The Effects of Using Plaque-Disclosing Tablets on the Removal of Plaque and Gingival Status of Orthodontic Patients.

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of using plaque-disclosing tablets (PDTs) on the plaque and gingival index scores of patients wearing fixed orthodontic appliances.

Methods: In group A (n=16), the subjects were motivated by conventional oral hygiene instructions, including verbal information about tooth brushing. The patients in group B (n=17) were motivated using PDTs used in the dentists' office to show the locations of biofilms in addition to the instructions given to group A.

Evaluation of maxillary sinus volume and dimensions in different vertical face growth patterns: a study of cone-beam computed tomography.

Objective: This study aimed to compare sinus volume and dimensions in patients with high-, low-, and normal-angle vertical growth patterns using cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT).

Materials And Methods: According to skeletal vertical face growth patterns, 60 adults (31 female, 29 male, average age: 29.90 ± 10.

Relationship between head posture and the severity of obstructive sleep apnea.

Introduction: The objective of this study was to compare the head posture of patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) having different levels of severity with that of control subjects.

Methods: One hundred subjects participated in this study. Seventy-five subjects underwent overnight polysomnography in a sleep laboratory and were allocated into "mild," "moderate," or "severe" OSA groups, and 25 subjects with no complaints regarding OSA were allocated into 1 group and served as the controls.

Evaluation of Patients with Cleft Lip and Palate in Southeastern Anatolian Region.

Objective: Our study included patients with cleft lip and palate who applied to Gaziantep University Dentistry Faculty Orthodontics Department between 2010 and 2014. The aim of this study was to reveal the characteristics of these patients with demographic values.

Methods: In total, 118 patients were included in this study.

Does the Seating Force Affect the Shear Bond Strength of Brackets? An InVitro Study.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to observe two different seating forces on conventional and self-ligating brackets using shear bond strength (SBS).

Methods: The study material consisted of 48 recently extracted human premolars divided into four groups: Group I, conventional bracket (Master series, AO) 100 g seating force applied; Group II, conventional bracket (Master series, AO) 200 g seating force applied; Group III, self-ligating bracket (Empower, AO) 100 g seating force applied; and Group IV, self-ligating bracket (Empower, AO) 200 g seating force applied. All teeth were bonded with Transbond XT by the same operator.

The effect of fixed appliances on oral malodor from beginning of treatment till 1 year.

Background: Orthodontic appliances can enhance plaque accumulation, and this can cause gingival inflammation. Halitosis of oral origin is associated with microbial metabolism on the tongue and in the saliva, dental plaque, and the amount of volatile sulfide-containing compounds. This study used a Halimeter to investigate fixed orthodontic therapy-associated increases in the oral malodor over a year.

Dental technician pneumoconiosis mimicking lung cancer.

A 47-year-old man was referred for assessment of bilateral lymph node enlargement identified on a routine chest radiograph. Positron emission tomography showed high standardized uptake values (SUVmax: 20.5) in right supraclavicular, right intercostal, and multiple mediastinal lymph nodes.

The effects of low-level laser therapy on condylar growth with a mandibular advancement appliance in rats.

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of low-level laser therapy (LLLT) on condylar growth with a mandibular advancement appliance in rats.

Background Data: Researchers studied new methods such as laser, for mandibular condyle growth stimulation and acceleration with or without functional appliances in experimental animals, but the specific mechanism and laser energy density values for condylar biostimulation and bone cell activities are still unknown.

Methods: Forty-eight 8-week-old male Wistar albino rats weighing between 260 and 280 g were randomly divided into four groups.

Effects of low-level laser therapy on changes in inflammation and in the activity of osteoblasts in the expanded premaxillary suture in an ovariectomized rat model.

Background And Objective: Osteoporosis is a progressive systemic skeletal disease characterized by reduced bone mass/density and microarchitectural deterioration of bone tissue. Bone formation initially exceeds bone resorption, but by the third decade, such formation is reversed, resulting in a net loss of bone mass. This resorption, in turn, increases bone fragility and susceptibility to fracture.

Effects of edentulism on mandibular morphology: evaluation of panoramic radiographs.

Purpose: The objective of this study was to evaluate morphological changes of the mandible in edentulous and dentate subjects using panoramic radiographs.

Materials And Methods: Panoramic radiographs were divided into the following three groups: Group I (completely edentulous group), Group II (old dentate group) and Group III (young dentate group). The research parameters of gonial angle, condylar height, ramus height, ramus notch depth, and antegonial notch depth were measured on panoramic radiographs.

Effects of bite-jumping appliances on mandibular advancement in growing rats: A radiographic study.

Objective: The aim was to evaluate the effects of the use of mandibular advancement appliances on mandibular growth in growing rats.

Materials And Methods: Twenty-four 8-week-old male Wistar albino rats were randomly divided into two experimental groups (12 rats each): Group I was a control group, and Group II was the mandibular advancement appliance group. A functional bite-jumping appliance was used in Group II to promote mandibular advancement.

Temperature changes of pulp chamber during in vitro laser welding of orthodontic attachments.

The use of lasers has been suggested for orthodontists to fabricate or repair orthodontic appliances by welding metals directly in the mouth. This work aimed to evaluate the temperature changes in the pulp chamber during welding of an orthodontic wire to an orthodontic molar band using Nd : YAG laser in vitro. A freshly extracted human third molar with eliminated pulpal tissues was used.

Does the panoramic radiography have the power to identify the gonial angle in orthodontics?

