the present report describes orthodontic treatment of a patient with skeletal class iii malocclusion and maxillary hypoplasia. to correct the retrusive maxilla, the treatment plan included an intra-oral removable device. it had the advantages of good patient cooperation, ease of construction and effective modification. forward growth of the maxilla, minimal downward and backward rotation of the...

AIMS To compare the short-term efficacy of treatment with a stabilization appliance compared with that of a non-occlusal, control appliance in patients with temporomandibular disorders (TMD) of mainly myogenous origin. METHODS A randomized, controlled trial was performed with 60 patients suffering from myofascial pain. Patients were randomly assigned to a treatment or a control group. The tre...

A virtual appliance contains a target application, and the running environment necessary for running that application. Users run an appliance using a virtualization engine, freeing them from the need to make sure that the target application has access to all its dependencies. However, creating and managing a virtual appliance, versus a stand-alone application, requires special considerations. U...

INTRODUCTION The crown Herbst appliance was introduced in the late 1980s because of shortcomings of the banded Herbst. In edgewise Herbst treatment, a fixed appliance is used with the crown Herbst to maximize the skeletal effects of treatment. Treatment response to the edgewise Herbst appliance has not been reported in the literature. Our objective was to investigate skeletal and dental changes...

This randomized, controlled, crossover trial assessed the effectiveness of an adjustable, thermoplastic, mandibular advancement device (MAD), the TheraSnore, in the management of non-apnoeic snoring. Twenty-three adults who had been referred for a MAD wore the appliance in both a non-advanced and advanced position for 4-6 weeks: the starting position of the MAD was randomized. The outcomes were...

Adult orthopedic and orthodontic treatment requires a more circumspect sensibility in diagnosis, technology selection, reasons for treatment, and patient goals. Many adults present with asymmetries of the dental arches, the cranium, and the entire body. The use of the Advanced Lightwire Functional (ALF) appliance for adult orthopedic treatment will be shown. The appliance construction, applicat...

the aim of this case report was to introduce an appliance for correcting severe rotation of anterior teeth in the mixed dentition period. a 9-year-old iranian boy with a mixed dentition class i malocclusion complained of a severely rotated of upper right central incisor. there was a mesiodens between the central incisors. the supernumerary tooth was first extracted and then a whip appliance whi...

Epilepsy is a chronic neurological disease which may result in various oro-facial injuries among which fracture of crown and avulsion of tooth are commonly reported. Challenges come in growing epileptic children where fixed prosthesis could not be delivered and it demands a fixed semi-permanent prosthesis that needs strength along with esthetics. The present paper reports an innovative applianc...