Body dysmorphic disorder: Diagnosis, clinical aspects and treatment strategies.

Aim: With the increased demand to undertake dental aesthetic and reconstructive procedures, it is imperative for all dental clinicians to have an understanding of body dysmorphic disorder (BDD). Patient's preoccupations with perceived defect in appearance or excessive concern about minimal flaws are among diagnostic criteria of BDD. Such patients are difficult to please and often undergo cosmetic procedures such as orthodontic treatment.

Rapid canine retraction with periodontal distraction in Class II division 1 malocclusion: a case report.

This case report describes the treatment of an 18-year-old post-pubertal male patient with a class II division 1 malocclusion. Rapid canine retraction was planned after extraction of first premolars in maxillary arch 7 mm of canine retraction was achieved in 19 days with customized periodontal distractor with minimal change (10 degrees) in canine inclination. The maxillary molars were able to withstand the retraction forces with minimal vertical anchor loss (0.

Alignment of an ectopic canine with mini-implant anchorage: a case report.

Aims: To describe the treatment of an ectopic maxillary left canine and Class II molar relationship in a 12 year-old girl.

Methods: A pendulum appliance was used in a first phase of treatment to distalise the maxillary molars to a Class I molar relationship. In the second phase of treatment, a mini-implant, inserted between the roots of the left maxillary central and lateral incisors, provided anchorage to move an ectopic maxillary left canine into position.

Clinical investigation of periodontal ligament distraction osteogenesis for rapid orthodontic canine retraction.

Aims: To investigate rapid canine distalisation by periodontal ligament distraction and to determine the effects of periodontal ligament distraction on the canine root and pulpal vitality.

Methods: The sample consisted of 16 upper canines in eight patients who required first premolar extractions. The upper first premolars were extracted and the interseptal bone distal to each canine was thinned and undermined surgically.

A clinical evaluation of orthodontic mini-implants as intraoral anchorage for the intrusion of maxillary anterior teeth.

Aim: To determine the efficacy of mini-implants as intraoral anchorage during en masse intrusion of the six maxillary anterior teeth.

Methods: Ten patients from the Department of Orthodontics, KLE University, Belgaum, India, who required intrusion of their anterior teeth were selected for this study. After initial alignment and leveling, the maxillary arch was divided into one anterior segment and two posterior segments.