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To retrospectively evaluate the craniofacial morphology of children with a complete unilateral cleft lip and palate treated with a 1-stage simultaneous cleft repair performed in the first year of life.
Cephalograms and extraoral profile photographs of 61 consecutively treated patients (42 boys, 19 g...
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PMID: 20856038
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The total numbers of referrals increased from 260 in 2005 to 405 in 2008. The number of referrals from general dental practitioners decreased slightly from 165 to 156, as did the numbers of referrals from other sources, such as tertiary referrals. The number of referrals made by specialist practitio...
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PMID: 20594423
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Primary preventive strategies for oral health are an essential public health priority. Paediatricians have frequent contact with families during routine preventive visits in the child's first few years of life and are in an ideal and unique position, to advise families about the prevention of oral d...
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PMID: 19859733
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We also surveyed fifty-four dental students regarding their interest in various aspects of program descriptions. The results of this study suggest that pediatric dentistry residency programs in general tend to provide identical or less information than what is listed on the AAPD website. The majorit...
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PMID: 20516305
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A process for the development of assessments and supporting instructional components in competency-based dental education is described. This process is illustrated using the example of an educational module in the management of malocclusion and skeletal problems at New York University College of Den...
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PMID: 20442427
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The decision to become an orthodontist is often made early in life, before dental school, and a passion for orthodontics is the motivational factor. Residents plan to enter private practice and not pursue a career in academia. The current shortage of academics and orthodontic researchers will not be...
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PMID: 20451781
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Gone are the days of physical data transmission with paper "hard" copies, floppy disks, compact disks, or any other storage media. Data transmission via the Internet, ranging from plain text to multi-media, is now routine. Contemporary orthodontic practice requirements integrate well with what techn...
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PMID: 20451793
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The washer-disinfector is the most effective method of cleaning photographic retractors, but no method was found to be 100% successful at removing amylase and albumin....
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PMID: 20357820
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Most of the referrals sent in 2005 and 2008 included 40-50% of the referral inclusion points. This was despite an almost twofold increase in the number of referral letters received from specialist orthodontic practitioners in 2008. The majority of the letters, from both GDPs and specialists, did not...
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PMID: 20353655
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Involvement of the temporomandibular joints in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis usually leads to destruction of the mandibular condyles with consistent growth disturbances and facial anomalies. Due to its frequently silent course, temporomandibular arthritis tends to be a diagnostic and t...
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PMID: 20107815
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The response rate achieved was 66.3%. A majority of orthodontists routinely used the 0.022 inch pre-adjusted edgewise system, standard size Siamese pattern stainless steel brackets, conventionally ligated and bonded using standard etch and light cured composite. Nickel titanium and stainless steel w...
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PMID: 20439926
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Programs are interested in rounded, well-balanced individuals who excel at more than one thing. Cumulative grade point average and orthodontic work experience were the most significant....
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PMID: 19905865
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The Occlusal measurement technique for digital models was the best combination of accuracy, repeatability, and speed of measurement....
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PMID: 19905849
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The presence of a malocclusion has a negative impact on facial attractiveness. Orthodontic correction of a malocclusion affects overall facial esthetics positively. Laypeople and orthodontists agree on what is attractive. Overall facial harmony is the most important characteristic used in deciding f...
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PMID: 19905858
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The objective of this work was to assess the knowledge about orthodontic tooth movement and dental trauma held by a group of orthodontists in specific areas of Brazil. For this purpose, 166 questionnaires with 15 objective questions about this subject were distributed. One hundred and five questionn...
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PMID: 20339718
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We concluded that women with good facial profile do not necessarily present the same cephalometric values, and facial analysis should be the main reference in planning orthodontic treatments and should be considered together with cephalometric analysis in an individualized way....
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PMID: 20339714
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Before any orthodontic treatment can begin, it is essential that the patient's periodontium be in sound condition, capable of responding to the movement of teeth in a healthy fashion. Inspection of the dentition, palpation of tissues, and careful study of adequate X-Rays are all necessary for establ...
