background and aims. occlusal rims are used to determine the jaw relationships in the transverse and vertical dimensions and estimate the inter-occlusal distance in edentulous patients. it is important to find ways to determine the height and shape of the occlusal rims correctly. the aim of the present study was to determine the exact distance between the oral cavity floor and the incisal edges...

In a visual search task, subjects detected the presence of a target (long vertical line) among distractors that differed in length, orientation, or both. Distractors were designed to model the random variability found in naturalistic data by having them vary normally around the mean distractor. As predicted, adding variability to distractors eliminated popout by increasing reaction times and se...

A framework is proposed that develops the dimensions of vertical integration strated and proposes key factors that might augment their uses within various scenarios. These represent new hypotheses and conjectures about make-or-buy decisions that require empirical testing. If the framework is valid, strategists could formulate better hybrid vertical integration strategies by recogniang the hypot...

background and aims. panoramic radiography is a method widely used because of low absorbed dose in patients (approximately 10 times less than that in the full mouth survey), reasonable cost and time. disadvantages of this radiography technique are magnification and distortion as a result of unequal magnification, which can influence dimensional and angular measurements used in clinical dentistr...

PURPOSE To assess the shrinkage of Free Gingival Graft (FGG) in horizontal and vertical dimensions and calculate the changes in the surface area of the transplanted tissue in a 3 months period. MATERIALS AND METHODS total of 30 FGG were placed aiming to increase attached gingiva around recession sites. Vertical recessions, horizontal recessions, surface area, plaque index, gingival index, per...

We prove tight and near-tight combinatorial complexity bounds for vertical decompositions of arrangements of hyperplanes and 3-simplices in four dimensions. In particular, we prove a tight upper bound of Θ(n) for the vertical decomposition of an arrangement of n hyperplanes in four dimensions, improving the best previously known bound [8] by a logarithmic factor. We also show that the complexit...

statement of problem: some vertical changes might be observed during the first stage of orthodontic treatment, aligning and leveling. purpose: the aim of this study was to evaluate dental and/or skeletal vertical changes occurring in the first stage of preadjusted orthodontic treatment. materials and methods: fourteen patients with an average age of 14.1 years were selected for this study. prea...