The Validity of a Smartphone-Based Method for Acquiring 3D Images of the Face.

To evaluate the accuracy and reproducibility of measurements obtained using the Bellus3D Face Application on a mobile smartphone by comparing them to direct measurements on pre-marked and blank face scans. Twenty-five healthy young adults (six males and nineteen females; age range 20-30 years) were included in this prospective cross-sectional study, with the only exclusion criterion being the presence of significant facial hair interfering with the placement and visualization of landmarks. Image acquisitions were performed using an iPhone XR with the Bellus3D FaceApp face scanning application, an iOS application for smartphones.

Headgear therapy in children with Class II malocclusion and the role of compliance on treatment outcome: A nine-month randomized controlled trial.

Objectives: To evaluate three-dimensional movements of maxillary teeth during headgear treatment in Class II growing children, using digital analytical tools, and to determine the effects of compliance on these movements.

Materials And Methods: A 9-month parallel-group randomized controlled trial was carried out on 40 children with Class II malocclusion, aged 8-12 years, half assigned to receive a cervical headgear and half to a no-treatment group, using block randomization. Subjects in the treatment group were instructed to wear the headgear for 12 hours daily and monitored using an electronic module.

How well does Invisalign ClinCheck predict actual results: A prospective study.

Introduction: This study aimed to compare achieved movements with predicted movements after 28-week use of Invisalign Lite aligners.

Settings And Sample Population: The digital impressions of 21 subjects treated with Invisalign Lite at a private practice and in the dental clinic (Milan, Italy) were taken and analysed. Subjects were Caucasian with a mean age of 20.

Teachers' report of sense of time in kindergarten predicts children's time-processing skills in first grade.

The main aim of this longitudinal study was to evaluate if a questionnaire measuring the sense of time, filled in by teachers and parents in the last year of kindergarten, was able to predict children's time-processing skills at the end of 1st grade. The sample included 131 children (initial mean age = 4.77 ± 0.