Ranking facial attractiveness.

The first aim of this investigation was to assemble a group of photographs of 30 male and 30 female faces representing a standardized spectrum of facial attractiveness, against which orthognathic treatment outcomes could be compared. The second aim was to investigate the influence of the relationship between ANB differences and anterior lower face height (ALFH) percentages on facial attractiveness. The initial sample comprised standardized photographs of 41 female and 35 male Caucasian subjects.

Orthodontic auxiliaries: the way forward?

Currently two-thirds of European countries employ orthodontic auxiliaries and the UK is therefore unusual in not permitting their use. There is support from the orthodontic specialty for the concept of delegating routine intra-oral tasks to auxiliary personnel. The following describes a pilot project undertaken to determine the possible training structure for orthodontic auxiliaries.

Dental care for the patient with a cleft lip and palate. Part 2: The mixed dentition stage through to adolescence and young adulthood.

This is the second of two articles looking at dental care for the patient with a cleft lip and palate. Part 1 looked at the needs of the child from birth through to the mixed dentition stage. Part 2 looks at dental care from the mixed dentition stage through to adolescence and young adulthood.

Dental care for the patient with a cleft lip and palate. Part 1: From birth to the mixed dentition stage.

This is the first of two articles looking at dental care for the patient with a cleft lip and palate. Part 1 looks at the needs of the child with a cleft lip and palate from birth through to the mixed dentition stage.

Orthodontic auxiliaries--a pilot project.

Aim: To undertake a pilot study to determine a possible training programme for orthodontic auxiliaries.

Design And Setting: Trainee hygienists who had been accepted onto a 2-year programme were asked to attend the Bristol Dental School well before their course was due to begin in order to participate in a pilot orthodontic assistant auxiliary training programme.

Methods: A modular course of one month's duration was constructed based on the programme at the University of British Columbia.

A survey of the opinions of orthodontic specialist trainees in the U.K.

A questionnaire survey was carried out to ascertain a profile of orthodontic postgraduates in training in the United Kingdom during 1993. Information about the postgraduates, their programmes and their career plans was collected. Eighty-nine questionnaires were distributed to those enrolled in 13 of the training programmes in the U.

Direct bonding to porcelain.

Orthodontic brackets were bonded to 180 faces of 45 porcelain cubes that were divided into three groups according to their surface preparation. In group I, the glaze had been removed with a sandpaper disk, whereas in group II, it was maintained. A solution of acidulated phosphate fluoride (APF) gel was applied to the samples in groups I and II for 5 minutes after pumicing.

Orthodontic training: the residents' perspective.

A survey was carried out at the Graduate Orthodontic Residents' Conference at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in August 1991. Questionnaires were distributed to the attending residents who included representatives from 41 of the 51 orthodontic programs in the United States at that time. Of the questionnaires 81% were completed and returned by residents at the schools.

Zirconia brackets: an evaluation of morphology and coefficients of friction.

The frictional characteristics of two types of zirconia (Harmony, Hudson Ltd., Sheffield, U.K.

The influence of bracket material, ligation force and wear on frictional resistance of orthodontic brackets.

Planar static frictional phenomena were investigated for two types of ceramic and one type of stainless steel orthodontic bracket against rectangular stainless steel archwire. The brackets studied were 'Starfire' (single crystal aluminium oxide), 'Allure III' (polycrystalline aluminium oxide), and 'Dentaurum' (stainless steel). The investigative parameters were: bracket material, force of ligation and whether the brackets were new or 'worn'.

Direct bonded space maintainers.

The aim of this study was to evaluate clinically a bonded space maintainer, which would reduce chair-side time and cost. Sixty appliances were fabricated from 0.7 mm stainless steel round wire and bonded using light-cured composite to the two teeth adjacent to the site of extraction of a posterior primary tooth.

Recurrent aphthous stomatitis: the efficacy of replacement therapy in patients with underlying hematinic deficiencies.

A group of thirty-four patients with recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS) and single hematinic deficiencies were given replacement therapy after any reason for the deficiency had been sought and excluded. The response of the RAS was assessed in an open trial. The aphthae in 70% of patients subjectively improved with hematinic replacement therapy, a benefit exceeding the defined placebo response in recurrent aphthous stomatitis.

Orofacial features of Scheie (Hurler-Scheie) syndrome (alpha-L-iduronidase deficiency).

Scheie syndrome is a rare inborn error of metabolism, a mucopolysaccharidosis in which deficiency of the lysosomal enzyme alpha-L-iduronidase leads to tissue accumulation of mucopolysaccharides. Scheie syndrome is a forme fruste of Hurler syndrome (gargoylism), and some patients have the phenotype of Hurler-Scheie compound syndrome. The craniofacial abnormalities include coarse facies, mandibular condylar hypoplasia, retarded tooth eruption, and cystic jaw radiolucencies--particularly about the molars.

Fracture of the articular eminence. Report of a case.

A case of compound fracture of the articular eminence is presented. The injury was sustained as a result of direct trauma which also caused a mandibular symphyseal fracture. Management comprised repositioning and support of the fractured fragment by means of sutures and the application of intermaxillary fixation.

An inverted upper lateral incisor.

A case is presented of an inverted upper lateral incisor in an 11-year-old patient. It is believed that involvement of this tooth is previously unreported.

Lingual abscess in a patient with anorexia nervosa.

A 30-year-old female patient suffering from anorexia nervosa, developed an acute submandibular cellulitis. She was found to have a lingual abscess, for which the only detectable source of infection was a grossly carious lower molar. The oral features of the more common eating disorders are described.

Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia: family study and review.

Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia is reviewed, and the orofacial features of the condition are illustrated by details of an affected family and in particular a male patient who is now 63 years old. The nature of the disease from its insidious onset in the second and third decades to involve not only the mucous membranes but all cutaneous and visceral structures is noted, together with medical complications. Aspects of general and dental management are summarized.