This retrospective study was undertaken to determine the presence of any features on a pretreatment lateral cephalogram that may be used to predict the success of improvement in the sagittal dental base relationship during functional appliance therapy in patients with a Class II skeletal pattern. Seventy-two patients judged to have been successfully treated with a functional appliance were sele...

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the cephalometric parameters that impair the consistency between the Wits and ANB measurements, which are used in the determination of anteroposterior jaw relationships by logistic regression analysis in the Turkish population. Methods: This retrospective study was conducted on 207 lateral cephalometric radiographs of 100 females (mean age: 15...

The interaction between inorganic nanoparticles and biological molecules is of great importance in the field biosystems nanomaterials. Here, we report adsorption process a heterocyclic organic compound (nitrogenous base) on microporous carbon (C) presence colloidal silver solution (AgNP solution) as an accompanying substance. Analysis potential colloid–biomolecule well subsequent phenomenon cha...

Two central characteristics of Catholicism in Southwest Germany were clericalism and communalism. Clericalism meant, especially in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, that German Catholics demanded that priests, especially resident priests, perform and sanctify church rituals. Communalism meant that village communes played a central role in the supervision of the rural clergy and in the o...

OBJECTIVE To compare the seven methods of cephalometric analysis for assessing sagittal jaw relationship and to determine the level of agreement between them. STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional, analytical study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Dental Section, the Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, from January to December 2004. METHODOLOGY Seven methods, describing anteroposterior jaw relation...

Background: According to the close proximity of hyoid bone with dentofacial structures and its muscular attachments, a probable relationship between it and different types of skeletal patterns is suspected. Objectives: The aim of this study is compare the position of hyoid bone in skeletal class I and class II patients. Methods: In this study 50 cephalograms were divided into two groups, skelet...

OBJECTIVE Osteoporosis has traditionally been considered a female problem. This study's purpose is to evaluate bone mineral density (BMD) in males with eating disorders. METHOD Charts of 70 consecutive males admitted to an eating disorder program were reviewed. Females admitted during the same time period were used for comparison. BMD was measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry. RESULT...

OBJECTIVES To compare stability of maxillary advancements in patients with cleft lip and palate following distraction osteogenesis or orthognathic surgery. MATERIAL AND METHODS INCLUSION CRITERIA 1) cleft lip and palate, 2) advancement > 8 mm. Eleven patients comprised the distraction osteogenesis group (DOG). Seven patients comprised the orthognathic treatment group (CONVG). Skeletal and ...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to compare the treatment duration and dentoskeletal changes between two different anchorage systems used to treat maxillary dentoalveolar protrusion and to examine the effectiveness of en-masse retraction using two miniscrews placed in the midpalatal suture. METHODS Fifty-seven patients (9 men, 48 women), who had undergone level anchorage system treatme...