Comparison of mandibular buccal shelf bone characteristics between two facial types using cone beam computed tomography.

Background: Mandibular buccal shelf (MBS) offers good quality and quantity of bone for orthodontic bone screw (OBS) insertion. Despite several reports of treated patients, there are numerous variables in selecting the exact placement site for OBS placement in the MBS. There are also anatomical variations in this area which must be considered.

Comparison of the influence of dental and facial aesthetics in determining overall attractiveness.

Objective: Orthodontic treatment aims at improving the perceived aesthetics; hence knowing which characteristics play a significant role in determining aesthetics is an important orthodontic objective. The aim of this study was to evaluate among laypersons, general dentists and orthodontists the importance of dental versus facial aesthetics.

Materials And Methods: Frontal face smile photographs of eight volunteers (4 males & 4 females), age group ranging from 16 to 24 years were used for the study.

Surgically Assisted Orthodontics: Use of Piezocision in a Case of Oligodontia to Accelerate the Rate of Tooth Movement.

Conventionally the use of surgical assisted tooth movement is to hasten orthodontic tooth movement. In this article, a case of 13 year-old male with oligodontia has been described in whom piezocision has been used to improve bone turnover and remodeling in long standing edentulous spaces which have less medullary bone and more cortical bone.

Mini-implant-supported sliding jig.

Maximum anchorage situations require appropriate anchorage control from the very beginning. This includes control of anchorage in the anteroposterior as well as vertical directions. The requirement is more critical in patients with vertical growth patterns.