INTRODUCTION Badly broken or structurally compromised posterior teeth are frequently associated with crown/root fracture. Numerous restorative materials have been used to fabricate indirect full-coverage restorations for such teeth. This study aims to evaluate and compare the effect of restorative materials on the stress distribution pattern in a mandibular first molar tooth, under varying load...

C. J. MAnniOn and colleagues raise some valid issues in their letter about preventing dog bite wounds in people (VR, June 4, 2011, vol 168, p 594). The issue of bite marks on or from animals is a developing and specialised field of forensic veterinary science. Bite mark analysts are often called to give professional and expert testimony in court on bite marks from an animal that may bite anothe...

As a consequence of global temperature rise, ticks (Ixodida) and tick-borne diseases are emerging. During tick attachment to human skin, the feeding cavity becomes site transmission for salivary compounds, which can exert immunosuppressive effects. Tick-borne pathogens including Borrelia burgdorferi may benefit from dampened immune activation at bite site. We therefore assessed local circulatin...

Early diagnosis of patients exhibiting open bites that are complicated by skeletal Class II and vertical growth problems can facilitate subsequent treatment. Eight patients with Class II skeletal open bite were treated with the high-pull activator appliance and compared to reasonably matched controls to determine the effects of the appliance. The high-pull activator was found to reduce forward ...

After eight of their ververt monkeys had died spontaneously during a four-year period, the staff of the Institute of Primate Research in Kenya developed an opportunistic research project when all their autopsies found multiple gastric ulcers and a high incidence of bite wounds. The ulcers and the bite wounds that came from their dominance struggles in caged group housing – were seen as evidence...

The lateral cephalometric radiograph supplies the clinician with valuable information regarding the facial skeletal morphology of the patient, provided that it is taken correctly. These radiographs should be taken while the patient is occluding in maximum intercuspation, failing which the exposure is often repeated, leading to an increase in patient radiation dose as well as added cost in time ...

The high number of murder, rape, and child abuse cases in South Africa has led to increased numbers of bite mark cases being heard in high courts. Objective analysis to match perpetrators to bite marks at crime scenes must be able to withstand vigorous cross-examination to be of value in conviction of perpetrators. An analysis technique is described in four stages, namely determination of the m...

INTRODUCTION Non-nutritive sucking habits can cause occlusal alterations, including anterior open bite. However, not all patients develop this malocclusion. Therefore, the emergence of AOB does not depend on deleterious habits, only. OBJECTIVE Investigate a potential association between non-nutritive sucking habits (NNSHs), anterior open bite (AOB) and facial morphology (FM). METHODS 176 ch...

Modinagar.U.P (M) 09910930544 [email protected] Abstract Class III malocclusion associated with skeletal anterior open bite pattern in adults can be a challenging orthodontic problem, especially if treated nonsurgically. Conventionally, several treatment alternatives are available such as tooth extraction, molar intrusion, and absolute anchorage system or orthognathic surgical corre...