BACKGROUND AND AIMS The aim of this study was to determine whether variations in the mesiodistal dimensions of mandibular canines had any role in sex determination. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study comprised of patients in the 19‒24-year age group (20 males and 20 females). Mesiodistal dimensions of mandibular canines was measured at the maximum mesiodistal width, first intraorally, then on pl...

The aim of the study was to assess the rate of mandibular residual ridge resorption in edentulous patients and to analyse the factors which determine this process. A group of 35 edentulous patients aged between 51 and 89 years, with a mean age of 74 (65-78) years, were included in the study. Individual factors (age, gender and duration of edentulousness), local biochemical parameters (oral hygi...

Some food characteristics, like stickiness and consistency, can modify the time for food removal from the mouth as well as favors the activity of cariogenic bacteria, increasing dental caries risk. This study aimed to observe food retention in contact with a cariogenic substrate in 24-30 months old children. Therefore, 27 children (54 teeth) were evaluated. They intake a chocolate cookie and th...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this prospective cross-over study is to evaluate the effect of bilateral balanced occlusion and canine guidance occlusion on the masseter muscle activity using implant-retained mandibular overdentures. METHODS After evaluation of 12 completely edentulous patients using cone beam computed tomography (CBCT), mucoperiosteal flaps were reflected exposing the mandibular i...

In this report, we drew on data from an ongoing longitudinal study that began in 1978 (Hauser, Powers, Noam, Jacobson, Weiss, & Folansbee, 1984). Focusing on late, young-adult life among individuals who were psychiatrically hospitalized during adolescence, we examined markers of resilience empirically defined in terms of adult success and well-being. The study includes a demographically similar...

PURPOSE This study was performed to assess the correlation of calcified carotid atheromatous plaque (CCAP), the mandibular cortical index, and periodontal bone loss in panoramic radiographs. MATERIALS AND METHODS One hundred eighty-five panoramic radiographs with CCAP and 234 without this finding were evaluated by 3 observers for the presence of osseous changes related to osteoporosis and per...

AIM To evaluate the long term (48 months) therapeutic efficacy of a soft monobloc mandibular advancement device in adult patients with mild or moderate obstructive sleep apnea. METHODS The study population comprised 28 patients (6 female and 22 male, mean age 52.2 ± 6.8 years) affected by obstructive sleep apnea. After a baseline medical and somnographic examination, a functional examination ...

INTRODUCTION Osteoporosis is a regressive change which occurs in the bone and it is seldom diagnosed before the occurrence of fractures. Hence, determination of mandibular bone density is of paramount importance for the detection of this silent disease. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to evaluate the influences of gender and age on the radiomorphometric indices and to assess...

OBJECTIVE Mandibular incisor extraction in carefully selected cases as an alternative option to four bicuspid extraction or non extraction treatment has been advocated. The purpose of this study was to determine the degree of improvement in occlusion in patients with Bolton discrepancy treated by one lower incisor extraction using Peer Assessment Rating Index (PAR indexes). MATERIALS AND METH...

STUDY OBJECTIVES To define differences in the skeletal components of facial structure predisposing to the obstructive sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) by a comparison of the craniofacial complex between people with OSAHS and their siblings without OSAHS. DESIGN Case-control study using sibling pairs. SETTING Scottish Sleep Centre. PARTICIPANTS 104 patients with OSAHS living in Scotla...