Stability of surgically assisted rapid maxillary expansion and orthopedic maxillary expansion after 3 years' follow-up.

Objective: To evaluate the stability of surgically assisted rapid palatal expansion (SARME) and orthopedic maxillary expansion (OME) after 3 years of follow-up, and compare these changes with a control group.

Materials And Methods: The subjects of the study were divided into three groups. Group 1 was composed of 10 patients (6 males, 4 females) with a mean age of 15.

Changes in nasopharyngeal airway following orthopedic and surgically assisted rapid maxillary expansion.

Introduction: The aim of this study was to compare changes in soft-palate morphology and nasopharyngeal relations after orthopedic rapid maxillary expansion (RME) and surgically assisted RME (SARME).

Methods: A group of 10 patients received RME, a second group of 10 patients received SARME, and a third group of 10 patients served as an untreated control group. Lateral and posteroanterior cephalograms were obtained for each individual at preexpansion/precontrol and postexpansion/postcontrol.

Skeletal Class II treatment with Twin Force Bite Corrector: case reports.

Aim: To analyze the effectiveness of the Twin Force Bite Corrector in 2 patients requiring anterior advancement of the mandible.

Methods: To correct the imbalanced maxillomandibular relationship, a Twin Force Bite Corrector was inserted in 2 female adolescents (case 1: 12 years 3 months of age; case 2: 12 years 7 months of age) presenting with a skeletal Class II malocclusion. The pretreatment, posttreatment, and follow-up dental and skeletal parameters were evaluated on lateral cephalometric radiographs.

Stability of maxillary expansion and tongue posture.

Objective: To evaluate the adaptive changes and the stability in tongue posture following rapid maxillary expansion (RME) in patients without any signs or symptoms of respiratory disturbances.

Materials And Methods: Growing subjects with maxillary constrictions and bilateral buccal crossbites were included in the treatment group (n = 20). A control group (n = 20) comprised subjects with normal dentoskeletal features.

Facial soft tissue profile following bimaxillary orthognathic surgery.

Objective: To determine the changes in the position and area of nasal and labial soft tissues in adult skeletal Class III patients who underwent bimaxillary orthognathic surgery.

Materials And Methods: Pretreatment (T1), preoperative (T2), and posttreatment (T3) cephalometric variables and upper-lower lip areas were measured on lateral cephalometric radiographs for 20 individuals (9 male, 11 female; mean age 21.3 years at T1, 22.

Three-dimensional bimetric maxillary distalization arches compared with a modified Begg intraoral distalization system.

The purpose of this study was to compare the dentofacial effects of two intraoral molar distalization techniques [three-dimensional bimetric maxillary distalization arches (3D-BMDA) and a modified Begg intraoral distalization system (MBIDS)] in subjects requiring maxillary molar distalization. Twenty-one patients (12 females and 9 males, mean age pre-treatment: 14.7 +/- 1.

Prevalence and distribution of dental anomalies in orthodontic patients.

Introduction: The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of developmental dental anomalies in the Turkish population.

Methods: The study was based on the dental casts, intraoral photographs, and panoramic radiographs of 3043 Turkish children (1658 girls, 1385 boys) who had orthodontic treatment at the Department of Orthodontics at the University of Ankara between 1978 and 2003. These patients were examined for 8 developmental dental anomalies: fusion, gemination, microdontia, macrodontia, oligodontia, hypodontia, hyperdontia, and amelogenesis imperfecta.

Oculofaciocardiodental syndrome and orthodontics.

Radiculomegaly of a tooth is a rare condition. When it is associated with other dental abnormalities and congenital cataracts, the condition is called oculofaciocardiodental syndrome, which is characterized by congenital cataracts, dental anomalies, many minor facial dysmorphic features, and congenital heart defects. So far, only 20 cases have been reported.