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PMID: 20359444
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A variety of indices have been developed to assist professionals in categorizing malocclusion according to treatment needs. Dental aesthetic index (DAI) is one such index. DAI quantifies the normal variations usually seen and the dentofacial anomalies. A retrospective study on hundred available and...
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PMID: 20215666
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Despite the century that has passed since Dr. Edward Hartley Angle (1855-1930) launched a new dental specialty, his personal vision of why he believed orthodontics needed to separate from dentistry has remained somewhat obscure. This study seeks to provide more clarity to this question. Angle follow...
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PMID: 20491371
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Cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) is a radiological technique available since 1998 in dental and oral medicine in which a cylindrical volume is acquired with a conical x-ray beam during one rotation around the head of the patient (cone beam computed tomography, cone beam CT). This technique is in...
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PMID: 20879460
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The surgery site and clinicians' expertise had significant effects on the rate as well as the pattern of root contacts....
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PMID: 19852652
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We consider the digital method more accurate (Fig. 4, Tab. 1, Ref. 15). Full Text (Free, PDF) www.bmj.sk....
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PMID: 20429323
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Conditions for dental implantation are not always ideal that decrease the method possibilities and makes surgeons-implantologists to resort to additional interventions in order to increase the hard and soft tissues volume in the region of the planned implantation. Considerably rare an implantologist...
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PMID: 20436408
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For Angle, the goal of orthodontic treatment was to correct malocclusions. Then, the raison d'être seemed to be to restore normality as described through an increasing number of measurements and in seeking an average value. But 95.5% of variations were in fact normal and didn't need to be brought...
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PMID: 19954736
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Telecommunications applied to medicine and dentistry is currently a subject of topical interest. The most developed countries are investing resources in order to improve assistance and communication between physicians and patients and among specialists. The possibility of sharing videos and images i...
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PMID: 20073540
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Aim of this study is to give theoretical substantiation of magnitude of arch wire diameter decrease in area of adjacent teeth for reducing undesirable reciprocal deflections by redistribution of the force on more teeth during making torsion bends on rectangular orthodontic arch wires for correction...
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PMID: 19893119
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Optimal parameters of electro thermal influence on nickel-titanium wires for giving them new shape (bends) without losing basic physical properties - shape memory, elasticity are determined in terms of clinic. It is confirmed that by thermal influence of electric current on nickel-titanium wires it'...
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PMID: 19893120
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Presurgical orthodontic treatment may be hampered by anomalous anatomic relations, function and dento-alveolar compensation. A stabilizing, solid postsurgical occlusion requires presurgical dento-alveolar decompensation. Some sagittal overcorrection simplifies postsurgical orthodontic treatment. In...
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PMID: 19957489
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Until the recent introduction of cone beam computed tomography scanners, standard 2-D imaging provided a moderate contribution to overall treatment planning when considering the diagnostic potential, costs of study, and risks to the patient. Cone beam computed tomography-dedicated maxillofacial imag...
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PMID: 19810647
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The biennial symposium of the Education, Research and Development Group (ERDG) of the New ZealandAssociation of Orthodontists (NZAO) was held in Queenstown on August 17 and 18, 2007. Following a well-tested format, the symposium considered the effects of expansion of the dental arches in the three p...
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PMID: 19772110
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As practicing professionals it is essential that orthodontists should think carefully about their status of care givers and their relationships with their patients. In doing this, they should analyze the dynamics of the impact of their therapeutic team on patients throughout the entire treatment pro...
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PMID: 19726022
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The null hypothesis was rejected. Patients with delinquent financial accounts were three times as likely to miss an orthodontic appointment as those whose contracts were current. Increased rates of missed orthodontic appointments were also found for males, patients scheduled by mailing a postcard, a...
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PMID: 19537861
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