A 16-year-old girl with an anterior open bite was treated with nonextraction therapy that included intrusion of the maxillary and mandibular posterior teeth with microscrew implants. Implants (diameter, 1.2 mm; length, 8 or 6 mm) were placed into alveolar bone near the posterior teeth and used as anchorage for intrusive force. To prevent adverse side effects of buccoversion or linguoversion of ...

INTRODUCTION The restoration of posterior teeth with composite restoration is a common clinical practice nowadays. Opinions regarding posterior composite restorations vary among dentists. The aim of the present study was to determine the knowledge and opinions of general dental practitioners towards composite resins for posterior teeth restorations. MATERIALS AND METHODS A questionnaire was d...

2-4 cases with primary failure of eruption. It consists of extrusion of maxillary posterior teeth but the resisting factors for extrusion such as forces exerted by tongue, orbicularis oris muscle complex and periodontal ligament may pose a high potential for relapse. The more posterior and more number of posterior teeth involved in open bite, poorer is the prognosis for orthodontic treatment. I...

UNLABELLED The restoration of posterior teeth with directly placed resin-bonded composite requires meticulous operative technique in order to ensure success. Case and material selection; cavity preparation; matrix selection; isolation; bonding; management of polymerization shrinkage; placement; finishing and curing of posterior composites--all present a series of challenges that dentists must m...

AIM The study aimed to investigate the proximity of maxillary posterior teeth roots to maxillary sinus and measure the distance of maxillary posterior teeth roots and the sinus floor as well as the thickness of bone between the roots and alveolar cortical bone using Denta scan®. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study samples include Denta scan® images of fifty patients with normally erupted bilatera...

Mechanics using a mid-palatal temporary anchorage device (TAD) and an intrusion transpalatal arch (TPA) were applied to correct the open bites. Two different patterns could be obtained according anteroposterior position of TADs. When TAD was placed posterior first molar, teeth intruded (“posterior intrusion”), bite corrected efficiently. This is commonly used in most However, sometimes, with gu...