1 DDS, PhD, Post-doctorate student, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculdade de Odontologia de Piracicaba, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp), Piracicaba (SP), Brazil; Department of Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry, Faculdade de Odontologia de Araraquara, Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho” (Unesp), Araraquara (SP), Brazil 2 DDS, MS, Doctorate Stude...

Skeletal class II has always been a challenge in orthodontics and often needs assistance of surgical orthodontics in nongrowing patients when it presents with severe discrepancy. Difficulty increases more when vertical dysplasia is also associated with sagittal discrepancy. The advent of mini implants in orthodontics has broadened the spectrum of camouflage treatment. This case report presents ...

195 a Assistant Professor, Karadeniz Technical University, Department of Orthodontics, Trabzon, Turkey. b Assistant Professor, Karadeniz Technical University, Department of Oral Surgery, Trabzon, Turkey. Corresponding author: Mehmet Bayram. Karadeniz Technical University, Department of Orthodontics, Trabzon, Black Sea 61080, Turkey. +90 462 3774724; e-mail, [email protected]. Received Ja...

Address: 1Institute of Pharmacology and Experimental Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2Ortline, Institute for Orthodontics and General Dentistry, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia, 3Department of Orthodontics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia, 4Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana,...

115 a Orthodontic Postgraduate, b Chairman and Professor, Department of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Kyungpook National University. Corresponding author: Hee-Moon Kyung. Department of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Kyungpook National University, 188-1, Samduk 2-ga, Jung-gu, Daegu 700-412, Korea. +82 53 600 7372; e-mail, [email protected]. Received November 27, 2009; Last Revision Febr...

349 a Graduate Student, b Professor, Department of Orthodontics, School of Stomatology, The Fourth Military Medical University, China. Corresponding author: Yinzhong Duan. Department of Orthodontics, School of Stomatology, The Fourth Military Medical University, No.145 West Changle road, Xi’an, P. R.China, 710032. +86 29 84776137; e-mail, [email protected]. Received February 3, 2010; Last Rev...

PURPOSE The aim of this study was to evaluate the transfer of different occlusal forces in various skeletal malocclusions using finite element analysis (FEA). METHODS Three representative human cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) images of three skeletal malocclusions were obtained from the Department of Orthodontics, Yonsei University Dental Hospital, Seoul, South Korea. The CBCT scans were...

We present results from an independent analysis of friction that more generally addresses all crystalline materials by an extension of coincident site lattice theory and dislocation drag. Calculations for graphitic friction are carried out and agree in magnitude with experimental friction forces. More interestingly, static, dynamic and anisotropic friction forces, incommensurability effects and...

In orthodontics, anchorage is a prerequisite for the application of therapeutic forces and can limit their successful use. According to the intended treatment goals, desired tooth movements should, therefore, be maximized and undesirable effects minimized. But additional anchorage such as extraand intraoral forces are visible and hence compliance dependent and are associated with the risk of un...

Orthodontics is a branch of dentistry that aims at the resolution of dental malocclusions. The specialist carries out the treatment using intraoral or extraoral orthodontic appliances that require forces of a given load level to obtain a tooth movement in a certain direction in dental arches. Orthodontic tooth movement is dependent on efficient remodeling of periodontal ligament and alveolar bo...