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 To compare the treatment effects and long-term stability of the stepwise Herbst appliance and mandibular sagittal split osteotomy in skeletal Class II adult patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS Subjects comprised 16 patients in the Herbst group and another 16 patients in the surgery (mandibular sagittal split osteotomy) group. Lateral head films were taken before treatment (T0), after re...

A thorough background in craniofacial growth and development is necessary for every dentist. An important concept in the study of growth and development is variability. Cephalometrics is an important part of morphological diagnostic procedures to assess craniofacial growth and development. The aim of this study was to obtain cephalometric norms for Mewari children of Rajasthan by Steiner analys...

The relationship between nasal obstruction and craniofacial growth is unclear. The literature indicates that upper-airway compromise produces chronic mouth breathing, especially in the dolichocephalic (narrow-faced) child. It has been shown that a greater tendency exists toward the skeletal pattern associated with long face syndrome in dolichocephalic head types. Therefore, it becomes difficult...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to compare cephalometric variables of subjects with normal and cesarean births. MATERIALS AND METHODS Ninety age- and gender-matched patients, who were treated in Gaziantep University, Faculty of Dentistry Orthodontics Department were equally divided into normal and cesarean groups according to the birth methods reported by their mothers. To eliminate the n...

A Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a chronic, progressive, and potentially life-threatening disorder that can be effectively treated with surgery. It is also a condition that orthodontists see in their offices every day; thus, they are ideally suited to diagnose and treat it. OSA is related to an anatomic obstruction of the upper airway; surgical correction of the obstruction is effective and d...

CONTEXT Le Fort 1 maxillary osteotomy in operated patients of cleft lip and cleft palate (CLCP). AIMS To study stability of Le Fort 1 maxillary osteotomy in operated patients of CLCP by two-dimensional evaluation using cephalometric analysis. SETTINGS AND DESIGN Prospective study conducted at Army Dental Centre (Research and Referral) from May 2009-May 2012. MATERIALS AND METHODS Subjects...

BACKGROUND Class II malocclusion is one of the most common orthodontic problems. In cases of class II malocclusion with mandibular deficiency, functional appliances often are used with the intent of stimulating mandibular growth. Bionator and twin block are two of the more popular functional appliances. The aim of this study was to compare the treatment outcomes of these two appliances using ce...

BACKGROUND Geometric morphometrics (GMM) has been traditionally applied to the field of biology to study developmental differentiations between species. Orthodontics deals with the shape and size of the face and its components. While several tools have been used to measure size, proportions, and relations between anatomical components, shape has been mainly described by esthetic criteria. The p...

In the past, relationships in the sagittal plane have dominated orthodontic thinking to such an extent that the great majority of clinicians did not even bother to procure frontal radiographs (images, headplates). However, several factors have awakened the current clinician to a deeper interest in the transverse dimension1: (1) maxillary palatal dysjunction expansion (rapid palatal expansion [R...