Interdisciplinary orthodontic-periodontal treatment of unerupted permanent maxillary incisors following traumatic injury to deciduous teeth. Case report with long-term follow-up (11 years).

Orthodontic and periodontal treatment of the permanent maxillary teeth, which were retained due to trauma on the deciduous dentition, showed a perfect alignment of the teeth associated with healthy and stable periodontal tissues during an 11-year follow-up.

Change in core symptoms of borderline personality disorder by tDCS: A pilot study.

Borderline personality disorder (BPD) recognizes several psychopathological dimensions related to prefrontal cortex impairments. Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) targeting the right prefrontal dorsolateral cortex (DLPFC) positively influence cognitive functions related to impulsivity in healthy subjects. A randomized double-blind study was designed to investigate whether tDCS could modulate core dimensions (impulsivity, aggression, affective dysregulation) of BPD.

Agenesis of a maxillary lateral incisor associated with bilateral canine inclusions: A noninvasive multidisciplinary approach.

Objective: The treatment of congenitally missing maxillary lateral incisors is often complex and requires a multidisciplinary approach, which demands continuous collaboration among the different specialists involved in the rehabilitation. In young patients, implant therapy or the preparation of intact teeth for fixed prostheses is not indicated.

Clinical Considerations: Two complex cases of double maxillary canine inclusion were treated with combined surgical, orthodontic, and conservative prosthetic treatments.

Ultra-Thin Veneers Without Tooth Preparation in Extensive Oligodontia.

Dental agenesis is the most commonly encountered dental anomaly in humans. Oligodontia, however, is a rare condition that involves the congenital absence of six or more teeth, excluding the third molars. Treatment of oligodontia requires an interdisciplinary approach.

Esthetic treatment of a diffuse amelogenesis imperfecta using pressed lithium disilicate and feldspathic ceramic restorations: 5-year follow up.

Objective: The treatment of a diffuse and severe case of amelogenesis imperfecta represents a challenge for the dental team and in particular for the dentist who perform the prosthetic restorations.

Clinical Considerations: The enamel alterations, which are characteristic of the disease, determine different problems that need to be carefully planned and solved before the beginning of the treatment, with particular regard to the materials used to perform the restorations. In order to create the best conditions to perform the prosthetic restoration, the treatment plan should be multidisciplinary.

Is cannabis neurotoxic for the healthy brain? A meta-analytical review of structural brain alterations in non-psychotic users.

Aims: Despite growing research in the field of cannabis imaging, mostly in those with a psychotic illness, the possible neurotoxic effects of smoked cannabis on the healthy brain have yet to be fully understood. There appears to be a need to evaluate the existing imaging data on the neuroanatomical effects of cannabis use on non-psychotic populations.

Methods: We conducted a meta-analytical review to estimate the putative neurotoxic effect of cannabis in non-psychotic subjects who were using or not using cannabis.

Two bilateral transposed and infraosseus impacted maxillary canines: a two-step combined periodontal and orthodontic approach.

An extremely rare case presenting two bilateral transposed and infraosseus impacted maxillary canines was treated with a combined two-step periodontal and orthodontic technique. The canines were transposed mesially and buccally to the lateral incisors, close to the midline and in a horizontal position. Direct orthodontically guided traction of the teeth toward the center of the alveolar ridge was not possible due to the roots of the lateral incisors.

Multimodal meta-analysis of structural and functional brain changes in first episode psychosis and the effects of antipsychotic medication.

Structure and function in the human brain are closely related. At the onset of psychosis, brain imaging studies have identified robust changes in brain function and structure, but no data are available relating these two domains. After systematic literature searches, we included all available studies reporting whole-brain structural or cognitive functional imaging findings in first-episode (FEP) subjects in multimodal Signed Differential Mapping (SDM).

Brain structural abnormalities at the onset of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder: a meta-analysis of controlled magnetic resonance imaging studies.

A number of structural brain imaging studies and meta-analytic reviews have shown that multiple subtle brain abnormalities are consistently found in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Several studies suggest that schizophrenia and affective psychoses share a largely common pattern of brain abnormalities. Aim of the present study was to compare, by means of a meta-analytic approach, brain structural abnormalities, as detected by Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), found at the onset of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder in order to address the question of the specificity of brain abnormalities across diagnostic groups.

Neuroanatomy of vulnerability to psychosis: a voxel-based meta-analysis.

Background: Individual structural imaging studies in the pre-psychotic phases deliver contrasting findings and are unable to definitively characterize the neuroanatomical correlates of an increased liability to psychosis and to predict transition to psychosis.

