Publications by authors named "Kris Currie"
Objective: Understanding craniofacial growth and development is important for accurate diagnosis, treatment planning and post-treatment evaluation of orthodontic cases. Paramount to this is knowledge of the cranial base growth and development, since it is the foundation upon which the remaining facial structures develop. The purpose of this study was to analyse different anatomical structures in the posterior cranial base and determine its changes during the adolescent years (13-15 year of age) using CBCT.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: Conventional two-dimensional (2D) cephalometric radiography is an integral part of orthodontic patient diagnosis and treatment planning. One must be mindful of its limitations as it indeed is a 2D representation of a vaster three-dimensional (3D) object. Issues with projection errors, landmark identification, and measurement inaccuracies impose significant limitations, which may now be overcome with the advent of cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To provide a synthesis of the published studies evaluating the natural growth and development of the human posterior cranial base (S-Ba).
Materials And Methods: The search was performed on MEDLINE, Embase, PubMed, and all EBM Reviews electronic databases. In addition, reference lists of the included studies were hand-searched.
Objective: To evaluate the accuracy and reliability of the diagnostic tools available for assessing maxillary transverse deficiencies.
Methods: An electronic search of three databases was performed from their date of establishment to April 2015, with manual searching of reference lists of relevant articles. Articles were considered for inclusion if they reported the accuracy or reliability of a diagnostic method or evaluation technique for maxillary transverse dimensions in mixed or permanent dentitions.