Interdisciplinary Rehabilitation Using CAD/CAM Technology for a Young Patient with Severe Malocclusion and Amelogenesis Imperfecta: A 5-Year Follow-up Case Report.

Treatment of acute cases of amelogenesis imperfecta (AI) is challenging in children due to the absence of a consensus statement on therapeutic recommendations. This article presents the effectiveness of an interdisciplinary approach-including orthodontics, orthognathic surgery, and prosthodontics using digital technology-in a child with AI and skeletal deformities. The early management over a 6-year period had a very positive impact on the quality of life related to oral health.

Interdisciplinary Care for a Patient with Amelogenesis Imperfecta: A Clinical Report.

This manuscript describes an interdisciplinary approach over a period of 8 years combining surgical and prosthodontic treatment of a young patient diagnosed with hypocalcified-type amelogenesis imperfecta and anterior open bite. The treatment procedures included transitional restorations, orthodontic treatment, and maxillofacial surgery with a one-piece Le Fort I osteotomy, bilateral mandibular osteotomy, and genioplasty. The definitive prosthetic rehabilitation consisted of 28 zirconia-based ceramic single crowns restoring both esthetics and function.

In vivo evaluation of immediately loaded stainless steel and titanium orthodontic screws in a growing bone.

The present work intends to evaluate the use of immediate loaded orthodontic screws in a growing model, and to study the specific bone response. Thirty-two screws (half of stainless steel and half of titanium) were inserted in the alveolar bone of 8 growing pigs. The devices were immediately loaded with a 100 g orthodontic force.

A systematic review of methods for tissue analysis in animal studies on orthodontic mini-implants.

Anchorage devices are increasingly used in orthodontics, and their clinical performance is directly dependent on the tissue response to these devices. This study aims to identify assessment parameters for evaluating tissue reactions around orthodontically loaded implants and to propose parameters to be included in a standardized method. Several electronic databases (PubMed, ScienceDirect, the Cochrane database) were explored for papers from January 1999 to December 2009.