Method: Ninenteen voxel-based morphometry (VBM) studies of subjects at enhanced risk for psychosis and healthy controls were included in an activation likelihood estimation (ALE) meta-analysis.

Results: The overall sample consisted of 701 controls and 896 high risk subjects.

Factors affecting the clinical approach to impacted maxillary canines: A Bayesian network analysis.

Introduction: The aim of this study was to apply Bayesian networks to evaluate the relative role and possible causal relationships among various factors affecting the diagnosis and final treatment outcome of impacted maxillary canines.

Methods: A total of 168 patients with infraosseous impacted maxillary canines had a combined surgical-orthodontic approach aimed to guide the impacted tooth to the center of the alveolar ridge. Demographic, orthodontic, and periodontal variables were recorded and analyzed by means of Bayesian network analysis.

Tunnel technique for the treatment of impacted mandibular canines.

The tunnel technique is a combined therapeutic approach that includes both surgical exposure of the impacted canine and orthodontic traction of the tooth to the center of the alveolar ridge, followed by final orthodontic alignment. A healthy periodontium at the completion of therapy is the expected outcome. The tunnel technique has been shown to be effective in the treatment of impacted maxillary canines and can be suggested for the treatment of infraosseous impacted canines in the mandible when the corresponding primary canine is still present.

Combined surgical and orthodontic approach to reproduce the physiologic eruption pattern in impacted canines: report of 25 patients.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the periodontal variables of impacted maxillary canines that were treated with a combined surgical and orthodontic approach aimed at reproducing the physiologic eruption pattern of canines. Twenty-five patients who presented with unilateral impacted maxillary canines were consecutively enrolled (age range, 13.2 to 23.

Orthodontic and periodontal outcomes of treated impacted maxillary canines.

Objective: To evaluate the influence of pretreatment radiographic features (alpha-angle, d-distance, and s-sector) on (1) the duration of active orthodontic traction and (2) the posttreatment periodontal status (pocket depth [PD] and keratinized tissue width [KT]) of impacted maxillary canines treated by a combined surgical (flap approach) and orthodontic (direct traction to the center of the ridge) treatment.

Material And Methods: A study population of 168 patients (168 canines) was evaluated. Multiple regression analysis was used.

Pre-treatment radiographic features for the periodontal prognosis of treated impacted canines.

Aim: The aim of this study is to evaluate the prognostic role of the pre-treatment radiographic features on the post-treatment periodontal status of intra-osseous impacted maxillary canines.

Material And Methods: A study population of 168 patients (211 canines) was evaluated at the end of the overall surgical-orthodontic treatment consisting of a combined surgical (flap) and orthodontic (direct traction to the centre of the ridge) approach. The pre-treatment variables on the panoramic radiograph were alpha-angle, d-distance and s-sector while the post-treatment periodontal variables were pocket depth (PD) and keratinized tissue width (KT).

Orthodontic treatment of impacted maxillary canines: an appraisal of prognostic factors.

Aim: The aim of the study was to evaluate the influence of pre-treatment radiographic features (alpha-angle, d-distance and s-sector) on the duration of active orthodontic traction of impacted maxillary canines treated by a combined surgical (flap approach) and orthodontic (direct traction to the center of the ridge) treatment.

Material And Methods: A study population of 168 patients (168 canines) was evaluated. Multiple regression analysis was used.

Short- and long-term periodontal evaluation of impacted canines treated with a closed surgical-orthodontic approach.

Aim: The aims were to evaluate and compare the periodontal status of unilateral impacted maxillary canines treated by a combined surgical-orthodontic technique with that of normally erupted controlateral canines.

Material And Methods: One hundred and twenty-five patients, consecutively enrolled, aged between 12.8 and 52.

Hard and soft tissue management for the restoration of traumatized anterior teeth.

The restoration of coronally fractured anterior teeth without surgical invasion is contingent upon several factors. Specifically, the biologic width of the tooth should not be violated by the apical extent of the fracture, and the residual root structure must possess an adequate ferrule. In patients with these conditions, it is possible to prosthetically restore the tooth following orthodontic extrusion.

Tunnel traction of infraosseous impacted maxillary canines. A three-year periodontal follow-up.

A surgical orthodontic procedure was used to treat deep infraosseous impacted canines (test teeth) associated with the persistence of the deciduous tooth in 15 patients who had the contralateral canine normally erupted (control teeth). The periodontal outcome was evaluated at the end of the orthodontic treatment and 3 years later. After extraction of the deciduous canine, a mucoperiosteal flap was raised on the buccal (seven cases) or palatal (eight cases) aspect, to expose the cusp of the impacted tooth.