involving first premolar extraction. MATER...

nvisalign* was initially developed to correct mild-to-moderate crowding, to close naturally occurring spaces, and to produce dental tipping. 1,2 After years of experience with the system, orthodontists have reported its successful use in more complex cases, such as those involving extractions, open bites, and Class II malocclusions. 3-7 This article describes two anterior open-bite patients who...

dontic tooth movement and orthopedic jaw movement?” With this question in 1983, Creekmore and Eklund were the first orthodontists to suggest in print that a small metal screw could withstand a constant force of sufficient magnitude and duration to reposition an entire anterior maxillary dentition without becoming loose, painful, infected, or pathologic.1 Their case opened an entirely new area f...

BACKGROUND When a young patient accidentally loses two neighboring maxillary incisors, the choice of treatment plan is difficult. Although implant restorations are a popular option, they cannot be placed until skeletal growth is finished. Furthermore, the use of two neighboring implant crowns represents a considerable challenge from an esthetic point of view. This case report describes an innov...

OBJECTIVE Elastomeric materials play an important role in the orthodontic practice, including the retraction force to move teeth into extraction sites, closing diastemas, selective shifting of the midline and generalized space closure. Frictional resistance and ligating strength of archwire-bracket-ligature complex occurs during utilization of elastomeric and metallic ligatures when orthodontic...

A one-stage procedure to reconstruct complete and incomplete unilateral/bilateral cleft lip and nose deformities is presented. Emphasis was made on closure of the lip muscles, correction of the nostril floor, correction of the alveolar cleft as well as reconstruction of the nose through an intranasal approach, with a supported suture technique for nasal correction. No dental or orthodontic trea...

This case report aimed to present the course of surgically combined comprehensive orthodontic treatment a male adult with cleft lip and palate, showing left alveolar cleft, lateral deviation major segment maxilla, palatal transposition incisor. Preoperatively, midline upper central incisors was shifted by 7.0 mm right, right incisor showed transposition, residual 6.5 mm. Segmental Le Fort I ost...

A pair (X, ) of a finite set X and a closure operator : 2X → 2X is called a closure space. The class of closure spaces includes matroids as well as antimatroids. Associated with a closure space (X, ), the extreme point operator ex: 2X → 2X is defined as ex(A) = {p|p ∈ A,p / ∈ (A − {p})}. We give characterizations of extreme point operators of closure spaces, matroids and antimatroids, respectiv...

Introduction: Congenital absence of mandibular second premolars affects many orthodontic patients. The orthodontist must make the proper decision at the appropriate time regarding management of the edentulous space. These spaces can be closed or left open. Implications: If the space will be left open for an eventual restoration, the keys during orthodontic treatment are to create the correct am...