Background: Appearance and beauty always have been playing a major aspect of human's lives, regardless of the era. The desire for man to look better had led to various treatment modalities. One among them is microneedling therapy, also called as percutaneous collagen induction therapy or dermaroller therapy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Soft tissue changes secondary to Maxillary orthognathic surgery are many fold. The alar flare is one among them, which affects the appearance of the patient. Cinch suture has been used to prevent alar flare; but the presence of anaesthetic tube hinders cinching.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: The pursuit of youth and beauty has undergone a resurgence of interest which is evidenced by increasing cosmetic procedures. Botulinum Toxin Type A (Botox) is one among the many procedures invented for facial rejuvenation which denervates certain muscles of facial expression responsible for facial wrinkles. It has been applied in the forehead, glabella, lateral canthal area and neck.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Currently, dental treatments with better aesthetic results and less treatment time is more acceptable by the patients. Inadequate amount of bone for implant placement at functionally and aesthetically most appropriate position is a common problem.
Aim: To assess the effect of ridge expansion on implant stability in narrow partially edentulous ridges and to evaluate clinically and radiographically the success of dental implants, placed immediately following ridge expansion procedure.