Impact of Habitual Snoring on Subjective Dental Esthetics in University Population.

Objective: The aims of this study were to assess the prevalence of snoring in the University population and to test the null hypothesis that there is no impact of habitual snoring on the self-perceived of dental esthetics.

Materials And Methods: Berlin Questionnaire and esthetic component of the index of orthodontic treatment need was given to 700 students and employees aged 17-59 years (22 ± 4.5).

Orthodontic view in the diagnoses of obstructive sleep apnea.

Obstructive sleep apnea is an exciting area for orthodontists to be involved. The level of awareness of sleep apnea and related health issues is growing rapidly. The demand of integrating sleep into the orthodontic practice shortly will be driven by the need of the societies as some of our patients will be shortly coming into our offices aware of sleep apnea.

Problem-based learning: Dental student's perception of their education environments at Qassim University.

Aims: The objectives of this study were to assess perceptions of the Saudi dental students of the problem-based learning (PBL) curriculum and to compare their perceptions among different sex and academic years.

Subjects And Methods: Data was collected through a questionnaire-based survey at Qassim College of dentistry. The questionnaire consisted of 19 questions regarding the perception of PBL curriculum and was distributed to 240 students.

Prevalence of snoring and facial profile type, malocclusion class and dental arch morphology among snorer and nonsnorer university population.

Objectives: The objectives of this study were to determine the prevalence of snoring in an adult male university population, and to test the null hypothesis that there is no difference in facial profile shape, malocclusion type, or palatal morphology among snorer and nonsnorer.

Materials And Methods: Berlin questionnaire was given to 840 students and employees aged 18-45 years (24 ± 40). Both snorers and nonsnorers were assessed for the facial profile type, malocclusion type, and palatal morphology.

Career decisions of undergraduate dental students at the University of Science and Technology, Yemen.

Students' reasons for choosing dentistry as a profession have not been well documented, especially in the developing countries. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the reasons why undergraduate Yemeni dental students who attended the University of Science and Technology (UST) chose dentistry as a career. A total of 300 out of 500 responses were recorded for this study, a response rate of 60 percent.

Craniofacial changes in patients with Class III malocclusion treated with the RAMPA system.

Objective: The underlying etiology of Class III malocclusion may be associated with cranial base morphology. The aim of this study is to test the efficacy of a Right-Angled Maxillary Protraction Appliance (RAMPA) System in Asian subjects with Class III malocclusions.

Materials And Methods: 27 homologous landmarks were digitized from lateral cephalographs for 10 pre-pubertal Japanese children (mean age 95 months) with skeletal Class III malocclusion prior to and after RAMPA treatment.

Assessment of 3-D nasal airway morphology in Southeast Asian adults with obstructive sleep apnea using acoustic rhinometry.

The aim of the present study is to investigate nasal airway morphology in Asian adults with and without obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) using acoustic rhinometry (AR), principal components analysis (PCA), and 3-D finite-element analysis (FEA). One hundred eight adult Malays aged 18-65 years (mean ± SD, 33.2 ± 13.

Craniofacial obesity in patients with obstructive sleep apnea.

Introduction: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and obesity are serious, widespread public health issues.

Objective: To localize and quantify geometric morphometric differences in facial soft tissue morphology in adults with and without OSA.

Materials And Methods: Eighty adult Malays, consisting of 40 patients with OSA and 40 non-OSA controls, were studied.

Cranial base and airway morphology in adult malays with obstructive sleep apnoea.

Background: Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) has been described as a public health problem comparable to smoking in its impacts upon society.

Objective: To compare the differences in cranial base and airway morphology in Malay adults with and without OSA using finite element analysis (FEM).

Method: Lateral skull radiographs of 38 adult Malays aged 18-60 years were divided into two groups of 19 (13 male, 6 female).

Prevalence of snoring and craniofacial features in Malaysian children from hospital-based medical clinic population.

Snoring is considered as the most common clinical symptom of obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome. However, many snoring studies were done in western population, and data from around Asia is scarce. Therefore, the purposes of this study were to determine the prevalence of snoring among Malaysian children from hospital-based medical clinic population setting and to compare the craniofacial features of children with and without snoring using cephalometric analysis.

Facial soft tissue features assessed with finite element analysis.

Facial soft tissues are a major determinant of treatment choice. When Class I and Class II malocclusions were compared using finite-element analysis, morphologic differences were localized and quantified. This study highlights the importance of determining the timing, magnitude and direction offacial growth prior to treatment to achieve stable results.

Dental arch shape and size in Malay schoolchildren with Class II malocclusion.

Aim: To quantify and localise differences in Class I and Class II dental arches in Malay schoolchildren.

Methods: The subjects were 50 Malay schoolchildren (Mean age: 15 + 0.7 years) with either Class I (N = 25) or Class II (N = 25) malocclusions.