Purpose: The objective of this study was to assess gonial angle under the angle classification by comparing panoramic radiograph and lateral cephalometric radiograph.

Materials And Methods: 49 patients (25 males, 24 females) with an age range of 12-29 years participated in the present study. Subjects were retrospectively selected among those categorised as skeletal and dental Class I, II, and III malocclusion group.

The relationship of orthodontic treatment need with periodontal status, dental caries, and sociodemographic factors.

The aim of this study was to determine the relationship of orthodontic malocclusion with periodontal status, dental caries, and sociodemographic status. Our study population consisted of a sample of 836 school children (384 male and 452 female, aged 11-14 years). Four experienced orthodontists and two experienced periodontists performed the clinical examinations.

Effect of fixed appliances on oral malodor.

Introduction: The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of fixed appliances on oral malodor.

Methods: Forty-one patients participated in this study. They were randomized into 2 groups: treated with fixed orthodontic appliances and untreated controls.

Metrical and histological investigation of the effects of low-level laser therapy on orthodontic tooth movement.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of 820-nm diode laser on osteoclastic and osteoblastic cell proliferation-activity and RANKL/OPG release during orthodontic tooth movement. Thirty-eight albino Wistar rats were used for this experiment. Maxillary incisors of the subjects were moved orthodontically by a helical spring with force of 20 g.

Effect of chlorhexidine gluconate, Clearfil Protect Bond, and KTP laser on microleakage under metal orthodontic brackets with thermocycling.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of antimicrobial pretreatments [chlorhexidine gluconate (CHX), Clearfil Protect Bond (CPB), and potassium-titanyl-phosphate (KTP) laser] on microleakage under metal orthodontic brackets.

Materials And Methods: Sixty freshly-extracted human premolars were randomly assigned to four equal groups: group 1, 37% phosphoric acid; group 2, 37% phosphoric acid + 2% CHX; group 3, 37% phosphoric acid + KTP laser; and group 4, CPB. The teeth were kept in distilled water for 24 h, and thereafter subjected to 500 thermal cycles.

Shear Bond Strength of Orthodontic Brackets Cured with Different Light Sources under Thermocycling.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to compare the shear bond strength (SBS) of two different light sources under different thermal cycle frequencies.

Methods: Ninety human premolar teeth were divided into six groups, in which three groups consisted of halogen groups - Group I was cured with halogen without thermocycle, Group II cured with halogen with 500 thermocycles, and Group III cured with halogen with 10,000 thermocycles. The other three groups consisted of Plasma arc (PAC) group - Group IV was cured with PAC without thermocycle, Group V cured with PAC thermocycled 500 cycles, and Group VI cured with PAC thermocycled 10,000 cycles.

Comparison of the effects of RME and fan-type RME on nasal airway by using acoustic rhinometry.

Objective: To evaluate and compare the nasal airway changes following rapid maxillary expansion (RME) and fan-type RME using acoustic rhinometry (AR).

Materials And Methods: The study sample consisted of three groups. The RME group comprised 15 subjects with maxillary transverse discrepancies and posterior crossbites.

Shear bond strength comparison of a conventional and a self-etching fluoride-releasing adhesive following thermocycling.

Aim: To compare the effect of thermocycling on the shear bond strength of brackets bonded using different primers.

Methods: One hundred twenty extracted defect-free premolars were randomly divided into three groups. In all three, Transbond XT was the bonding adhesive of choice.

Stability in dental changes in RME and SARME: a 2-year follow-up.

Objective: To compare the effects of rapid maxillary expansion (RME) and surgically assisted rapid maxillary expansion (SARME) on dentoalveolar structures following orthodontic treatment, as well as stability at 2-year follow-up.

Materials And Methods: Two groups of subjects were used in the study. Group 1 consisted of 14 subjects (mean age, 12.

Does rapid maxillary expansion affect the eruption of upper third molars?

Objective: To test the hypothesis that there is no difference in the movement of the upper third molars between rapid maxillary expansion (RME) and non-RME patients.

Materials And Methods: This study was performed on 30 patients divided into two groups. The study group included 20 patients who had maxillary narrowness and bilateral maxillary third molars and who had undergone RME application.

The role of nickel accumulation and epithelial cell proliferation in orthodontic treatment-induced gingival overgrowth.

The aim of this study was to investigate the role of nickel in orthodontic treatment-induced gingival hyperplasia. The nickel concentration in gingival tissues with and without overgrowth, histopathology of gingival overgrowth, and epithelial cell proliferation response to different nickel concentrations were analysed. Ten patients receiving orthodontic therapy (eight females and two males, mean age 15.

Comparison of nasal volume changes during rapid maxillary expansion using acoustic rhinometry and computed tomography.

The purpose of this study was to compare nasal volume changes using acoustic rhinometry (AR) and computed tomography (CT). The subjects were 10 children (6 girls and 4 boys, with an age range of 12-14 years) who required rapid maxillary expansion (RME) on the basis of their individual malocclusion. All patients were found to have normal nasal cavities following anterior rhinoscopic examination.

Mesial migration effect on root morphology of mandibular third molars.

Objective: To test the hypothesis that there is a relationship between forward mandibular third molar migration and root curvature of the mandibular third molars.

Materials And Methods: The study is comprised of 64 patients who had a history of unilateral mandibular first molar extraction before 16 years of age with no other missing teeth or prosthetic restorations in the mandible. The extraction space was fully or partly closed.