Orthodontics
Mahamad Irfanulla Khan; Praveen Kumar Neela; Ajit Kumar Jaiswal; Nayeem unnisa; Abhik Purkayastha; Amita Coutinho; Nadeem Ahmed
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Background: Fixed functional appliances used in the treatment of Class II malocclusion have the advantage of requiring minimal patient compliance, and they can be used simultaneously with fixed orthodontic appliances. The purpose of this retrospective study was to evaluate the treatment effects of the ...
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Background: Fixed functional appliances used in the treatment of Class II malocclusion have the advantage of requiring minimal patient compliance, and they can be used simultaneously with fixed orthodontic appliances. The purpose of this retrospective study was to evaluate the treatment effects of the Forsus Fatigue Resistant Device (FFRD) in growing patients with Class II malocclusion. Methods: A total of 50 pre-treatment (T1) and post-treatment (T2) Lateral Cephalometric Radiographs (LCRs) of 25 patients treated with Forsus fatigue resistant device (mean age = 12 ± 0.54years) for the correction of skeletal class II malocclusion were compared with the 25 untreated class II control patients (mean age 12 ± 0.38 years) who did not undergo any treatment during this period. The skeletal, dental, and soft tissue changes were evaluated using cephalometric measurements, and the treatment changes were analyzed by paired t-test. Results: The LCRs findings showed that the FFRD produced more dentoalveolar changes with less skeletal changes. The dentoalveolar changes in the FFRD group include significant reduction of overjet & overbite (p<0.001), retroclination of maxillary incisors (p<0.001), proclination and intrusion of the mandibular incisors (p<0.001) and mesialization of mandibular first molars (p<0.001). A significant improvement in the skeletal, dentoalveolar and soft tissue structures of the face was achieved in the FFRD group compared with the control group.Conclusion: The FFRD is effective in the treatment of Class II malocclusion. The Class II correction was achieved by a combination of skeletal and dentoalveolar effects, and wherein dentoalveolar changes were more predominant compared to the skeletal changes.
Amrita Basak; Pavan Kumar Vibhute; Chetan Patil; Vinay Umale; Rohit Kulshrestha; Khusali Rathod
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Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate gender dimorphism in anterior malar projections using clinical photographs and lateral cephalograms.
Methods: Thirty subjects aged 18 - 25 years were taken for the study. Based on the gender they were divided into two groups group A (15 subjects) male and group ...
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Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate gender dimorphism in anterior malar projections using clinical photographs and lateral cephalograms.
Methods: Thirty subjects aged 18 - 25 years were taken for the study. Based on the gender they were divided into two groups group A (15 subjects) male and group B (15 subjects) female. On the profile photographs positive and negative vectors were labelled. Sella-nasion-orbitale (SNO) angle was delineated with the aid of NemocephTM software. The data was then statistically analysed. Results: Skeletal differences between the positive and negative vector groups on basis of SNO angles were statistically significant (P < 0.001). The angulation value obtained for SNO was smaller in the negative vector when compared to the positive vector on an average by 5.9°. No difference in values between males and females was seen.
Conclusions: The projections of anterior malar can be effectively categorized by mere visually assessing the vector relationship (by photographs). This method can be used to diagnose maxillary hypoplasia and can help plan different treatment alternatives.
