Soft tissue changes during orthopedic therapy: An in vivo 3-dimensional facial scan study.

Introduction: The aim was to compare the soft tissue changes in pretreatment and posttreatment facial scans of patients who had undergone various orthopedic treatments vs a control group of untreated growing patients.

Methods: Facial scans were performed before (T0) and after (T1) orthopedic treatment in 15 patients prescribed rapid palatal expander (RPE), 15 cervical headgear (HG), and 15 facemasks (FM), as well as 6 months apart in 15 untreated growing patients. After best-fit scan alignment using Geometric Control X software (3D Systems Inc, Rock Hill, SC), a 3-dimensional (3D) analysis of soft tissue changes was performed, comparing 3D reference points (total 22) and 8 areas on T0 and T1 scans.

Compliance with Headgear Evaluated by Force- and Temperature-Sensitive Monitoring Device: A Case-Control Study.

The aim was to objectively assess compliance in patients prescribed headgear and evaluate the impact of monitoring awareness, treatment duration, gender, and age on compliance levels. A total of 22 patients with Class II malocclusion wore the headgear integrated with the force and temperature sensitive Smartgear monitoring system (Smartgear, Swissorthodontics AG, Cham, Switzerland). Patients were instructed to wear the headgear for 13 h daily over a 3-month period.

CAD/CAM-based 3D-printed and PVS indirect bonding jig system accuracy: a systematic review, meta-analysis, and comparative analysis of hard and soft CAD/CAM transfer trays.

Background: The widespread use of CAD/CAM transfer trays warrants evaluation of their accuracy as compared to PVS transfer trays.

Objectives: To quantify the accuracy of CAD/CAM and PVS transfer trays, investigating any differences between soft and hard trays CAD/CAM transfer trays.

Search Methods: Eight different databases (Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed, Google Scholar, ProQuest, Embase, Cochrane Library, ClinicalTrials.

Evaluation of effectiveness and efficiency of fixed orthodontic treatment comparing standard and computer-aided design and manufacturing conventional bracket systems using indirect bonding for both: A retrospective study.

Background: To compare the effectiveness and efficiency of orthodontic treatment (OT) with standard versus computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) indirect bonding of conventional brackets.

Methods: This retrospective study examined two groups: standard indirect bonding group (12 males, 13 females; mean age 12.21 ± 0.

Combined use of F22 aligners and intermaxillary elastics in mild skeletal Class II: Two case reports.

Introduction: The aim of these two case-reports is to illustrate and compare the therapeutic effects of Class II elastics in combination with F22 aligners in an adult and an adolescent patient, respectively.

Case Presentation: Two patients with a mild skeletal Class II malocclusion, associated with mild-to-moderate crowding, presented for orthodontic treatment. The first patient was 12 years old, while the second was 40 years old.

A non-invasive system to manage impacted teeth associated with a large dentigerous cyst.

A male patient aged 11 years presented a large dentigerous cyst in the lower left quadrant associated with retained deciduous lower lateral incisor and canine and impacted, unerupted corresponding permanent ones. The treatment consisted in marsupialisation and placement of a modified lingual arch that held a tube for decompression used for irrigation of the cystic cavity in a comfortable way for the patient and for the clinician.The same lingual arch was later used as an anchorage method for traction of the retained teeth.

Cephalometric analysis of dental and skeletal effects of Carriere Motion 3D appliance for Class II malocclusion.

Introduction: The objective was to describe the dental and skeletal changes obtained using the Carriere Motion Appliance (CMA), lateral cephalogram, and the corresponding cephalometric tracings.

Methods: A sample of 29 patients with Class II malocclusion (mean age, 12.6 ± 1.

Clinical predictors of cardiac toxicity in HER2-positive early breast cancer patients treated with adjuvant s.c. versus i.v. trastuzumab.

Background: Few data are available about real-life cardiotoxicity associated with s.c. versus i.

Early effects of exercise training on on- and off-kinetics in 50-year-old subjects.

We tested the hypothesis that, in healthy middle-aged subjects ( n=11, age 51.0 +/- 3.0 years, x +/- SD), the effects of exercise training on pulmonary O(2) uptake (VO(2)) on- and off-kinetics would appear earlier than those on peak.