Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is a growing problem, where the diagnosis and management are rapidly evolving. The investigative tools limited resources in developing countries pose an extra challenge optimally treating patients with OSA.Polysomnography drug induced endoscopy important diagnostic parameters. Cephalometric parameters emerging tool workup, no data available Sri Lankan population s...

The aim of this study is to demonstrate the use and effectiveness cephalometry golden proportions analysis face in planning prosthetic treatments totally edentulous patients. In order apply method, latero-lateral posterior-anterior X-rays must be performed addition common procedure. Two main concerns for patients are establishment vertical dimension new position occlusal plane. divine proportio...

Objective: The present study is an attempt to develop a method to determine sex from the skull with lateral cephalometric radiograph using discriminant function analysis. Study design: The superciliary ridges, frontal sinuses, sella, cranial base and mastoid process were adopted as objects of lateral radiographic cephalometric measurements. The present study included cephalometric radiographs o...

Various cephalometric analyses may provide conflicting results for the skeletal sagittal relationship and incisors inclination. The aim of this study was to evaluate the various cephalometric analyses by relating the upper and lower incisors to different reference points and lines. One hundred and two pre-treatment lateral cephalometric radiographs were selected and stratified into three groups...

This study was conducted on a sample of thirty patients selected from Orthodontics department de’Montmorency College of dentistry/ Punjab dental Hospital, Lahore. The purpose of study was to evaluate treatment effects of Distal Jet Appliance during Class-II molar correction with a focus on the magnitude of Maxillary first molar distalization, its tipping, extrusion, rotation as well as anchorag...

O r t h o d o n t i c s has never been a quiet, settled specialty, but the current controversy, touching as it does upon the very scientific bases of orthodontic diagnosis, case assessment, and t reatment p lanning--not to mention a number of complex ethical issues--has commanded an unusual amount of attention, both at the meetings of our societies and in the pages of our journals. Computers / ...

Objective: The purpose of this study was to achieve a specific cephalometric pattern for young Afro-Caucasian Brazilian individuals and verify the presence of dimorphism between sexes. Methods: The sample was composed of 40 lateral cephalograms of young Afro-Caucasian Brazilian individuals (mulattos), 20 males (mean age 13.25 years) and 20 females (mean age 13.10 years), with normal occlusion a...