The aim of this pilot study was to determine cephalometric profile norms for a sample of African-Brazilian young adults with excellent occlusion and compare them to Caucasian standards. Methods: Lateral cephalograms of 43 individuals of both genders (28 male and 15 female), with average age of 22.40 ± 3...
Currently, there is a tendency to treat open bite with mini-implants, miniplates, and orthognathic surgeries and build ups when these protocols are not always indicated and to be apply them unnecessarily and excessively. Objectives: This case report describes treatment of a severe anterior open bite in a...
The purpose of this case report was to describe the surgical exposure and orthodontic management of an unerupted and ectopic maxillary right central incisor after trauma to the primary predecessor. Case report: An 11-year-old girl was referred to the Pediatric Dentistry Clinic due to eruption failure of ...
SUMMARY: To explore a new semi-automatic method to segment the teeth from the three-dimensional volume data which acquired from cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) scanner. Scanned dental cast models are used to evaluate the segmentation accuracy. The CBCT data are loaded to ORS software. Based on gray ...
SUMMARY: The incisors are a key factor in dental occlusion and dentofacial aesthetics; therefore, the sagittal position and inclination of the incisors is a key parameter in diagnosis and orthodontic treatment planning. In some cases, the orthodontist will use more than one cephalometric analysis, and th...
Objetivo: Determinar si existen diferencias en el tamaño de los arcos de NiTi en los calibres
0.012, 0.014 y 0.016 de tres marcas comerciales. Material y métodos: Se utilizaron 180
arcos de NiTi de las marcas American Orthodontics, TD Orthodontics y OrthoPremium.
La estadística descriptiva, la ANOVA y...
La cirugía ortognática no siempre estuvo relacionada
con la ortodoncia. Sin embargo, hoy en
día, es fundamental la interrelación de estas dos
especialidades odontológicas.
Es importante que el ortodoncista se interiorice
y se capacite en las nuevas técnicas quirúrgicas
para poder llevar a cabo con...
Introdução: A apicotomia é uma técnica, que vem sendo utilizada em dentes com dilaceração radicular acentuada, com o intuito de liberar a porção do dente impactada e, dessa forma, permitir seu reposicionamento na arcada dentária. Este trabalho tem como objetivo apresentar um relato de caso clín...
Objetivo: caracterizar las posiciones recurrentes en terceros molares a través del análisis ortopantomográfico
en pacientes del Centro Especializado en Odontología “Dr. Mario Cerda e
Hijos” en la ciudad de Riobamba durante el periodo 2015-2018. Material y Métodos: se realizó
un estudio de tipo ...
