BACKGROUND The aim of this case report was to describe the surgical-orthodontic treatment of an unerupted mandibular canine tooth in a 9-year-old girl. CASE PRESENTATION A 9-year-old white girl presented with an unerupted right mandibular canine tooth. Combined surgical-orthodontic treatment was performed to correct dental impaction and to achieve good aesthetic and functional results. CONC...

BACKGROUND Considering the effectiveness of craniofacial photographic analysis for diagnosis and management of obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) as well as ethnic differences in indexes measured by this method, this study designed to compare the surface facial dimensions, including nose width, intercanthal width and mandibular width of Iranian patients with mild, moderate and se...

Results: Maxillary central and lateral incisors and canines typically presented with a single canal of type I canal configuration. In mandibular teeth, most of the central incisors showed type I (57.4%) canal configuration. Type III was found in 37.0% of the cases. The incidence of type III canal configuration in mandibular lateral incisors was 55.9%. The remainder was distributed mainly betwee...

Introduction/Objective. The aim of the study was to test accuracy Belgrade Age Formula (BAF) for dental age estimation on sample Montenegrin children. Methods. radiographs 134 children (67 females and 67 males) saved as ?jpeg? files were analyzed with Image J software. Sex, number teeth complete development, apex width tooth length mandibular canine second molar used in order calculate BAF form...

The aim of this study was to perform a three-dimensional evaluation Herbst appliance effects on the mandibular canines.The subjects consisted 23 Class II:1 patients (12 men, 11 women), mean age 15.76± 1.75 years, consecutively treated with Flip-Lock Herbst®appliance (TP Orthodontics, Inc., La Porte, IN, USA). lower anchorage unit for two anchor bands connected by lingual arch 3mm distance from ...

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PURPOSE The aim of this study was to investigate dental arch dimensions and to classify arch shape in Korean young adults. MATERIALS AND METHODS The sample included 50 Koreans with age ranging from 24 to 32 years. Maxillary and mandibular casts were fabricated using irreversible hydrocolloid and type III dental stones. Incisor-canine distance, incisor-1st molar distance, incisor-2nd molar dis...

Canine impactions can lead to varying signs and symptoms with some of them being poor craniofacial development, improper occlusion unpleasant esthetics. Patients normally do not notice canine unless they have these symptoms. Different surgical methods are used expose the impacted canines help in their eruption. Alignment teeth into arch after exposure needs proper treatment planning orthodontic...

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...