Publications by authors named "Shou-Hsin Kuang"
Background: This study aims to clarify whether 3Shape™ digital model system could be applied in orthodontic diagnostic analysis with certainty, especially under different crowding condition. Reliability, accuracy and efficiency of 3Shape™ digital model system were assessed by comparing them with traditional plaster cast.
Methods: 29 plaster casts with permanent dentition were transformed into digital models by 3Shape™ D800 scanner.
Purpose: To evaluate failure rates and factors associated with the stability of mini-implants used for orthodontic anchorage.
Patients And Methods: We enrolled 166 patients (35 male patients and 131 female patients) who had consecutively received mini-implants for orthodontic anchorage at the Section of Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry, Taipei Veterans General Hospital (Taipei, Taiwan) from January 2001 to December 2006. A total of 414 mini-implants with diameters ranging from 1.
Article Synopsis
- A 50-year-old man with significant dental misalignment sought a complete oral rehabilitation to address issues like a deep bite, gummy smile, and crossbite.
- He underwent a thorough treatment plan that included orthodontics, orthognathic surgery, and dental implants, aimed at correcting jaw deformities and augmenting the alveolar ridge.
- After two years of treatment, he experienced notable improvements in appearance, stability, and functionality of his teeth and jaw.
Objective: To determine the location and size of enamel fracture (EF) when debonding a bracket.
Materials And Methods: Tests on actual EF situations were conducted in different debonding load modes (tension, shear, and torsion) via mechanical testing, finite element model (FEM) analysis, and scanning electronic microscopy (SEM). Through these simultaneous analyses of the relationships among debonding load modes, value/distribution of stress, and actual enamel fracture location/size, an investigation was undertaken to explore the complex failure mode during enamel fracture after debonding of an orthodontic bracket.
Purpose: This study was an analysis of the soft and hard tissue changes of the facial profile after bilateral sagittal splitting osteotomy for mandibular setback of Taiwanese patients.
Patients And Methods: We collected pre- and postsurgical lateral cephalographs of 64 patients (28 males, 36 females) with skeletal Class III malocclusion who received combined orthodontic-surgical treatment with bilateral sagittal splitting osteotomy mandibular setback at Taipei Veterans General Hospital between 1994 and 2000. Nineteen cephalometric parameters of (14 linear, 4 angular, and the BS index) soft and hard tissues were measured at 1 week before treatment, and 2 months and 1 year after surgery, and analyzed by paired t test.