Rare Disease: Lobar Holoprosencephaly With a Median Cleft Lip-Case Report.

Holoprosencephaly is a complex malformation of the brain associated with the median facial defects. Variability of the clinical picture is the characteristic of this anomaly. In most cases, the degree of severity of the facial anomaly correlates with the degree of damage to the brain.

Presurgical orthodontic treatment of patients with complete bilateral cleft lip and palate.

Introduction: Cleft lips and palates are the most common congenital orofacial anomaly. This type of clefts is the most severe from the orthodontic-surgical therapy aspect.

Case Report: A female newborn with a complete cleft of the primary and the secondary palate was admitted to the clinic, where a multiple-role orthodontic device was specially designed and applied to primarily manage the closure of the existing cleft and help to improve the suckling ability of the baby.

[Orthodontic management of facial asymmetry caused by early condilar fracture in a growing patient].

Introduction: There are numerous possible causes of facial asymmetry. The facial asymmetry can be summarized and divided into three main categories: congenital, developmental, and acquired, resulting from disease or trauma. The most common cause of acquired facial asymmetry is condylar fracture.

[Analysis of soft tissue thickness in persons with malocclusions of Class II division 1 and Class II division 2].

Introduction: Different malocclusions indicate different thickness of facial soft tissue.

Objective: The aim of the study was to establish the differences in the thickness of facial soft tissue profile in persons with dentoskeletal Class II/1 and II/2 relationship.

Methods: In the study we used cephalometric rendgenograms profile analysis of 60 patients aged 12-18 years of the Dental Clinic in Nis who had not previously undergone orthodontical treatment.

[Soft tissue thickness of face profile conditioning by dento-skeletal anomalies].

Introduction: Orthodontic treatment of dento-skeletal anomalies is generally based on the correction of teeth and jaws relationship, while it is expected that soft facial tissue spontaneously adapts to therapeutically achieved relationship and to accompany hard tissue changes.

Objective: To establish facial soft tissue thickness conditioning by the presence of dento-skeletal anomalies.

Methods: The study was performed at the Dental Clinic of Nis, and involved the analysis of cephalometric rendgenograms in 121 patients, aged 12-18 years, with no previous orthodontical treatment.

[The influence of size and structure of metal orthodontic bracket base on bond strength on tooth enamel].

Introduction: The factors which may influence the bond strength of the applied orthodontic brackets on the tooth surface are the size and structure of the bracket base.

Objective: The aim of the paper was to investigate the influence of size and shape of different types of brackets on bond strength on the enamel and analyze the remaining quality of adhesive material on the tooth surface after debonding of orthodontic brackets (adhesive remnant index - ARI).

Methods: In this study, three types of metal brackets of different sizes and shapes of Dentaurum manufacturer were used (Utratrimm, Equilibrium 2, Discovery, Dentaurum, Inspringen, Germany).

[Application of palatal RB obturator in babies with isolated palatal cleft].

Background: Isolated cleft of secondary palate has a specific clinical picture due to a wide communication between the mouth and nose cavity. As a consequence of that, babies born with this malformation are often subject to infections of the upper bronchial tubes, middle ear, speech disorders, and certainly the most difficult existential problem they face at the very beginning of their lives, the impossibility of suckling (breast feeding). Such babies have to be fed with gastric probe.