Evaluation of the variable anchorage straightwire technique using Ricketts' growth prediction.

The purpose of this retrospective study was to evaluate the treatment effects of the variable anchorage straightwire technique (VAST) in Angle Class II patients using Ricketts' growth prediction analysis. The subjects belonged to two groups: a control, consisting of 30 untreated Class II Swedish individuals (20 girls, 10 boys) with a mean age of 11.2 years, and the other 29 Swedish patients (14 girls, 15 boys), mean age 12.

The variable anchorage straight wire technique compared with the straight wire technique in deep overbite correction.

The aim of this retrospective study was to compare the treatment results and the number of required treatment appointments between the variable anchorage straight wire technique (VAST) and the straight wire (SW) technique. The subjects were 53 Caucasian patients of both sexes (25 males and 28 females, mean age 13.5 years at the start of treatment), with an overjet > or = 4 mm and an overbite > or = 3 mm.

Effect of phenytoin on periodontal tissues exposed to orthodontic force--an experimental study in rats.

The influence of the anticonvulsive drug phenytoin on the periodontal tissues during orthodontic tooth movement in the rat was studied. The experimental and the control group each consisted of 10 Sprague-Dawley rats. The test group was injected daily with phenytoin during the experimental period of 6 weeks.

Effects of fixed anterior biteplane therapy--a radiographic study.

Orthodontic treatment of eight overbite cases with a maxillary fixed lingual arch appliance with anterior biteplane involved a reduction in overbite of 4 to 7 mm between the upper and the lower front teeth and a first molar separation of 2 to 4 mm. After a treatment period of 3.5 to 5 months, occlusal contact between the upper and the lower molars was established.

Orthodontically induced root resorption in rat molars after 1-hydroxyethylidene-1,1-bisphosphonate injection.

A single injection of 1-hydroxyethylidene-1, 1-bisphosphonate inhibits the formation of acellular cementum in rat molars. Instead, an atypical hyperplastic cementum is formed. In this study the resistance of this cementum to resorption was tested by applying an orthodontic force.