BACKGROUND The study was carried out to determine the prevalence of orthodontic treatment need in children from minority ethnic groups and compare the need to the white population. The second objective was to explore variations in agreement between subjective and objective treatment need in a multiethnic context using the aesthetic component of Orthodontic Treatment Need Index (IOTN AC). METH...

OBJECTIVE This article presents a case report of restoration of anterior teeth using an indirect technique with composite veneers in order to restore the dental anatomy and to provide aesthetic and function of anterior teeth. MATERIALS AND METHODS A treatment of upper anterior teeth with indirect micro-hybrid composite restoration was proposed to a 40-year-old woman with old discolored and fr...

OBJECTIVE To determine the normative orthodontic treatment need among 12-year-old Brazilian schoolchildren, in the municipality of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil, and compare with the need as perceived by the children themselves and their parents or caregivers, assessing putative associated sociodemographic factors. METHODS Four hundred and fifty one children without a previous history of...

AIMS The study aimed to evaluate the orthodontic treatment need in school going children in Moradabad, North India, to assess the malocclusion traits, concern towards Dental Health and individual aesthetic perception compared to orthodontist's opinion. METHODS 5232 children, aged 11-14 yrs formed the sample. The Dental Health Component (DHC) and Aesthetic Component (AC) were recorded as defin...

A key goal of aesthetic/cosmetic dentistry is the fabrication of maintain-able, aesthetic, and functional pros-theses that preserve the health of the teeth and soft tissues. 1,2 Advances in restorative dentistry have significantly improved the clinician's ability to deliver predictable treatment. When implants are indicated, osseoin-tegration is an added factor that is essential for success. 3 ...

Among the young patients with their anterior teeth involnement, aesthetic is usually a major factor that may produce a challenge to the dentist. Discoloured teeth may often affect the general population and dental fluorosis can be a major problem in areas of endemic fluorosis such as in India. The fluorosis resulting in discoloration of teeth may have various treatment options like bleaching, v...

When a definitive aesthetic treatment is determined, it is crucial to grant the patient's wish with the necessary dental treatment. Thus, conservative treatments that are the solution to aesthetic problems involving morphologic modifications and provide the result that the patient expects should always be the first therapeutic option. In this context, ceramic laminate veneers, also known as "co...

ABSTRACT Objective: This study aimed to conduct a literature review on self-perception of oral aesthetics in individuals undergoing cosmetic dental treatment and its impact quality life. Methods: 834 articles were found, these, 31 selected accessed from the scientific productions indexed PubMed, LILACS SciELO electronic databases. To rescue sample, following descriptors used Portuguese: estétic...

BACKGROUND Sense of coherence (SOC) is a psychosocial factor capable of influencing perception of health, improving one's ability to manage life. It is the central construct of salutogenesis. SOC allows for identification and mobilization of resources to effectively manage or solve problems, promoting health and quality of life. Using Wilson-Cleary's conceptual model we hypothesized that SOC mi...

BACKGROUND Malocclusion should be identified at its earliest before it produces any detrimental effects. The objective of this study is to evaluate the orthodontic status and treatment need of school children in Telangana region, Andhra Pradesh, using Dental Aesthetic Index. MATERIALS & METHODS One thousand children in the age group of 12 - 14 years who fulfilled the inclusion and exclusion c...