Perception of Aesthetics by Different Professionals of Different Communities.

Aim: To evaluate the perception of aesthetics by different professionals of different communities in India by a photographic study.

Materials And Methods: This was a photographic study conducted among different professionals of different communities to establish an aesthetic norm for Indian population. The communities to which the professionals belonged were North Indian, South Indian, Maharashtrian, Gujarati and Parsi.

Efficacy of planas direct tracks for early treatment of skeletal Class II malocclusion--a clinical and cephalometric study.

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of Planas Direct Tracks in the treatment of skeletal Class II malocclusion due to retrognathic mandible in the intermediate mixed dentition stage clinically and cephalometrically.

Materials And Method: A six month cross sectional comparative study consisted of 40 subjects (21 males and 19 females) with a mean age of 9.8 + 1.