The purpose of this case report is to present a multidisсiрlinаry treatment an adult patient with maxillary hyрoplаsia secondary cleft lip and palate using segmentаl distrаctiоn osteogenesis (MSD) system. Dentаl-аnchоred Hyrаx deviсe wаs usеd tо bring аbоut the distаctiоn incrеаse uрреr jаw length withоut аltering spеeсh, аdеquаte аnd stаble occlusiоn. Dental implants were placed in recently cr...

BACKGROUND Correction of orthodontic asymmetries is crucial to achieve functional occlusion, aesthetics and stability of post orthodontic treatment results. To date valid frequency data of dentofacial asymmetries in Pakistani orthodontic patients do not exist to document orthodontic treatment need. The objectives of this study were to determine frequency of dento-facial asymmetries, severity of...

Dr. Kravitz is a Contributing Editor of the Journal of Clinical Orthodontics; an adjunct faculty member, Department of Ortho dontics, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC; and in the private practice of orthodontics at 25055 Riding Plaza, Suite 110, South Riding, VA 20152; e-mail: nealkravitz@ gmail.com. D crowding—otherwise referred to as tooth-size/arch-length discrepancy (TSALD) —is th...

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) can be a serious and potentially fatal breathing disorder if left untreated leading to heart arrhythmias, heart failure, high blood pressure, stroke and diabetes [1-5]. This disorder causes a person to experience pauses in breathing due to collapse or blockage of the upper airway during sleep [3,5]. The true cause of OSA can be one or a multiple of the following: t...

Introduction: nowledge of standard dimensions which concerns the dental arch in human populating are very useful to clinicians in different fields of dentistry in orthodontics, prosthodontics and oral surgery and they are of great interest to anthropologists in studying the dental arch growth and development in relation to different environmental , genetic and physical factors for different pop...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the characteristics (shape of dental arches, overjet and overbite) of the primary dentition of 6- to 39-month-old children from four nurseries of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and to associate them to gender and dentition phase. It was observed that 68.6% of the children presented round upper arch, while 31.4% had triangular upper arch; 92% of the children presen...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the relationship between caries and malocclusion in the early and late mixed dentition in a population of children of Chinese migrant workers in Shanghai. METHODS Dental charts were obtained for 646 children in the mixed dentition, aged between 6 and 13 years old. The decayed, missing, and filled teeth (DMFT) index and interproximal tooth structure lost due to caries (IT...

OBJECTIVE To investigate whether individuals with high and low mandibular plane angles, respectively, have different patterns of long-term dental arch changes in adulthood. SUBJECTS AND METHODS The material comprised 16 low-angle (≤ 24.4 degree) and 10 high-angle individuals (≥38.7 degree). Mean age was 22.7 years when the first recordings were made (T1), and new recordings were made 10 (T2) ...

  Objective: For the assessment of primary arch form, different methods have been used including qualitative classifications, inter-canine and inter-molar widths and quantitative and numerical methods using mathematical models. The purpose of this study was to compare the validity and reliability of Cast Analyzer X Iranian software with those of Curve Expert Professional version 1.1 for arch fo...