This study investigated the effect of the palatal crib appliance used in the correction of open bite malocclusions secondary to fingersucking. Twelve experimental and 12 control subjects were studied for an average of 3.9 months. The sample consisted of patients who were both growing and not growing. Study models taken before and after the study period were analyzed for changes in the following...

To analyse and predict the healing time of upper limb fractures in children, machine learning algorithms were used. Paediatric orthopaedic data was obtained from University Malaya Medical Centre. The set includes radiographs involving radius, ulna, humerus children under age twelve, with ages recorded date initial injury. Inputs assessment included: age, gender, bone type, number bones involved...

A protocol for the treatment of fractures of the middle third of the femur by the early application of a hip spica has been evaluated in 191 children aged 10 years or less. Children without other injuries spent only a few days in hospital for the application and later removal of the spica. At all ages, anterior angulation of less than 20 degrees and valgus angulation of less than 15 degrees wer...

OBJECTIVE To analyze the reliability and reproducibility of a simplified method for analysis of dental angulation using digital photos of plaster dental casts. METHODS Digital and standardized photographs of plaster casts were performed and posteriorly imported to an angle reading graphic program in order to have measurements obtained. Such procedures were repeated to evaluate the random erro...