The aim of this study was to examine the applicability of simple equations proposed by Melgaco to predict the mesiodistal widths of the unerupted mandibular permanent canines and premolars in patients visiting Islamic International Dental hospital, Islamabad. This study was conducted during 2007-2008 at orthodontic department of Islamic International Dental Hospital, Islamabad. The sample consi...

Aim Stripping is a technique of creating space for correction of crowding by interproximal enamel reduction. This study sought to assess the efficacy of mesial stripping of mandibu-lar deciduous canines for correction of rotated and lingually erupted lateral incisors. Materials and methods This clinical trial was performed on 42 patients with <3 mm mandibular anterior crowding. The required s...

AIM Retraction of maxillary canines after first premolar extractions is a very common orthodontic task in cases of crowding or for the correction of large overjet. Many studies have been done to increase the rate of retraction. The aim is to compare the rate of canine retraction into recent extraction site with and without circumferential supracrestal fiberotomy. MATERIALS AND METHODS The rat...

This ex vivo study evaluated dentin permeability of the root canal in the apical third of different human groups of teeth. Eighty teeth were used, 8 from each dental group: maxillary and mandibular central incisors, lateral incisors and canines, maxillary first premolars (buccal and palatal roots), mandibular first premolars, and maxillary and mandibular second premolars, totalizing 88 roots th...

MANY APPROACHES FOR CROWDED MANDIBULAR ANTERIOR TEETH ARE CURRENTLY EMPLOYED: distal movement of posterior teeth, lateral movement of canines, labial movement of incisors, interproximal enamel reduction, removal of premolars, removal of one or two incisors, and various combinations of the above. Selecting the best treatment is often difficult, and all guidelines do not apply to every case. Trea...

Transmigration of an impacted tooth through the symphyseal suture is a rare and special developmental anomaly of unknown etiology that is unique to the mandibular canine. Maxillary canine transmigration is even rarer. Transmigrated canines are particularly significant due to the aesthetic and functional importance. A maxillary lateral incisor crossing the mid-palatal suture has never been repor...

lent in the mandible than in the maxilla,1,2 and impacted mandibular canines that have migrated to the opposite side of the midline (transmigration) are even more rare.3-7 Orthodontic cases such as these sometimes need significantly longer treatment time than usual, however, often requiring the advice and care of a specialist in periodontics. Be cause repositioning of impacted canines can invol...

AIM: This study aims to investigate effect of mandibular third molars on angulation second and canines.&#x0D; MATERIAL AND METHOD: A total 16 patients (10 female, 6 male) were included. All had two panoramic radiographs. available in the first radiograph. The radiograph was taken approximately 124.81 ± 21.63 weeks after one-sided molar extraction. angulations canines measured These evaluated ex...

Objective: The purpose was to obtain information about the relation between agenesis and shape anomaly of maxillary lateral incisors and canine impaction. Methods: Seventy-three patients with canine impaction and 73 control patients, without canine impaction, were evaluated. The mesiodistal distances of the maxillary lateral incisors adjacent to the impacted canines and the correspondent mandib...

Early treatment of palatally erupting maxillary canines by extraction of the primary canines Sune Ericson and Juri Kurol 283 Histologic reactions in gingival and alveolar tissues during tooth movement in rabbits 309 An experimental investigation into the effect of dimensional change on the stiffness of double vertical incisor alignment loops I. D. Brown 319 Long-term results of orthodontic trea...