Effect of sodium fluoride plus tricalcium phosphate with and without CO laser on remineralization of white spot lesions.

Objectives: The aim of this in vitro study was to evaluate the effect of NaF plus TCP with and without CO laser irradiation on management of demineralized enamel using microhardness test and digital microscopy.

Methods: Eighty intact extracted human premolar teeth were randomly divided into 4 groups (20/each). Each group was subjected to a demineralizing solution to create white spot lesion.

Three-dimensional assessment of soft tissue changes associated with bone-anchored maxillary protraction protocols.

Introduction: The aim of this study was to assess the 3-dimensional soft tissue changes in growing Class III patients with maxillary deficiency associated with 2 bone-anchored maxillary protraction protocols in relation to an untreated control group of Class III patients.

Methods: Growing skeletal Class III patients between the ages of 10 and 14 years participated in this study. In group 1 (n = 10), skeletally anchored facemasks were used with miniplates placed at the zygomatic buttress.

Dentoalveolar and arch dimension changes in patients treated with miniplate-anchored maxillary protraction.

Introduction: The aim of this study was to evaluate dentoalveolar and arch dimension changes in 2 miniplate-anchored maxillary protraction protocols in relation to an untreated control group using 3-dimensional digital models.

Methods: Thirty growing Class III subjects with maxillary deficiency in the late mixed or early permanent dentition phase were randomly divided into 3 groups. In group 1 (n = 10), patients were treated with skeletally anchored facemasks anchored with miniplates placed at the zygomatic buttress.

Comparative evaluation of 2 skeletally anchored maxillary protraction protocols.

Introduction: The aim of this study was to evaluate and compare the effects of 2 protocols of bone-anchored maxillary protraction with an untreated control group.

Methods: Thirty growing Class III subjects with maxillary deficiency in the late mixed or early permanent dentition were included in the study. In group 1 (n = 10), skeletally anchored facemasks were used with miniplates placed at the zygomatic buttress.