The effect of the Eureka Spring (ES) appliance was investigated on 37 consecutively treated, noncompliant patients with bilateral Class II malocclusions. Lateral cephalographs were taken at the start of orthodontic treatment (T1), at insertion of the ES (T2), and at removal of the ES (T3). The average treatment interval between T2 and T3 was four months. The Class II correction occurred almost ...

Two groups of children with low (n = 29) and high (n = 29) MP-SN angles were followed longitudinally from 6 to 15 years of age. The purpose was to thoroughly examine associations between vertical craniofacial growth and mandibular growth rotation. Correlations between dimensional and rotational variables occurred in different variable pairs in the two groups and changed with age. Increase in po...

We performed an orthodontic treatment combined with mandibular distraction osteogenesis in a 15-year-old patient who wanted a correction of a chin deficiency and a protruding upper lip. The patient had an Angle Class II division 1 malocclusion with mandibular retrusion, a low mandibular plane angle, and scissors bite. First, a quad-helix appliance was applied to the mandibular dentition to corr...

PURPOSE To investigate the prevalence of bifid and trifid mandibular canals using cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) images, and to measure their length, diameter, and angle. MATERIALS AND METHODS CBCT images of 500 patients, involving 755 hemi-mandibles, were used for this study. The presence and type of bifid mandibular canal was evaluated according to a modified classification of Naitoh ...

Outcomes of mandibular fractures were stated as frequent reason of temporomandibular joint dysfunctions. The objective of this study was to evaluate dynamical changes of occlusion and articulation during treatment of mandibular angle fractures. 12 subjects with mandibular angle fractures underwent analysis of occlusion and articulation in all stages of healing. Findings of investigations were p...

A method of recording incisor inclination is described using the Tooth inclination Protractor (TIP). This instrument was used to record incisor inclination on dental casts. The scores were related to traditionally determined inclinations for the upper incisor to maxillary plane and the lower incisor to mandibular plane from the lateral cephalometric radiograph. The TIP scores were closely relat...

this study was aimed to investigate the use of panoramic radiography in patients with low bone mineral density (bmd) in order to diagnose and prevent osteoporotic fractures. panoramic radiographs of 60 patients  (20 men and 40 women) aged from 40 to 70 years with cortical thicknesses of less than 3 mm in the mandibular angle were selected from patients referred to a dentomaxillofacial radiology...

Retromolar space has long been identified as a major factor in the aetiology of mandibular third molar impaction. The aims of this study were to compare mandibular third molar space between the different antero-posterior (A-P) skeletal patterns, between erupted and impacted third molars in the different A-P skeletal patterns, and to report on the status of third molar eruption/impaction among t...

A cross-sectional study was conducted from October 2007 to November 2008 to estimate the prevalence of hydatidosis in slaughtered cattle from two abattoirs in Mongu, Western Province, Zambia, using prospective and retrospective data. Out of the 4061 cattle examined during postmortem inspection, 84 (2.1%) were positive for hydatidosis. No cases were detected from Kaoma and Shangombo districts; h...

BACKGROUND Women with elliptical faces are considered to be aesthetically appealing in Asia. Some men prefer this shape for themselves and choose to have their square-shaped face altered to an elliptical shape. To accomplish this, we perform an ostectomy that includes resection of the mandibular angle, splitting of the lateral cortex, and reduction in the width of the chin. METHODS Nineteen m...