Objective: The purpose of the study is to assess and compare the plaque and gingival status among dental students undergoing orthodontic treatment with that of non-orthodontic treatment. Materials and Methods: A comparative cross sectional study was conducted among 64 dental students. The 64 students were divided into three groups, Group 1 subjects undergoing orthodontic treatment, Group 2 subj...

OBJECTIVE This study aimed at assessing the normative need for orthodontic treatment and the factors that determine the subjective impact of malocclusion on 12-year-old Brazilian school children. METHODS A total of 451 subjects (215 males and 236 females) were randomly selected from private and public schools of Juiz de Fora, Brazil. The collected data included sociodemographic information an...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to analyze the patterns of tooth movements when distalization of mandibular molars using a mini-plate took place. A finite element analysis was applied to analyze patterns of tooth movements. METHODS The model of the mandible and teeth were used to build a finite element analysis model, and a mini-plate was inserted in the mandibular ramus. Two differ...

AIM To assess the emotional effects of malocclusion among Nigerian orthodontic patients. DESIGN A questionnaire survey. SUBJECTS AND METHODS A questionnaire was completed by 221 Nigerian orthodontic patients undergoing routine orthodontic care at the Orthodontic Unit, Department of Preventive Dentistry, University College Hospital, Ibadan and the Department of Child Dental Health, Lagos Uni...

OBJECTIVE To identify the prevalence and the severity of malocclusions and to analyze factors associated with the need for orthodontic treatment of Brazilian adolescents. METHODS This exploratory, cross-sectional study was carried out based on secondary data from the national epidemiological survey on oral health in Brazil (2002-2003). Socio-demographic conditions, self-perception, and the ex...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to assess the microbial changes in children with fixed orthodontic appliances compared with a control group of children without orthodontic treatment. MATERIAL AND METHODS Ninety-five children, aged between 12 and 16 years, participated in this study. Forty-eight subjects were fitted with fixed orthodontic appliances and forty-seven were free of any such ap...

AIM The purpose of this prospective cohort study was to assess the survival and success rates of palatal implants. MATERIAL AND METHODS Seventy patients (56 female, 14 male; age 25-6 +/- 10-8 years) receiving Orthosystem (Straumann AG, Basel, Switzerland) palatal implants from March 1999 to November 2006 were included. The indication was established according to the required anchorage for ort...

Corticotomy-assisted orthodontic treatment is an established and efficient orthodontic technique that has recently been studied in a number of publications. It has gradually gained popularity as an adjunct treatment option for the orthodontic treatment of adults. It involves selective alveolar decortication in the form of decortication lines and dots performed around the teeth that are to be mo...

1 Saveetha Dental College, Chennai -77 Email: [email protected] 2 Reader, Department of orthodontics, Saveetha dental college, Chennai -77 ABSTRACT AIM: The aim of study is to determine the level of awareness to orthodontic treatment among female population. OBJECTIVES: A cross sectional questionnaire study was conducted to determine the awareness towards orthodontic treatment among fe...

INTRODUCTION: A traditional orthognathic approach requires presurgical orthodontic treatment for an average of approximately 17 months, followed by surgery and postsurgical orthodontic treatment for approximately 6–12 months. Therefore, the total treatment time for the conventional orthognathic approach takes approximately 18–36 months. Because traditional orthognathic surgery requires 2–3 year...