Giedrë Kobs1, Olaf Bernhardt2, Georg Meyer2 1 Department of Prosthetic Dentistry, Institute of Stomatology, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania 2 Department of Restorative Dentistry, Periodontology and Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of Greifswald, Germany The purpose of our research was to verify the hypothesis that flat articular eminence is the result of progressive i...

Virtual reality is a computer based technology linked with the future of dentistry and dental practice. The virtual articulator is one such application in prosthetic and restorative dentistry based on virtual reality that will significantly reduce the limitations of the mechanical articulator, and by simulation of real patient data, allow analyses with regard to static and dynamic occlusion as ...

Rafael de Liz Pocztaruk1* Luis Carlos da Fontoura Frasca2* Elken Gomes Rivaldo3* Paulo Roberto Castro Mattia4* Rafael Araújo Vidal1* Eduardo Fernandes3* Maria Beatriz Duarte Gavião5 1DDS, MS, Assistant Professor 2DDS, MS, PhD Professor, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil 3 DDS, MS, PhD 4 DDS, MS 5 DDS, MS PhD, Professor, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Piracica...

STATEMENT OF PROBLEM Optimal occlusion and esthetics are goals in prosthetic treatment. Implant dentistry is no exception. PURPOSE OF ARTICLE The purpose of this article is to discuss how the choice to use screw-retained or cement-retained implants dramatically influences the occlusion and esthetics.

Distraction osteogenesis has emerged as an effective treatment modality for the correction of bone anomalies and abnormalities which are either pathological or developmental in origin. Earlier it was predominantly used in orthopaedics for the correction of axial skeleton. Its use in the field of dentistry began in the late twentieth century. Successful results from the initial clinical trials p...