Effect of orthodontic treatment and comorbidity risk factors on interdental alveolar crest level: A radiographic evaluation.

Introduction: Alveolar bone loss is regarded as a potential adverse event during orthodontic treatment, especially in adults. The purposes of this study were to evaluate the prevalence and severity of interdental alveolar crest height loss in adult orthodontic patients compared with an untreated control group and to identify comorbidity risk factors for such bone loss (high BMI score, high blood pressure, high cholesterol levels, and smoking).

Methods: Standardized bitewing radiographs of patients' buccal segments were taken before and after treatment of 34 consecutive adults treated in an orthodontic clinic.

External invasive resorption: Case report of a rapidly progressive process in an impacted maxillary canine during orthodontic treatment.

External invasive resorption (EIR) is a type of external resorption that can involve the coronal, middle and apical parts of the root in its advanced stages and results in progressive loss of tooth structure. Common potential predisposing factors for EIR are orthodontic treatment and trauma. The EIR progression rate has not been described previously.