OBJECTIVES To study the association between gingival biotypes and inclination and position of the maxillary and mandibular incisors. METHODS This cross-sectional study included 142 consecutive orthodontic patients (64 males and 78 females) who were seeking orthodontic treatment at the Faculty of Dentistry, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia from February 2013 to January 2014. Gin...

OBJECTIVE The purpose is to compare temperature rise in the pulp chamber during fabrication of provisional crowns using different materials and on different types of teeth using direct technique. MATERIALS AND METHODS An extracted, sound, caries free maxillary central incisor and a mandibular molar were selected for the study and crown preparations of all ceramic and all metal were done on ce...

BACKGROUND We identified the most useful variables for prediction of difficult laryngoscopy in patients with cervical spondylosis according to physical indicators and preoperative skeletal X-ray and soft tissue MRI measurements. We hypothesized that there was a closer association between difficult laryngoscopy and radiologic indicators. METHODS We randomly enroled 315 patients undergoing elec...

It is unusual for babies to have teeth at birth or within a month of delivery. For good differential diagnosis whether there are extra teeth, Bhon nodules, dental lamina cysts, proper clinical and radiographic examination required. The clinic branch received rare case natal this report's subject. An 18-day-old male new-born was checked because he had two mandibular incisor teeth. Because the ri...

OBJECTIVE This study was designed to define the Korean norm values for the Ricketts analysis. METHODS In this longitudinal study, lateral cephalograms of 31 subjects with normal occlusion were taken biennially from ages 9-19 years. Cephalometric measurements were performed. Parameters for which the 10-year change did not exceed one standard deviation were defined as unchanged. The means and s...

INTRODUCTION Streptococcus mutans and Streptococcus sobrinus are the main causative organisms for enamel demineralization during orthodontic treatment. In this study, we analyzed the prevalence of cariogenic streptococci adhering to incisor brackets. METHODS Four incisor brackets from both the maxilla and the mandible were collected from 80 patients at debonding, immediately after the visible...