Publications by authors named "Joseph P BouSerhal"
Background: To assess the accuracy of digital models generated using commercially available software to predict anterior teeth root inclination characteristics and compare the results to relevant data obtained from CBCT images.
Material And Methods: Following sample size calculation and after application of inclusion and exclusion criteria, pre-treatment maxillary and mandibular plaster models and the corresponding CBCT scans of 31 patients attending a private orthodontic clinic were selected. The subjects were 10 males and 21 females with age range 12 to 40 years.
Introduction: The main aim of this study was to describe the contribution of the maxilla and the mandible to the establishment of a Class II skeletal malocclusion in an adult Lebanese population. Secondary aims were to detect the presence of sex-based dimorphism and to study the influence of the vertical dimension on the Class II skeletal pattern.
Material And Method: A sample of 90 adults in skeletal Class II was recruited and equally distributed according to sex and vertical typology.
Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the shear bond strength of orthodontic bracket when bonded to pre-conditioned and intact enamel using a self-etching primer within 6 hours and after thermal cycling.
Material And Methods: One hundred and twenty freshly-extracted human teeth were divided into four groups according to how the buccal surface to be bonded had been pre-conditioned: 1) acid-etched with 37% phosphoric acid, 2) sand-blasted with 50 microns aluminum-oxide, 3) matted with diamond burr, and 4) intact enamel used as control. Orthodontic metal brackets were bonded to the teeth using the same composite resin (Transbond XT) and self-etching primer (Transbond Plus Self-Etching Primer).