Publications by authors named "A Altug"
Article Synopsis
- This study aimed to compare the effects of two orthodontic appliances, the Twin block and Herbst, on the structure of the mandible using fractal dimension analysis (FDA) of panoramic radiographs in patients with skeletal Class II malocclusion.
- Fifty subjects treated with each appliance and a control group were analyzed, focusing on specific regions in the mandible, with significant changes in the condylar region and corpus observed across both treatment groups.
- Results indicated that both appliances caused remodeling of the mandibular trabecular structure, with the Twin block showing greater variances in the condyle compared to the Herbst appliance, thus rejecting the null hypothesis of no effect.
Objective: To retrospectively evaluate the effects of single mandibular advancement (MA) and two-jaw surgery (2J-S) on the pharyngeal airway space (PAS) and hyoid position for the correction of skeletal Class II malocclusion.
Methods: Eleven adult patients who underwent only MA surgery and twelve adult patients who underwent Le Fort I maxillary impaction-MA surgery (2-JS) were included in the retrospective study. A total of 46 cephalometric recordings obtained before (T1) and after treatment (T2) were examined.
Background: To evaluate the relationship between dental arch measurements and the vertical facial pattern determined in skeletal Class II untreated patients.
Methods: Lateral cephalograms and plaster models were obtained from 124 untreated female adults (average age: 17.6 ± 3.
Introduction: The aim of this study was to evaluate pharyngeal airway changes in adult skeletal Class III cases whose bimaxillary surgical treatments were planned with different amounts of maxillary and mandibular movement using lateral cephalometric radiographs and finite element analysis (FEA). Our null hypothesis was that bimaxillary orthognathic surgery in which maxillary forward movement (MF) is greater than mandibular backward movement (MB) will result in more expansion of the pharyngeal airway.
Materials And Methods: A total of 31 individuals (11 females, 20 males) with class III skeletal deformity were included in the study.
Background: This study compared the skeletal and dental effects of a hybrid maxillary expander with mandibular miniplates (HE-MP) and Class III elastics to conventional tooth-borne rapid maxillary expander and face mask (RME-FM) in skeletal Class III treatment.
Methods: This retrospective study included 36 skeletal Class III patients. Eighteen patients (mean age 10.